B.R.S. Lorries Surplus on Tees-side
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WHEN Messrs. Appleby and Dowling VW South Bank Road, ivliddlesbrough applied to the Northern LicensinE Authority last week to add two vehicle: to their A licence to carry steel and to extend the permitted radius of their B licence to 100 miles, Mr. G. G. Wahlstrand, district manager of British Road Services, said that there was a surplus of vehicles on TeeS-side.
Mr. Wahlstrand said that his branch was currently operating 132 vehicles. Trunk services were not being used to full capacity. and some vehicles were idle because of lack of traffic.
Mr. D. Appleby said that he had to sub-contract some Of his work, and customers did not therefore get a satisfactory service.
The Authority refused the applications, saying that a case for them had not been made out. He was asked to give his reasons in writing by Mr. T. H. Campbell Wardlaw, for the applicants.
SMALL FARMERS NEGLECTED? A CONTENTION that many small PA farmers in the Vale of Clwyd area who lived in remote parts of the Clwyclian range and Hiraethog mountains were inadequately served by livestock hauliers was made before the North Western Deputy Licensing Authority at Wrexham on Monday.
Mr. D. S. Jones, of Llandrnog, sought to add livestock haulage to the terms of his B licence. Five farmers and smallholders from the area gave evidence that it was uneconomic to use large vehicles for small loads of livestock. Large vehicles were unsuitable for grass tracks and cattle had to be driven to the main road.
Mr. Edward Jones, for the objectors. Mr. A. Roberts, of Denbigh, and Mr. G. Thomas, of St. Asaph, stated that the operating economy of hauliers had to be considered together with the need: Of farmers.
The Authority refused the application as he was not satisfied that there was evidence of need. Witnesses were using the existing facilities and he thought that they were being well served.
NATIONALIZATION PLANS THE Ceylon Government are to . inaugurate their nationalized bus service from next year with 350 buses on three routes. The cost is estimated to be Rs.18m. Nationalization is expected to be completed in three years, about 1,200 buses being added each year.
Mr. H. Abeywickreme, acting Minister of Transport, has submitted to the Prime Minister a memorandum explaining how he would nationalize bus services so that it would be pbssible to have them co-ordinated with the railways. He has also stated that it would be possible to nationalize goods transport as well. This, he said, would result in the carriage of goods at "very moderate rates."