Results of Contested Applications
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1% A ADE partly at the instigation of 1V1 the police, the application of Mr. \V. II. Shepherd, Huntington Garage, Chester, has been granted by the North-Western Licensing Authority. As reported in The Commercial Motor dated November 20, Mr. Shepherd sought the renewal of his A licence for nine vehicles and a trailer (42 tons), and applied for a variation allowing him to acquire two 4-ton vehicles in place of a 71-tormer.
The North-Western Authority has granted a B licence for a 3-ton horsebox to Miss M. V. Bullock, of Oakmere. At the hearing (reported in our December 4 issue) it was stated that Miss Bullock wished to carry racehorses throughout Great Britain for her father and a Mr. Cowie, collection to
be restricted to within five miles of base. Railway facilities were said to be inadequate.
Actually, she has been allowed to carry for those persons only irom their training stables at Oakinere to the railway stations at Chester, Hertforo, Beeston and Cuddington, and vice versa.
Messrs. Downes Bros., Mosley Road, Manchester, whose case was reported in The Commercial Motor of November 13, have been refused permission to acquire an extra 2i-ton vehicle, required chiefly in connection with their London-Manchester service. Strong evidence was given in support of the application by traders from Trafford Park estate, including Mr. N. E. Richardson, chairman of the Traders' Traffic Committee.