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Surplus of Tippers in Berkshire
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THERE were far too many tippers in 1 Berkshire already, and the grant of 2,000 short-term licences for tipper operations in the South Eastern and Metropolitan areas last year had been unnecessary. This was claimed by Mr. J. H. Fisher, managing director of J. H. Fisher (Contractors) Ltd., at Hove on Wednesday. He was obecting to applications of members of the Mid-Southern Tipping Group on the sixth day of the inquiry, before the South Eastern deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. A. J. Shepherd. The inquiry will be continued on Monday when the evidence of a further five objectors will be heard. Mr. Fisher told Mr. R. Yorke, counsel for the applicants, that if there was sufficient work in the area he would buy another fleet of tippers—at present his 21 vehicles were partly employed delivering the company aggregates. His firm could have done several jobs within their licensed radius which had been tendered for by the Mid-Southern Group, whose
rates, he considered, were much too low.
Mr. A. C. Andrews, transport manager of Amey's Aggregates Ltd., Borefield, Oxford, and an associated company, Garefield Contractors Ltd., Theale, said any Amey's tippers without work were put on "hospital jobs" on land reclamation in connection with the group's civil engineering projects. Garefield vehicles without work stood all day, he said. MidSouthern were quoting 5s. 9d. per cu. yd. against his company's 7s. 9d. for work within his firm's area.
Maj. Eastwood Retires APRESENTATION ceremony was held at the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners' office at Leeds on Wednesday when Maj. F. S. Eastwood retired as chairman and as Licensing Authority on his 70th birthday. He had served in the Yorkshire area for 26 years 11 months and a day—longer than any other chairman appointed under the Road Traffic Act. In fact, no other chairman had attained his silver jubilee, said the Commissioner's clerk, Mr. J. 0. Rymer.