Three Extra " Arties" Despite Rail Objection
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mR. S. W. NELSON, Western Licensing Authority, at Bristol on Monday, granted three additional articulated outfits (19+ tons) to R. W. Baker (Stonehouse), Ltd., Gloucester Road, Stonehouse. A supporting witness said that his requirements for the haulage of asbestos had increased. Baker's payments for hiring during the past 12 months were stated to have risen from £23.000 to £31,000.
Mr. Nelson pointed out that customers did not now carry large stocks of goods and more transport was required to make deliveries at short notice. He congratulated the railways (who objected) on the efforts they were making to recover lost traffic.
HORSE POWER GIVES WAY THREE generations of his family had built up a haulage business with horses, said Mr. R. Holden when he applied to the North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. A. H. Tolliffe, at Preston on Monday, for a motor vehicle of 3 tons on 13 licence.
He explained that he would be able to do much more work than previously, and if the application were granted he would dispose of two horses. He produced letters from customers who supported the application.
In the past, Mr. Holden admitted, he had worked only within a five-mile radius of Darwen, but he wanted to operate the new vehicle within a 40-mile radius. Mr. P. Kershaw, objecting for the British Transport Commission, said that this was unreasonable and that no evidence had been produced to justify such a large radius.
Mr. Jolliffe granted a licence for six months, with a radius of five miles. He advised Mr. Holden to bring evidence of need when he came to renew this licence.
SOVIET COMPETITION GROWS
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XPORT business in Oldham motorvehicle batteries has been affected by "intensive bids from a number of new sources, including iron-curtain countries." says Mr. John Oldham, chairman of Oldham and Son, 1.td., in his annual report issued on Tuesday. Political unrest, notably in the Middle East, also reduced business overseas, hut there were signs that it was returning.
Sales of motor-vehicle batteries in the home market had been maintained.
RADIO-CONTROLLED FREIGHT A SPEED-UP in van deliveries in the I-1 London area has been achieved by the use of radio control by HuntingClan Air Transport, Ltd., from their base at London Airport. All the vehicles used in collection and delivery by Africa rgo—the company's freight services to Rhodesia and South Africa—are equipped with transmitter-receivers.
The system provides quicker service to the customer, assists aircraft loading procedure and minimizes delays caused by breakdown or accident.