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B.R.S. Bid for Six Refused
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AN application by British Road Services for six additional articulated vehicles for its Cardiff fleet was refused by the South Wales Licensing Authority, Mr. Ronald Jackson, in Cardiff last week.
The Transport Holding Company was applying on behalf of B.R.S., whose Cardiff branch at present has 111 vehicles. There were 19 objectors and this was the second day of a hearing which opened on April 19.
On the first date objectors claimed that B.R.S. had agreed a deal with Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds Ltd., allowing the steel company a 10 per cent decrease on haulage rates, provided it secured at least half the transport.
At the resumed hearing, spokesmen for various objectors claimed they had suffered heavy losses in trade with G.K.N. because of the B.R.S. discount. One objection was lodged by T.S.P. Transport Ltd., Neath, which claimed that because of the decline in trade by Cardiff hauliers, it had suffered " poaching "—Cardiff firms trying to obtain business in Swansea and Neath.
Mr. Sidney Powell, a director of the T.S.P. company, said it had been hard hit by the increased competition. "Our business has not been so consistent as it used to be ", he said Mr. T. D. Corpe, for 10 of the objectors, said there was no justification for the granting of the application. " B.R.S. has completely failed to make a case ", he continued. "It has not shown any proof of expansion in trade, and its previous figures for the past two years—£106,790 in 1961 and £199,862 last year—make it abundantly clear that two years ago it was not working at anything like full capacity."
Refusing the application. Mr. Jackson said he was satisfied that the traffic subject to the application could be met by the existing facilities in the area, provided the fleet was used to its maximum capacity.
L.A. Unwell—Cases to be Relisted As a result of the indisposition of the North Western deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. A. H. Jolliffe, at Liverpool last week, an application by Sutton and Son (St. Helens) Ltd. will have to be relisted.
The company wanted to add eight new articulated tanker/platform vehicles of 44 tons to its open A licence, and two days had been set aside for the Public Inquiry. After witnesses, advocates and others had gathered it was announced that the sitting would be postponed.
Mr. Jolliffe was taken ill after his arrival at court.
Also as a result of Mr. Jolliffe's illness, the application by A. S. Jones and Co. Ltd. for five new vehicles on A licence, which was down for hearing at Manchester on Monday and Tuesday of this week, could not be dealt with and will have to be listed again.