poplicants Request Adjournment : Surprise Objector Appears
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kN application to renew a "unique" B licence was adjourned at —1 Newcastle upon Tyne last week at the request of the applicants, the ;oundon Haulage Co., Ltd., Coundon, County Durham. They wanted
o change their application into one for an A licence. The licence was escribed as unique in the area because four of the vehicles specified on were completely unrestricted.
lore the hearing, Mr. J. A. T. an, Northern Licensing Authority, asked by Mr. J. Wragg, Hinwick, .ermission to object to the Coundon age application. Mr. F. Milton, tary of the Northern Area re Road Haulage Association, for idon, said that the application was shed last April, and that objection 41 have been lodged within the tory period.
e case had already been adjourned low Mr. Hanlon to deal with it, this was the first intimation of any :lion.
r Mr. Wragg it was explained ay I. Robey that be did not take 7cations and Decisions, and knew t the application only two days after iriginal inquiry in June. On advice the R.1-LA. he had approached the ority's office about the matter.
ked by Mr. Hanlon why he had ahjected within the time limit, Mr. :g said that on being told of the cation he had immediately gone e R.H.A. and the Authority's office. lad been advised to obtain the serof a solicitor.
Let Down by R.H.A."
Hanlon: " You arc a member or .EA.?" Mr. Wragg: "Yes, and I I have been badly let down by , :,L; well."
r. Milton explained that if the objechad been made within the specified he would not have appeared on If of the applicants. There was a g that if one member of the Associobjected to another, the R.H.A.
d not intervene.
the objection were allowed, he 1, he would have to ask for an trnrnent for someone else to be icted, Mr. Hanlon considered that abjection should be heard and the was adjourned until later in the day. I resumption, Mr. T. H. Campbell Ilaw, for Coundon. said that the cation was for the renewal of a B e for six vehicles. Whilst two les were restricted to carrying various nodities within 25 miles, the remainour were unrestricted.
r. Wardlaw said that in 1947 the cornhad made application in respect of chicks, five of which had extensive lengthy conditions attached to them. Authority at that time, Mr. S. W. an. considered that in view of the conditions it was not necessary ,ve any at all.
le vehicles had remained on B licence 1Se the applicants were coal merts. The licence had since been renewed without opposition. The Authority was asked by Mr. Wardlaw to repeat what had been done in the past and renew the licence in its existing form.
Mr. Hanlon: "I seem to have heard rather similar observations with regard to the grant of public A licences which had had *general goods, Great Britain' on them for many years."
Mr. Wardlaw said that if the Authority were to change the position, a new A licence in respect of the four vehicles would be sought.
The Authority indicated that it would be prepared to grant an adjournment sine die, after hearing assurances from Mr. C. A. Renaldi, managing director of the applicant company, that he had no intention of carrying commodities which were being taken by Mr. Wragg to certain destinations.
OPERATORS TO HEAR REPORT lot AR. L. PATRICK, West Midland lvi divisional secretary of the Traders Road Transport Association, told The Commercial Motor on Tuesday that the divisional committee were to hold meetings, open to members and non-members, to discuss the survey of C-licence transport. The meetings will take place within the next few weeks in the Potteries, Wolverhampton. Birmingham. Coventry and Hereford.
HOTELIER REFUSED GRANT
A N Avicmore hotelier, Mr. R. A. Tully, P"t has been refused a licence to operate tours and excursions for guests by the Scottish Traffic Commissioners. Proposed destinations included the Cairngorms, the Alpine nursery at Inehreach, Cullodien, Blair Castle and Blair Athol]. The British Transport Commission and local operator objected.