No Evidence to Justify A Licence
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WHEN Mr. J. Law, Coldstream, applied to Mr. W. F. Quin, Scottish Licensing Authority, on Monday, for an A licence for a vehicle of 4 tons unladen to carry mainly agricultural goods within 50 miles, the case was rejected because there was no evidence of such a shortage of transport to justify the granting of an A licence.
The applicant might have succeeded if he had sought a B licence limited to work for certain important customers, Mr. Quin said.
Mr. J. B. Loudon, for Mr. Law, said that he was employed by his father, who had two B-licence vehicles working within a 20-mile radius of Coldstream. The nearest British Road Services depot was at Kelso, 10 miles away, and there was difficulty in obtaining vehicles at short notice.
There had been many complaints by customers who had been unable to obtain long-distance facilities. Supporting witnesses stated that there was a need for a haulier to carry agricultural requisites and machinery, and that when the B.R.S. Kelso depot could not supply vehicles it had been necessary to hire them from Berwick.
For the British Transport Commission, Mr. P. W. G. Gibson submitted that Mr. Law had put forward insufficient evidence.