B Licence for "18 Vehicles Granted A B LICENCE for 18 vehicles, total
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P A ling 48 tons unladen, was granted to Erinoid, Ltd., Stroud, by Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western Licensing Authority, on Monday. Mr. J. Smith,director, said that the company were selling agents for Styrene Products, Ltd., and in the past transport had been dealt .with under C-hiring margin by H.
P s.e and Sons, Ltd. .
Because of fuel rationing, only threequarters of the fleet could be used. Rail delivery to Southend took up to 12 days, and to Ramsgate, High Wycombe and Watford a week. Packing for rail transport had to be more .substantial and expensive than for road.
The railways objected to the application. Mr. Nelson thought that a• good case had been made out by the applicants. He did not know when rationing would cease.
COURT WILL ACCEPT LETTERS AS • PROOF
THE Government on Tuesday accepted an amendment to delete a. proviso of the Magistrates' Courts Bill that a written statement should not be accepted as proof that the accused was the driver of the vehicle in offences for which disqUalification or the endorsement of a driving licence might be ordered,