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• Mr. J. Hanlon, the Northern LA, sitting in Penrith on Tuesday of last week, heard five inquiries into haulage applications.
Before granting an A licence to J. H. Palmer (Haulage) Ltd., a clearing house, Mr. J. Hanlon asked Mr. J. Palmer, managing director: 'When is a clearing house a clearing house?
"Do you just put up a plate and a telephone number and say you are John Palmer (Haulage) Ltd., and are able to take orders and, if you get an A licence for the clearing house, do you carry for anybody? I am not suggesting that will be done, but how long has the clearing house been established?"
"Three years," replied Mr, Palmer.
"The condition 'clearing house as required' does not mean a thing," said Mr. Hanlon.
Mr. G. N. Robson, representing the applicant, said: "There are many operators with such a 'normal user'. It is a recognized form of traffic.
But Mr. Hanlon, continuing, said: "It seems to render any sort of declaration useless, although I am not saying it is wrong. A clearing house is excluded by statute from giving a haulier any contract."
Mr. Robson said Mr. Palmer now accepted that the proposed "normal user" was too wide. He now wished to carry goods for clearing houses, particularly the one of which he was the managing director, and sought to carry general goods in England and Scotland. He would surrender licences in the name of the vehicles' vending company, Bainbridge Transport Company.
In another case Mr. I. G. Bell of Kirkbarton. Carlisle, was granted an A licence for an extra vehicle to carry empty whisky bottles from Lancashire to Scottish factories and for export, and bricks from Scotland for the ovens of the Lancashire factories making the bottles.
Mr. Hanlon said that Mr. Bell had submitted figures which showed substantial increase in earnings, £25,500 gross earnings over the year, on the existing A and B licensed vehicles.
Objections were heard on behalf of G. Millican (Penton) Ltd., W. Watt Ltd., Mr. R. J. Monkhouse, all of Carlisle and BRS.
Mr. E. C. Rocca, Milvern Garage, Main Street, Brampton, was granted a B licence for two tippers after the conditions had been amended. This satisfied E.M.N. Farrer of Brampton, W. Gibson and Son of Carlisle, and Seymour Bros. (Stanley) Ltd. of Carlisle, who withdrew their objections.
The withdrawal of objections due to amended conditions also enabled Mr. J. Timperon, a farmer and grower, to have his application for a B licence granted so that he could extend the use of his two existing Clicensed vehicles.
BRS withdrew its objections when the conditions were changed to "goods for the West Cumberland Farmers' Trading Society within the six Northern Counties and Southern Scotland".
Lastly, Mr. A. R. MacMillan, of Market Street, Stranraer, applied for an A licence in his own name so that he could carry on the one-vehicle haulage business which had been operated by himself and his cousin who had since died.
He was granted a short-term licence while the application was adjourned pending production of evidence relating to the disposal of the other partner's share in the business.