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They're Taking Our Business, Complain B.R.S.
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THE claim that J. and A. Smith of Maddiston, Ltd., Falkirk, were taking business from them, was made by British Road Services last week at the resumed hearing • of an application by Smith's before the Scottish Licensing Authority.
Mr. W. F. Quin reserved judgment on Smith's application for eight additional artics on A licence, and for four artics in place of four rigid vehicles.
Mr. A. Beattie, a British Railways representative, said they were carrying. very substantially for a number of the firms that J. and A. Smith had called in evidence to support their claim. Some of the firms were increasing their contracts with British Railways, but in the case of the Alliance Box Company and Alloa Glass there was a decrease.
The railways had facilities from Grangemouth to all parts of the country and were negotiating with British Hydrocarbon Chemicals, another firm mentioned in the applications, for a contract for the Condor service. The services were there and they were being used.
Mr. William Mack, district manager of
THE transport by road of 160 tons of food processing machinery from Peterborough to two destinations in Germany, a distance of some 600 miles, has recently been carried out by Evan Cook's Depositories, Ltd., of London, &EU.
Mitchell Engineering, Ltd., Peterborough, had received further orders for two of their " Hydron " hydrostatic pressure sterilizers, one to go to Hanover and the other to Heidelberg. The larger of these units, when erected, is approximately 60-ft. high with a base area of 12 sq. ft. and weighing 80 tons.
They stressed how important it was that the time taken for the equipment travelling between Peterborough and the final destinations in Germany should not exceed seven days and that special pack c22 British Road Services, Grangemouth, said they carried a substantial amount of traffic for a number of firms the applicant had mentioned, but many of these firms were using British Road Services less this year.
Asked by Mr. A. B. Wilkinson, for the objectors, who was taking the business away from them, he said J. and A. Smith.
Mr. Wilkinson said that the applicants' increased earnings could be due to their vehicles being previously idle. British Railways were entitled to a fair share of the traffic in the area.
For the applicant, Mr. Mackenzie mentioned the increased amount paid by J. and A. Smith for sub-contracting. It had risen by £20,000 from 1959 to 1960.
SOUTHDOWN PROFIT UP
ANET profit of £302,584 against £276,955 for the previous year, is reported by Southdown Motor Services, Ltd., for the year ended March 31, 1961. Traffic receipts and other revenue amounted to £4,003,564, against £3,856.016.
ing was to be kept to a minimum in the interests of time and of reducing finance to an acceptable level.
The task of transporting this bulky machinery was completed inside the schedule and with no damage or delays, and the plant was assembled in Germany only a week after it had been dispatched from Peterborough.
Evan Cook used flat-platform and lowloader trailers which were hauled to ferries at Felixstowe and Tilbury by their own articulated tractors. The trailers were then subsequently moved from Rotterdam and Antwerp to the points of destination by vehicles from Evan Cook's Rotterdam Depot. The average time for each consignment from Peterborough to West Germany, was only four days.