Is Municipal Goods Transport Legal?
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flUNDEE CORPORATION'S appliLitcation for the renewal of s.the licence for its parcels-delivery service was again before Mr, H. -Riches, Northern Scotland Licensing Authority. last. Friday. The case was adjourned to give the corporation and the objectors an opportunity of adjusting parcels" rates.
The objectors are Mr. R. H. Burnett (Dundee Express Deliveries), 6, Commercial Street, Dundee, Mr. Robert W. Kydd (Mackie's Parcel Service), 23, Castle Street, Broughty Ferry, and Mr. George Longair, 263, King Street, Droughty Ferry.
Mr. Riches pointed out that at the previous sitting an important legal question had been raised. It was open to the objectors, as ratepayers, to set the law in motion, but not as objectors to the granting of the licence. They could apply for an inter diet if theyWere advised that they had good grounds for such a course.
Mr. Robert Taylor, transport manager, did not agree that there was an excess of facilities. He also denied that, for the past three years, the "corporation had carried on the department at a loss. He admitted that nothing was shown for depreciation.
Mr. Riches said that a point of law had been raised as to whether the corporation was acting illegally in providing a fleet of goods vehicles for the conveyance of goods for hire or reward. The point was not altogether free from doubt, but the objectors, as objectors to the granting of the licence, were limited in the scope of such opposition by the Section II (3) of the Act of 1933. He had carefully considered the point raised, which was undoubtedly an important one, upon the merits of which he expressed no opinion.