Applicant Given Further Chance to Make Out Case for Extra Vehicle
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AN applicant, who told Mr. G. W. Duncan, Northern Deputy Licensing Authority, that he had experienced difficulty in the north because of hit cockney accent, was given a further chance to make out a case for the addition of a vehicle to an A licence for household removals, newspapers and shop deliveries as and when required, at Darlington on Monday.
He was Mr. L. H. R. Robinson, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, whose application had previously been adjourned by Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing Authority, to enable him to supply further details of earnings.
Mr. Robinson stated that he had supplied details to the Authority's office which showed that his business was increasing. He said he had difficulty in maintaining the two vehicles hewas at present operating because they were working every day. .He had readied the. point where, if he did not go forward, he would start going, backwards in his business. Without the grant he could see no prospect of increasing his figures and was refusing customers for long-distance removals every day.
Asked by Mr. Duncan if he had any witnesses present, the applicant replied that he had been asked to produce only the figures. He added, "1 didn't start yesterday. I have been in the business for 40 years."
Minutest Detaili Mr. I. Robey, appearing for B.R.S. (Pickfords), Ltd., who. objected, said that one of the reasons why the application was adjourned was because he had previously asked for particulais of the household removals. He asked if any records to show vihbthcr the work done was local or long-distance, and any information regarding people who had been refused transport for removals in
the past, would be— produeed. Mr. Robinson replied that when he refused a customer he took no particulars, but he would bring back the minutest details if asked to do so.
Mr. Robey: " All we have at the
moment is the fact that you did £2,300worth of work in 1958, and £2,705-worth in 1959." Asked if he had ever subcontracted work, Mr. Robinson replied '1 want nothing to do with that." .
Asked by Mr. Duncan if he had anything to add to his case, Mr. Robinson said that he thought he had a right to an extra vehicle. Said Mr. Duncan: " The trouble is that you are not willing to be taught. You have a grievance of some sort."
Mr. Robinson then replied that he had no grievance but had experienced difficulty going through life. "I have a cockney accent and it is not accepted in the north," he said.
Giving decision, Mr. Duncan said: "I think you are a very self-opinionated man and have not done yourself' justice. You do not understand what you have to do to get a licence." Mr. Duncan then explained what had to be done to prove A case, but said that he realized that it was Most difficult to get evidence in respect of household removals. He adjourned the application for further evidence, hut told Mr. Robinson. that he should decide whether or not he would accept a grant in more restricted terms.
NEW BOND RANGER VAN
A VAN version of the Bond three wheeled car has been reintroduced by Sharp's Commercials, Ltd., Preston, Lancs. The Ranger, as it is known, has a stated capacity a 31 'cu. ft. beside ahd behind the driver.
Access to this space is through an upward-opening flap at the rear and a near-side door. Powered by a Villiers 250 c.c., two-stroke engine driving the single front wheel; the Ranger costs £295 in primer.
Its main advantages over conventional four-wheelers are a 14-ft. turning circle, and that it may be driven by persons holding only a motorcycle driving licence. Engine reversing mechanism is an optional extra.
It incurs an annual Excise licence duty of £5.