Tin Industry Prefers Road Transport
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THE importance of road transport to
the tin, steel and other heavy industries was emphasized in an application to the South Wales Licensing Authority. The Authority was asked to " transfer " the licences held for the Cardiff area by Mr. F. Preston, haulage contractor, Cardiff, and to grant A licences, so that he could form at Newport a new company known as Conveyances, Ltd. The applicant contended that at Newport :there was an insufficient number of lorries licensed for long-distance work.
The manager of the sheet tin works of Baldwin's, Ltd., said, in support of the application, that there was often great difficulty in obtaining adequate road-transport facilities. Customers preferred to have delivery made by road, as experience showed that there was less liability to damage than in the case of rail transport.
Mr. C.. D./Phillips, director of Caldicott Tin Stamping Co., Ltd., also testified to the convenience of road transport to the tin-plate industry. The Great Western Railway Co. strongly opposed the application.
The authority adjourned the case for a further hearing. He said, however, that he had no intention of granting A licences for 16 or 17 vehicles and seven, at the most, should be A-licensed.