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Unable to Hire, So Helps Contract Man
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nECAUSE they were unable to hire sufficient box vans to cope with the seasonal demand from September to Christmas, Cadbury Brothers, Ltd., were supporting an application by B.R.S. (Contracts), Ltd., for three additional vehicles on a short-term A licence. Mr. J. Shaw, deputy distribution manager of the company, told the West Midland Licensing Authority, Mr. W. P. James. this when the application was heard at Birmingham last week. The application was granted.
Mr. D. J. Reed, Birmingham manager, B.R.S. (Contracts), said they operated 25 vehicles on contract A licence, 87 on C hire and 12 on special A and ordinary A licence. All were fully employed, 'and if the application were granted three spare vans would be brought into use.
The vehicles would be used to deliver from Bourneville to Leicester and Loughborough, Mr. Shaw told the Authority. The seasonal demand was a 90 per cent. increase on the normal weekly tonnage, and it was becoming impossible to hire additional licensed vans.
Questioned by Mr. James concerning pending short-term B licence applications for one vehicle by J. Evans (Transport), Ltd., Mr. Shaw said Evans would be serving their Moretcm, Wirral!, factory and local Midland deliveries.
"GREAT BRITAIN" DELETED FROM B.R.S. USER
AFTER protesting about vehicles at their Kingswinford depot having different normal users, British Road Services, Ltd., agreed to the deletion of "Great Britain" from the user sought in a variation application to replace three worn-out rigid vehicles with articulated units. The application came before the West Midland Licensing Authority, Mr. W. P. James, at Birmingham, last week Mr. W. M. Bowen, depot manager. said they had 24 vehicles operating trunk services to the Bristol and South Wales areas. Steel was 54.8 per cent, of the traffic, and the new units would be used for trunking. Although unladen weight would be increased by 54 tons, carrying capacity was 1 ton less.
After the Authority had said that, on the figures, only "general goods mainly South Wales and Bristol areas" was justified, Mr. R. A. Webb, for B.R.S.. protested that in January, 1959, the normal user sought was granted for the depot's vehicles and an alteration would mean separate users for the vehicles.
Mr. James suggested an adjournment for further evidence to prove need, but the amendment was then agreed and the application granted.
THEY LIKE TEA
INION representatives last Friday rejected the condition attached to the 40-hour week by the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., that the men should give up their tea trolley service. The company had offered a 40-hour week in place of th, present 414-hour basic week.