Alexander Seeks 46 Vehicles to Carry Aberdeen Fish Traffic
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A DECISION on an application by rt Charles Alexander and Partners Transport) Ltd., o Aberdeen, for 46 rehicles of 264 tons on A licences was leferred by the Scottish deputy Licensing etuthority, Mr. H. Bewick, at Aberdeen ast week.
The application, said to be one of the argest in the area for many years, was or a declared normal user of: Fish and multry on daily services to all counties n Scotland and to all counties in England torth of a line from the River Severn o the Wash; also to other parts of 7ingland and Wales as and when required, .nd return loads of general goods. The .pplicants already operated 120 vehicles in A licence.
British Railways had originally objected. but after prior talks with the pplicant the objection was withdrawn.
For the applicant, Mr. W. D. 1..onnochie said the application was to fill
vacuum to be created by the withdrawal of fish services by British Railways, and F this was not filled by a well-organized cheme the whole fish trade in the area vould be in chaos. One just had to look t the situation in Hull to realize the eriousness of the situation, he said.
Chairman of the Aberdeen Fish tferehants' Association, Mr. J. Craig. upported the application and outlined what had happened so far as the railways were concerned. He had been told that there might be a complete withdrawal of rail services from Aberdeen so far as fish was concerned, but a new plan was devised with a new method of charging. Finally, it was decided that a service be kept in operation until road transport was able to take over. The applicant was the only concern that was considered to be in a position to offer suitable services and had come forward with what appeared to be the answer.
Figures were produced to show that the applicant's present fleet was fully employed and could only in a small way help out with new traffic. In fact, it was possible that even more vehicles than the 46 applied for would eventuall), be needed for the scheme, which would involve a capital outlay of some £200,000.
Four on A Granted A N application for a four-vehicle A
licence by Tuers Motors Ltd., of Penrith, was granted last week by the Northern Licensing Authority, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon. at Pertrith. Normal user for the vehicles was: "Carriage of plaster, cement, building materials and cattle foods for British Road Services. 90 per cent to the six northern counties."