Special Merits Justify Change to A Licence
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WHEN Noblett and Underwood, Ltd., VY Blackburn, applied last week to transfer two contract-A licence vehicles to an A licence, the North Western Licensing Authority granted the change because of the special merits of the case. Normally, he said, people who entered into contracts and then had second thoughts would be required tr justify a transfer, Mr. J. A. Dunkerley, tor the con eern, said that in 1950 five vehicles were let on C hire to West Coast Distributors, Ltd., to carry untreated and partially treated skins. In 1954 two vehicles were transferred to A licence so that return loads could be carried for other concerns. In 1955 the other three vehicles were put under a contract-A agreement. An A licence for two vehicles was now required so that mOre return loads could be carried by the applicants.
Mr. P. Kershaw, for British Railways, said that the customers supported the application because the rates they paid for the use of A-licensed vehicles were lower than for contract vehicles, but. therewas no suggestion that the contract rates were uneconomic. There was no evidence of need for a conversion of the licence.
Mr. Dunkerley said that the railways argument would keep up rateS. The work was.of an unsavoury nature which no one else wanted. The railways would not lose any traffic if the application succeeded.
TWENTY DAIMLERS FOR ISRAEL TWENTY Freeline single-decker chassis are to be delivered to Israel bus co-operatives by Transport Vehicles (Daimler), Ltd. The vehicles will have Daimler engines and power steering mechanism.
Negotiations for the order had been proceeding for a year until Mr. T. R. Nicoll, general sales manager, flew to Israel and secured the business, worth £50,000, in the face of Continentai and American competition