Short-term Licence for Walker Bros.
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IN an attempt to improve the overall efficiency of their fleet, Walker Bros. (Morecambe), Ltd., applied for a substantive A licence for 10 tippers of 66 tons at Preston last Monday. The normal user requested was: "Oxide, solid fuel, lime, limestone, ashes, sumps, bones, bricks, road materials, ammonia and salt for road purposes; Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Scotland and Wales!'
At present nine of these units were on Iwo short term B licences, They had been engaged principally in carrying traffic for Settle Lime, Ltd., a subsidiary of Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., and Reardon Aggregates, Ltd. ..
Mr. J. Walker, a director of the applicant company, stated that the new A licence would benefit the whole fleet but it had been necessary to have the short term licences in the meantime to cope with the demand of their customers.
Mr. G. H. P. Beames, objecting for British Railways, suggested that it was the policy of Walkers to acquire short term licences and then try to substitute them with full term licences.
The sales manager of Settle Lime, Ltd.. said that they supplied crushed limestone to the I.C.I. at Heysham. They used Walkers to carry this. A director of Reardon Aggregates, observed that they averaged about 600 tons a week of unprocessed material used in the manufacture of concrete and road building. They had a new plant which would be commencing production and was designed to give a daily output of 400 tons. Full employment could be ensured for seven vehicles a week.
In submission, Mr. Beames described the application as " airy fairy" and said that from the figures some of the vehicles on short term licence were not fully utilized. No evidence had 'been given regarding many of the commodities mentioned in the normal user.
The North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. A. H. Joiliffe, said that the vehicles could not be granted with the suggested conditions, but Mr. Walker refused to amend them, Mr. J. Back house, for the company i asked that another short term licence should be granted, pending an appeal. Mr. Jolliffe agreed but said that this would only cover seven vehicles.
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