Respondents Not Called: Appeal Fails

11th November 1955, Page 116

11th November 1955

Page 116

Page 116, 11th November 1955 — Respondents Not Called: Appeal Fails

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THE Transport Tribunal last week rejected a haulier's appeal without calling on the respondents. Messrs. G. W. and D. S. Peacock, Potton Road, Biggjeswade, had been refused a B licence for a 3-ton vehicle by the Eastern Licensing Authority, They wished to collect vegetables within a 15-mile radius and take them to Leeds and Bradford.

For the firm, Mr. M. Dunbar van Oss said that whilst British Road Services' collection facilities appeared to be adequate, difficulty arose because the appellants, themselves vegetable dealers, had complained to British Railways about train services. Appellants had been approached by growers to carry vegetables to Bradford and Leeds, The Authority had said that the grant of a licence would cause substantial abstraction of railway traffic, which, in present circumstances, would not be good, but, Mr. Van Oss pointed out, evidence had been given that consignments had missed the market through late rail delivery. Rail charges were also higher than those of the appellants.

The Tribunal did not call upon the railway counsel and upheld the Authority's decision that rail facilities were suitable. " We doubt whether a portion of the 100 tons of tomatoes available during a restricted season from one grower who found the rail service unsatisfactory is sufficient to justify putting on the road another vehicle," said the president. As the appellants' charges were unknown, the railway rates were irrelevant.

SPECIAL A LICENCE REFUSED THE North Western Licensing Authority has refused to grant a special A licence for an articulated outfit (3.1 tons) to Messrs. H. I. Huyton, Dunriding Lane, St. Helens. Messrs. Huyton have some five lorries and four trailers running on special A licences.