Change of Base Refused for Special A Lorries
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THE application by Coastal Transport, Ltd., Hull, to transfer two special Alicence vehicles from the North Western Area to Hull and to place them on public A licence (The Commercial Motor, April 10) was refused by the Yorkshire Licensing Authority, Maj. F. S. Eastwood, when the inquiry was resumed at Bridlington last week.
Maj. Eastwood said that information from the North-Western Area revealed that one rigid vehicle based at Fleetwood was authorized under special A licence which would expire in June, 1960. The base when the vehicle was owned by the British Transport Commission was Accrington. An articulated unit was licensed until September, 1962, and based at Manchester, the place of origin being U ttoxeter.
Mr. R. E. Paterson, for Coastal Transport, said the full facts were now before the Licensing Authority and it was proposed to leave the matter to his discretion. The point in issue was whether substantially the same area would be covered.
The applicants had not operated these vehicles from the bases allotted to them, said Maj. Eastwood, and in those circumstances no grant would be made.
At the original hearing evidence was given that the vehicles had always, in effect, been based at Hull and were operated by Hull drivers. If the application were granted they would still do the same work as in the past.
52 VEHICLE DISPLAYS AT SCOTTISH SHOW
AS in 1957, there will be 52 exhibitors of commercial vehicles at the Scottish Show, to be held at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, from November 13-21. A.E.C., Albion, Daimler, Dennis, Dodge, Foden, Guy, Leyland, Scammell, Thornycroft and Seddon vehicles will be shown by their manufacturers. Others will be exhibited by agents.
There will be nine exhibitors of transport service equipment and 93 entries apyear in the accessory, tyre and component section.
"NO" TO HOURS CUT THE London busmen's negotiating committee will meet on June 15 to consider the reply—understood to be in the negative—by the London Transport Executive to their demand for the reduction in the working fortnight from 84 to 80 hours. Representatives of the Transport and General Workers' Union met the Executive last week.
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