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"Beet of Both Licensing Worlds Wanted"
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THE best of both licensing worlds was wanted by the applicants it was alleged when a contract A switch was sought by F. Southworth, Ltd., Heath Charnock, Chorley, for 16 vehicles at present on contract to Courtaulds, Ltd. The application for an open A licence was concluded at Preston last week. The units included 10 articulated tractors and trailers, and the conditions requested were: ." mainly yarn, cloth, weavers' beams, wooden cases, 'general machinery, carpets, chemicals, wood pulp, Cellophane; Lancashire, Midlands, Flint, North-Western England, Southern Scotland, Gloucestershire and Devonshire." (See The Commercial Motor, February. 16.) The basis• of the application was quoted as being that an open A licence was more economic than a contract A, and thus Courtaulds could benefit by a reduction in rates. Three customer witnesses supported it. Mr. F. Clayton, of British Railways, who objected, said that Southworths were hoping to fill an any capacity which they might have with any general traffic available,
"The wide normal user is not justified," said Mr. J. Booth, for the British Transport Commission. "As far as I can see all the applicants want to do is collections from factories in the Midlands and North Wales, deliveries into Lancashire, and occasional journeys elsewhere."
• If the present conditions were granted, Mr. Booth continued, they could take machinery out of the industrial section of Trafford Park, carry chemicals for all the large companies, and yarn for all the textile industry of Lancashire. The court had not been told what the reduction in rates would be for. Courtaulds if the application were granted. That company's transport facilities were not unsatisfactory so they should not be entitled to preferential treatment. Southworths wanted the best of both worlds in contract and public A operation.
Mr. J. Backhouse, for Southworths, said that the vehicles were needed on A licence so that the whole fleet could be operated more economically, and the customers could benefit accordingly. It was impossible as yet to quote rate decreases. Courtaulds -wanted 24hour delivery and their requirements could not be met with fewer than 16 vehicles.
The decision was reserved.