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Extended Radii for Fat Stock Haulage

5th November 1954
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Page 48, 5th November 1954 — Extended Radii for Fat Stock Haulage
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DECISION was reserved by the North Western Deputy Licensing Authority last week when 10 B-licensees sought to extend their radii of operation to enable them to carry for the Fatstock Marketing Corporation, whose slaughterhouses ' were beyond their authorized licence limits.

One of the applicants. Mr. D. Peate, of Llanfair, said that the corporation were rapidly gaining ground, and if business continued to progress, local markets and grading centres would be closed. Mr. G. S. Hughes, Machynlleth, stated that farmers preferred to send their cattle to bigger markets because higher prices could be obtained.

It was alleged that rail transport was disliked because of delays. Animals had frequently to be loaded and unloaded and this damaged meat and caused loss of weight. The railways also refused to take stock to Wimborne at week-ends For British Railways, Mr. W. Stewart Hart said that he had never heard of any complaint of damage or delay.

The refusal to take week-end loads was because the Southern Region was unable to cope with it on account of summer holiday traffic. Arrangements could, however, be made in the future. Mr. Hart estimated that the railWays were carrying only a third of their pre war livestock traffic.

The Authority stated that applicants could have short-term licences until he announced his-decision.


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