Licence ,Granted For Maintenance Vehicle
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IN order to improve their maintenance 'facilities Wilkinsonis Transport (Bacup), Ltd., applied to the North Western Licensing Authority, Mr. F. Williamson, for one vehicle of 31 tons on B licence. The licence was granted at the Blackburn hearing on Monday.
Mr. J. A. Dunkerley, for Wilkinsons, said that the vehicle would be used for substitution purposes only, in place of vehicles which -were undergoing repair. The Wilkinson fleet consisted of 21 units on public A, special A and II licences_ The new vehicle was to he used in lieu of vehicles on all three licences. It was to be used solely for maintenance purposes and not as an addition to the fleet.
Mr. Wilkinson, a director, submitted details of the maintenance which various vehicles had undergone and schedules of sub-contracting, which had been forced on them when vehicles had been off the road.