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ON MONDAY an A-licence application by Automotive Conveyancing Ltd., Ellesmere Port, for four articulated car transporters was heard by the North Western Licensing Authority, Mr. C. R. Hodgson, in Manchester. Three car transporting firms were objecting.
Mr. J. A. Backhouse, for Automotive, said that although the company had existed for quite some time, it had not yet traded. However, its director, Mr. S. Johnson, had been carrying Rootes cars from Scotland and Vauxhalls and Rovers from England to Scotland for five years on an A licence issued to Northern Car Collection.
The reason for this application was that the number of cars to be transported to Scotland had far exceeded those southbound. Northern Car Collection had had to sub-contract, but it was becoming increasingly difficult to find companies able or willing to accept this work.
This difficulty arose in 1966 when Mr. Johnson ceased being a director of Scotfreight; it was this company which had until then taken most of their extra work.
Mr. Johnson read out a list of memos showing the difficulties he had encountered when trying to place work with other car transporting companies. These described a period in which Vauxhall Motors was troubled with labour difficulties; there were, therefore, less cars being distributed at that time. Mr. Johnson anticipated carrying about 50 cars a week over the next 12 months.
He added that, were the licence granted, he would not be putting the new transporters on the road immediately.
The hearing was adjourned.