Reserved Decisions at Nottingham
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THE East Midland Licensing Authority, L Mr. C. R. Hodgson, reserved his decisions at Nottingham on Tuesday when three haulage companies were summoned before him under Section 187 of the Road Traffic Act, 1960. In addition, Heanor Coal and Haulage Co. Ltd. was granted an application to substitute three artics for three rigid vehicles. Mr. A. C. G. Rothera, for the applicant, said the company would be gaining only an increased carrying capacity of 2 tons and the variation was for manceuvrability purposes. There were no objectors.
In July, 1963, Heanor had been fined £8 at Derby County Court for using unauthorized trailers and in May E5 at Derby Magistrates' Court for using an articulated vehicle and trailer of excessive weight. Mr. Rothera said that the firm and its._ subsidiary company, L. Smith .(Buckland Haulage) Co. Ltd., had been employed throughout most of 1963 on carrying concrete beams for bridges on the MI motorway. The contract forced his client to deliver the beams in a shorter period than anticipated. To carry the beams safely Heanor had used dolly trailers behind the vehicles. At the court hearing the magistrates had shown great sympathy, said Mr. Rothera. The use of dollies had been vitally irffportant when carrying beams on this scale for projects oil Ml.
L. Smith (Buckland Haulage) Co. Ltd.. applied for a renewal of its licence which expired last October. In December, t963. the company had been fined £20 at Leicester Magistrates' Court for using a vehicle and articulated trailer which exceeded the weight allowance. Mr. G. W. Barlow, of the Ministry of Transport, said
that in August, 1963•, he had weighed one of Smith's vehicles and trailers and found it to be of excess weight. Mr. Rothera submitted that the Ministry had not taken into account the use of strappings and chains that had to be used in tying down thd awkward beams which had to be carried two at a time for safety purposes.
The third company before the Licensing Authority was Walker and Sons (Hauliers# Ltd., who were said to have been fined £20 in August, 1963, for a vehicle weighs offence.
Happiway Bid Fails
THE objectors' submission of "110 case to answer was accepted by the North Western Traffic Commissioney, when the Happiway Tours (Manchester) Ltd. adjourned application came before them at Manchester last week (see The Commercial Motor, December 20, 1963).
Happiway had applied for increased feeder services to Manchester Ringway Airport for the company's centre tours to Italy-and Spain, increased charges, and the use of double-decker buses as well as new vehicles. Objectors were Florence Motors Ltd., Smiths Tours (Wigan) Ltd. and Wallace Arnold Tours Ltd.
Mr. H. C. Evans, manager of Happiway, told the court he had offered his foreign agents an incentive bonus scheme of up to 15 per cent. The objectors said this was not fair competition as no othei operator had done the same.
Customer witnesses complained of bus services to the airport. A further application by Happiway foi Continental trips from Southend, rathei than Dover, was granted.