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ris (Holmes Chapel) Ltd., a holder of a licle contract and a one-vehicle B was granted a new A licence in Manon Monday subject to the surrender of hides on an A licence held by the firm of James Turner and Sons (HaulRS, objecting, felt there was a possilet with the 35 miles difference betie two centres the vehicles might not e to serve their old customers but landle traffic previously sub-contracted a Holmes Chapel area.
he applicant, Mr. J. A. Backhouse said lad been in financial difficulty and was he goodwill of two of the 13 vehicles 13a licence to realize capital. Through these vehicles had been doing subting work for Wall Paper Manufac.td., with whom Harris had the con I. M. G. Harris, director of the appliompany, said his company sub:ed work to Turner from the Darwen of WPM which the vehicles would to do on the licence being sought. IRS, Mr. J. Lawton pointed out that lings figures submitted in 1967, when ought to convert his Contract to an licence (CM November 24, 1967), did with those put in this time. It was that the haulage receipts for the two
vehicles less sub-contracting was ist time and £559 on this occasion. -is said the figure for commission was ided in one.
s from some of Turner's customers .1d the change over. Also Mr. J. rs, traffic manager of Horsley Smith (West and North) Ltd., gave evidence company had recently taken over ,mpanies and could offer Harris work Holmes Chapel /Sandbach area. He hoped Harris would haul timber from Garston and Manchester docks, work which his C-licensed vehicles had recently had to do.
Mr, W. Ruttidge, commercial manager, WPM Holmes Chapel, said his traffic was seasonal but he would require two extra vehicles in June and July.
Mr. Lawton submitted that, with the substantial distance between the two bases, existing customers would still go first to Turner and that these vehicles would be put on other work. Timber haulage rates were highly competitive and thus the extra 35 miles could be very material.
The North Western L.A. Mr. C. R. Hodgson, granted the licence for: "Mainly timber, furniture and household effects, building and roadmaking materials and plant, cotton, cloth and mill requisites, machinery and ironmongery, provisions and foodstuffs, and paper, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Wales, Scotland, London, Midlands, Bristol, Norfolk, Cheshire".