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A T Leeds, last week, Mr. J. H, E. r-kRandolph, Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority, remarked that it was necessary for an applicant to be protected against himself. Mr. E. Bickerdike, of Pudsey, applied to have a 5-ton lorry and a 10-cwt. van, both on C licence, put on a B licence for the transport of various commodities within a radius of 25 miles.
He had a firewood and coal-briquette business which was slowly dying out. He wished to carry light engineering goods and woollen and worsted pieces.
Mr. T. B. Atkinson, for the British Transport Commission, submitted there was no , need for two vehicles as the work was obviously of a trivial nature and required only a limited radius. He suggested that in the applicant's own interest any grant should be limited to the van.
The Authority stated the evidence of need was extremely small. He granted a B licence for a radius of 11 miles in respect of the van.
LOADING VEHICLES EXEMPT FROM METER SCHEME VEHICLES loading and unloading will V be allowed to wait without charge in the area proposed for a parking-meter scheme by St. Marylebone Borough Council, but such vehicles will not be allowed to wait at intersections.
This was stated at the public inquiry which opened at St. Marylebone Town Hall on Monday. The scheme put forward by the council covers an area bounded by Oxford Street, Edgware Road, George Street, and Marylebone Road. The inquiry is being conducted by Sir Reginald Sharpe, Q.C.
Mr. L. G. Searman, Q.C., counsel for the council, said that the streets in question were choked with parked cars, although every day there was garage space that was not used.
At present there were 1,000 cars parked in the area. Under the scheme there would be metered parking bays for 515 vehicles from 8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. from Monday to Friday. The standard period for parking would be two hours, which would cost Is.
Appearing for the Automobile Association and Royal Automobile Club, Mr. S. Lloyd-Eley said on Tuesday that in their opinion the scheme should be deferred until a pilot scheme had been tried elsewhere.
A suggestion that doctors should be allowed to park in loading and unloading areas was made by Mr. W. B. Harris, representing the British Medical Association and individual doctors. ClIr. H. H. Sandford, chairman of the St. Marylehone Works Committee, said that this would interfere with leading or unloading arrangements, but denied it meant that doctors should take second place to loading and unloading.
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