Application by Re-entrant Opposed
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sx private hauliers and the Road Haulage and Railway Executives last week opposed an application to the Northern Licensing Authority by L E. Parry and Co., Annfield Plain, for a B licence covering nine vehicles.
Mr. T. H. Campbell Wardlaw, for the applicant, said that the concern had operated specially constructed vehicles for coal haulage and when coal nationalization took place, the lorries were sold to the National Coal Board. It was made clear at the time of purchase that the concern's goodwill was not for sale and that as soon as vehicles became available, Parry's would re-enter the haulage business.
One of the objectors, Mr, E. Patterson, .of Blackhill, said that he felt that no extension of facilities was required in the area. His firm were hauling a certain amount of solid fuel previously carried by the applicant. Mr. H. L. Beadle, of P. Beadle, Ltd., Forest in Teesdale, said that his company took return loads of fuel from the Consett area and if the application were granted there would be competition from Parry's.
The Authority granted a B licence for the vehicles to carry coal from open-cast sites in the Northern Traffic Area and building materials within a 20-mile radius.