Three Vehicles Deleted On Appeal
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RENEWAL of a Barton-on-Trent haulier's B licence for seven vehicles to carry solid fuel had created facilities materially in excess of demand, the Transport Tribunal were told in London last week. There were no grounds for the renewal, claimed Mr. J. R. C Samuel-Gibbon, for the British Transport Commission, when he asked that the application, made by Little Haywood Transport Co., Ltd., should at least be granted only in part.
The vehicles were first brought on to the road in unusual circumstances, he explained. Arising out of the war, there had been a temporary shortage of railway wagons, which had prompted the issue of the licences. That shortage had now been overcome.
For the company, Mr, D. Kanrnel, Q.C., pointed out that the railways were in the happy position of being able to put almost as many vehicles as they liked on rail. Although rail traffic had decreased, they had 35,000 new trucks between January, 1955, and June, 1956. The Commission could rapidly achieve a position where they could claim a monopoly for the carriage of coal.
. In this particular area there was a demand for carriage by road from the collieries. This.was healthy, not wasteful, competition for the railways.
The appeal was partly upheld by the Tribunal after a two-day hearing. Mr. Herbert Hull, president, said that three of the vehicles would be taken off the licence.
INDEMNITY FOR DAMAGED BUSES?
TN the House of Commons, last week,
the Prime Minister promised to consider extending indemnity to bus operators whose vehicles were damaged during the strike.
In a statement, he emphasized that acts of violence had been committed by only a small minority of the strikers.
Mr. Shin well sought to lay part of the blame for them on the bus companies. " A measure of responsibility rests upon the shoulders of the proprietors of the priVate bus companies, in view of the shocking wages paid to the bus drivers, and the miserable offer of 3s. a week increase," be said. " Is it altogether surprising that some men lose their tempers in a situation of that kind ?
R.H.A. PLAN PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN
L-1 A FUTURE policy for publicity is
being formulated by the Road Haulage Association. A survey will be considered by various committees in September.
There is strong pressure from the area committees for a national campaign. partly commercial and partly political, to attract more traffic to. free-enterprise hauliers and to counter the Labour Party's renationalization policy.