RESTRICTED GRANT FOR CONTINENTAL WORK
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k DUTCHMAN representing a Rotter-k darn company engaged in Continental aulage and shipping flew to England ) give evidence before the Northern Icensing Authority sitting at Kendal, Vestmorlanci, on Tuesday. A Barrowi-Eurness haulage company,. T. Brady nd .Sons Ltd., applied for the variation f an A licence by the addition of two rop-frarne trailers of 6 tons 10 cwt. each, ith an overall length of 40 ft., in place f two tlat trailers of ltons 10 cwt.
For the applicant, Mr. J. 'lilts:telt said le two low-loader trailers were required ) carry goods on a door-to-door exportnport service operating between England nd the Continent via Felixstowe. The pplication was opposed by Mr. I. Robey )r B.R.S. (Pickfords) Ltd., Wynns Vlanchester) Ltd., Sunter Bros., NorthLlerton. and N. L.• Roebuck, of Heswall. 'Before Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon granted le application (with some restriction), he tid he wished to do nothing to prevent le possible development of that type of uropcan trade, but the haulage •industry it was composed in this country must so be protected. The use of the vehicles ould be restricted to the Felixstowe affic and such. works as. might be suit)1e within 15 miles of Barrow, he said. Fr. 'Hanlon also asked for and was given undertaking that the application was )1 an intention to enter into the heavy lulage industry.
Mr. Hendrik Marra, manager of the otterdam firm, told the Authority there as a growing ferry service of Unit loads id spoke of the excellent work being idertaken by the applicant company. For B.R.S. (Pickfords) Ltd.. Mr. R. D. fason, manager of the special duties .avy haulage branch, said there were cilities available at Tilbury for the rollliroll-off system to Antwerp and otterdam and he thought these could eet the needs.
LICENSING NEWS IN BRIEF
witch Granted: An application by Margeton and Co. (florsmonden) Ltd. for a new -licence for 16 vehicles to carry fruit and :getablcs for 'Louis Reece Ltd., Margetson Co. Ltd.. M.R.S. International Ltd. and heckers Ltd, within 250 miles was granted the South Eastern Licensing Authority Maidstone on Tuesday. The vehicles had -eviously been specified on C licence in e Metropolitan area. No A Licences Suspended: After a consued hearing last week, the Scottish deputy arising Authority, Mr. A. B. Biruie, de,red the suspension for four months of po A iicences held by Mr. G. M. Morrison The Commercial Motor, November 22). c also refused an application to combine e two licences, with a new normal user, :less the applicant was prepared to accept licence for one vehicle and amend the °posed normal user, Mr. Morrison was irned by the deputy Authority that a close c would he kept on his future operations Id he might he wise to accept the offer.