Mr. S. L. Kohn, a director of Mouget, said that
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with the nationalization of steel more inter-works traffic was required and he felt a B licence would put it completely within the law.
In connection with the Greatham works which was now part of the Northern and Tubes group of the British Steel' Corporation, the stag was processed by Mouget within the works, hauled to a tip where metal was reclaimed and then redelivered. The haulage was about 71 per cent of this £300,000-ayear contract.
In order to have greater control and efficiency over the tippers feeding its excavating machines, Mouget also wished to work for John W. Pearson and Co., which was de
Sands. The vehicles would be used 90 Per cent on scrap metal work and 10 per cent with its plant, said Mr. Kohn.
One of the 10 objectors, Mr. A._ A. Nickle trading as H. M. DevereuX, Norton-on-Tees, said his three tippers had been working for Pearson for 21 years and existing hauliers could cope with whatever Motiget's machines could turn out.
The charges of late starts and early finishes were unfounded as he himself was always at the quarry at 7.15 a.m. Mougets vehicles had done this work for three days in October and, following representations, had withdrawn them.
Mr. Hanlon granted the licence for "processed slag, reclaimed metal from slag tips and excavated material for the Northern and Tubes Group within 20 miles of Greatham and journeys to and from Consett Iron Co,'s premises". Customer witnesses, he said, would be required for the civil engineering work,