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E.W. Watts Gets 15-vehicle Switch
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AN application granted by the West Midland deputy Licensing Authority. Mr. R. A. Hall, at Birmingham on Wednesday gives E. W. Watts (Haulage) Ltd., of Sutton Coldfield, an A-licensed fleet of 35 vehicles. Watts successfully sought to substitute 15 vehicles on two B licences with a multiplicity of restriction attached to them for one A licence. The normal user granted was: "Livestock and general haulage, mainly Midlands.
Objections by British 'Railways Board, British Road Services and Oldhams Livestock Transport (Barford) Ltd. were withdrawn on an undertaking by Watts that they would not change the method of operation or the goods carried on the vehicles, Mr. N. Carless, presenting the application, said that his clients already had 20 vehicles on A licence. The B-licensed fleet had grown over the years through the buying up of small businesses. Watts now needed complete flexibility and to rid themselves of the considerable responsibilities and burdens of a wide mixture of conditions attached to the B-licensed vehicles.
Mr. E. W. Watts, a director of the applicant company, gave an example of the problems which had arisen in operating the B-licensed vehicles. It frequently happened that a vehicle visiting a certain market was unable to carry out an order because of its restricted radius and another vehicle had to be called from elsewhere. Of the 35 vehicles,' 17 carried livestock: 13 general goods, and five milk. Business was increasing because of the closure of many railway stations in' the Midlands.
Soldiers' Week-end Bus Service: Soldiers of the Sherwood Foresters are to get a weekend leave bus service. A licence for a service from Colchester, where they are stationed, to Chesterfield, with stops at Long Eaton, Derby and Alfreton, has' been approved by he East Midland Traffic Commissioners. The bus will take the soldiers home on Fridays and will leave Derbyshire on Sundays for Colchester.