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"Foolish "—Given Licence and Suspension

11th September 1959
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

r_RANTING an application for an A

licence in continuation of an expir. ing special-A licence for a vehicle of 2 tons, the Deputy Scottish Licensinl Authority, Mr. Alex. Robertson, at Aber. deen last week, described the applicani as a young man who had acted foolishly The applicant. Mr. Eric B. Christoffersen had made a false declaration of base anc for this irregularity Mr. Robertson inflicted a four-months' suspension from September 15.

The applicant told the Deputy Authority that he bought the special-A licence in June, 1958; his application te base the vehicle at Cruden Bay, Aberdeen. shire, had been rejected. He then applied for a base in Dumfermline which was granted. He made efforts to establish a properly constituted base in Dunfermline, but was unable to find sufficient work there, and had kept the vehicle in Cruden Bay, since most of his work was in the Aberdeenshire area.

In addition to the special-A licence he held a contract A licence with his main customer, Walter Findlay, Ltd., Peterhead. He was prepared, he said, to declare his normal user as "agricultural goods in the counties of Aberdeen, Banff and Moray, and goods for Walter Findlay, Ltd., to south Scotland, north and northwest England."

For British Railways, who objected, Mr. D. Brown said that the supporting evidence given by representatives of Walter Findlay and the Capital Line Co., Ltd., fell far short of the standard required to prove need for a licence. He also suggested that the application be refused because of the irregularities concerning the base.

The Deputy Licensing Authority granted the applicationfor a period of two years only, so that at the end of that period he could again have regard to the applicant's conduct.

AHEAD OF SCHEDULE

THE long periods of fine weather in recent months have more than compensated contractors working on the London-Yorkshire motorway for the near-disastrous conditions of the summer of 1958. A case in point is the "Watford leg" of the St. Albans by-pass, between Berry Grove and Beechtree, which at one stage was five months behind schedule. The northern half of the five-mile section will be ready for traffic two months ahead of contract time; the southern half is about one month ahead.

FEWER BUSES MAKE PROFIT

EIGHT double-deck buses had been taken out of service—which made a fleet reduction of 16 since March, 1957 —the Nottingham transport department committee reported last week. Mileage for the year was increased by 19.001 and total revenue. from 143,784,000 passengers, was £2,016,796. A profit of £3,722 had been achieved during the year, which meant that the undertaking's accumulated deficit was reduced to £13,671.


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