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HORSEBOX GRANT SLASHED

11th August 1967, Page 23
11th August 1967
Page 23
Page 23, 11th August 1967 — HORSEBOX GRANT SLASHED
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Fr HE Transport Tribunal this week I allowed the appeals of hauliers Lone

Star Transport Ltd. and W. and G. Transport Ltd., of Lewes, Sussex (CM, last week), against the grant by the South Eastern deputy LA of a B licence for a horsebox to racehorse trainer Mr. Alan Oughton, of Findon, Sussex.

It did so by varying the condition. As originally granted it read: "Racehoses trained or to be trained in the care of the applicant at The Vale, Findon, to and from race meetings, trials, sales, stud farms, railheads, docks and airports within 200 miles of operating centre."

As varied it now reads: "Racehorses trained or to be trained in the care of the licensee at The Vale, Findon, to and from the sea within 10 miles of operating centre."

The effect of this is simply to enable Mr. Oughton to take his horses for training to the seashore nearby, instead of sending for a Lone Star Transport vehicle based over 22 miles away. "That would be unreasonable," says the Tribunal.

The Tribunal pooh-poohed the suggestion by Mr. Oughton that risks of interference with horses and of infection constituted a valid argument for a grant. It also felt that the horse-owners' interests would be better served by the use of the hauliers' transport as previously.