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vehicles often arrived at colleries to find long queues of lorries waiting to be loaded, a haulier asked the Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority. last week, to extend the radius of his B licence so that he could occasionally go to pits farther afield. Mr. G. N. Sutcliffe, Sheffield, sought an extension from 12 to 35 miles, and was opposed by British Railways.
A coal factor. Mr. W. G. Stephenson, said in evidence that the extension would benefit him, as he would be able to redirect the haulier.
For the railways, Mr. T. B. Atkinson said a queue of lorries was the haulier's loss. Ile was not paid empty mileage, and evidence of that nature showed the desirability of sending less coal by road and more by rail.
Mr. I. H. E. Randolph refused the app] i cation.
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