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'Serious Consequences' if Bakers' Bid Refused
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THE S.E. Licensing Authority, Maj.Gen. A. F. J. Elmslie, put some challenging questions to the principal customer witness at a resumed inquiry at Eastbourne on Wednesday (see The Commercial Motor, April 9). After Mr. W. E. Broughton, distribution manager of Pirelli General Cable Co., had spoken of the serious consequences to his firm if an application by Bakers Transport (Southampton) Ltd. to add three heavy trailers to an A licence were refused, the
LA asked him why he would not approach any other contractor for help.
"Without pre-judging a case not fully heard ", said the LA, "if the application is unsuccessful, what would you do? Mr. Broughton said the company would have to consider the position. He understood that no one else in the area could do the work.
Mr. Broughton said that Pirelli had been seriously embarrassed by shortage of transport and he was unable to promise firm dates for delivery of cable drums to sites. Lack of transport meant that site programmes had to be reviewed and re-phased, and much unnecessary co-ordination with other contractors was involved. There were also considerable labour difficulties.
Although British Road Services carried smaller drums tip to 18 tons, Mr. Broughton added, Bakers' technical " know-how " was invaluable for deliveries to difficult field sites. He would support a short-term A-licence application to ease the immediate difficulty.
The inquiry continued on Thursday.