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Abstraction foils appeal

28th April 1967, Page 56
28th April 1967
Page 56
Page 56, 28th April 1967 — Abstraction foils appeal
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

THE Transport Tribunal last week in Edinburgh

dismissed an appeal by W. T. Bathgate (Limeworks) Ltd against a decision of the Scottish Licensing Authority, Mr. A. Birnie. Reason for the dismissal was that there would be abstraction of traffic from existing hauliers.

Bathgate applied for a variation of its licence for economic reasons. It hoped to obtain return load traffic and so stabilize its costs to existing customers. Refusal of the application, it contended, would mean increasing haulage rates.

Bathgate is licensed to carry goods for Alexander Russell and Co. within 50 miles of Glasgow on two vehicles; the variation was to permit it to carry loads of mastic bricks for Limmer and Trinidad Lake Asphalt Co. Ltd. to whom it was delivering limestone.

The objectors, who were also carrying this commodity, feared abstraction of their traffic. Supporting witnesses had told the LA that they visualized an increasing amount of traffic and felt that existing hauliers would not suffer.

Mr. J. B. T. Louden, for Bathgate, suggested that the public generally, and the customer, gained from return load traffic and this far outweighed any consideration of what little abstraction might result from a grant.