C Licence for Four Vehicles Revoked
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THE Metropolitan Licensing Authority on Monday revoked the C licence held by Mr. Percy Williams, 177 Eastern Avenue, Ilford, Essex. Mr. Williams first applied for a C licence in October, 1952. He described himself as a general dealer. Four vehicles and a trailer were currently specified on the licence.
During the past 18 months, said the Authority, Mr. Williams had been convicted six times for licence offences. " In view of the illegal work carried out by this operator, and that he obviously fully understood what he was writing when he first signed the application form, I feel the licence should and must be revoked," he added. It was only right that licensed operators should be protected.
Mr. Williams did not appear in court and was not represented.
" LINK " PROPOSALS GRANTED: CORPORATION OBJECT
EEXCURSION linking services which, it was stated, created "a serious threat" to Leeds city transport were granted to Wallace Arnold Tours, Ltd., by the Yorkshire Licensing Authority last week.
The application concerned excursions run to a number of destinations from Leeds, Bradford, Stanningley, Farsley, Horsforth, Morley, Ycadon, Greengates and Castleford. It provided for the linking of two or more services to the same destination, so that the number of coaches operated could be reduced, if necessary, to avoid carrying uneconomic numbers of passengers.
For the applicants, Mr. I. Malcolm Barr said the demand for excursions had diminished in the past four or five years. He instanced the case of a coach running from Horsforth to Blackpool with 15 passengers, while another from Leeds to Blackpool also carried only 15 persons.
Leeds Corporation objected on the ground that as well as being a threat to the corporation's bus services, the proposals would result in a waste of mileage and materials.
BULK REFUSE VEHICLES FOR BIRMINGHAM IN two or three years' time, 1 Birmingham will have no more land available for tipping refuse, and will have to introduce a fleet of lorries to take it 16 miles out of the city.
CM'. Frank Gillespie, chairman of the salvage committee, said last week that the schemewould probably cost several thousands of pounds a year. A partial solution might be to build a new depot at Castle Bromwich. Such a scheme would probably cost up to £500,000.
"With the situation as it is at the present time, however, we think it unlikely the Minister of Housing and Local Government would give the ` go ahead '," he said.
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