Fines Not the. End of' the Matter
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A-FTER he was told that Messrs. P. N. rl Massey and L. Bonfield, Stoke St. Michael, Somerset, had been fined a total of 53 during April and May, for licensing offences, Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western Licensing Authority, in considering an application from them. at Bristol, • last
week, said that it was wrong to say that the fines had ended the matter.
He then stated that he had grave doubts whether the applicants were fit and proper persons to hold a licence. But, he added, he would not take those offences into account in refusing the application for one additional vehicle of 7 tons 11 cwt„ on B licence, to carry coke and timber
within 125 miles..
Opposing the application for British Railways, Mr. A. Webb had said earlier that as no figures of earnings had been presented and no customer witnesses had appeared, he had no. case to answer.
Mr. P. Massey, one of the applicants, had previously admitted that if a 'grant were made coal traffic would be gained at the expense of the railways.
Closing the hearing Mr, Nelson said that he intenclecl.to see that operators who worked to licence conditions • were • not prejudiced by those who paid little attention to those matters.
NO LICENCE TO CARRY
AFTER pleading guilty to using two vehicles for hire and reward when no carrier's licence had been issued in respect of them, Messrs. David Birrell and Son, Crieff Road, Perth, motor engineers, were fined 15, at Perth Sheriff Court, on Monday.
On behalf of Birrell it was stated that the offence occairred in Perth, on May 29, when one of their vans had broken down. Sunday newspapers were being carried and another Vehicle was brought into service.
R.H.A. CONFERENCE BUSINESS
THERE Will as usual be three business sessions at the annual conference of the Road Haulage Association at Blackpool from October 10-12. At least two of them will be occupied with resolutions. The form which the third session will take has not yet been decided.