Contract A Switch Granted • 4R. H. HODSON, northern area traffic
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adviser of the chemical division of the Distillers Co. Ltd., made his last appearance in a traffic court, prior to his retirement in January, when he supported an application by Edwards of Hull Ltd. at Leeds last week. The Yorkshire Licensing Authority, Major F. S. Eastwood, said that Mr. Hodson's retirement would be a disappointment to all in the transport industry.
Mr. R. Paterson, for Edwards of Hull, said the company had two, vehicles on contract to the Distillers Company and wanted to transfer one of them to open A licence and the other to a restricted B licence to work in conjunction with it. There had been a change in the general trend of the traffic from the Distillers Company.
Many customers now had chemicals and liquids delivered in bulk by tanker and there was not such a large demand for small loads in which Edwards had specialized. Thus the company cons:dered it would be more economical for the contract to be surrendered; there would also be more fluidity of transport.
The applicant carried smalls to South Wales, Devon and Cornwall and a 48-hour delivery service was guaranteed by the Distillers Company. The latter did not permit subcontracting and drivers had to be experienced as some chemicals were dangerous.
Mr. G. Edwards, the director of Edwards of Hull, stated that his company found it necessary to keep one contract vehicle exclusively for local collection and delivery in and around Hull. There was not such a large demand for packaged chemicals as many customers used tanker delivery, added Mr. Edwards, Recently, the contract vehicles had not been fully loaded and this had meant losses for all concerned. It was important that when deliveries were made, empty chemical containers should be collected at the same time. Some new containers were worth as much as £30 each and drivers were asked to obtain these from the various factories.
Major Eastwood granted the application.
B to A Switch • AN application by Associated Deliveries Ltd., for a B t A licence switch for 28 vehicles has been granted by the Western Licensing Authority at Bristol. The application was to avoid the burden of renewing B licences every two years. There were more than 20 objectors to the application, which was for vehicles based at Bristol, Plymouth and Exeter..