War-time Operator is Newcomer?
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ALARGE Nottingham public-works contractor, W. J. Siinms, Sons and Cooke, Ltd., was the respondent in a case heard before the Appeal Tribunal last week. The Hay's Wharf Cartage Co., Ltd„ and Fred Edlin, Ltd., appealed against the East Midland Licensing Authority's grant to the respondent of a B licence for an articulated machinery transporter.
This vehicle had.been running under B Defence Permit since April, 1945, and, submitted Mr. V. R. Shepherd, for the appellants, by the principles of the Walker decision, this was not a basis upon which the grant of a full-term licence could be made. The company should be considered as a newcomer.
Mr. Shepherd said that the respondent company was not seeking a licence in the public interest, but only for its own benefit. This submission was tackled by Mr. H. F: R. Sturge, for the respondent, who stated that the vehicle was used mainly in alliance with building and open-cast coal mining, both of which were busy industries facing great expansion, The Tribunal's decision was reserved: There were eight appellants in the second case heard last week. Seven were mostly small hauliers, and they were headed by the Southern Railway Co.
Appellants objected to a decision of the Western Licensing Authority in granting a B licence to D. G. Ford, Ltd.,
Shaftesbury. Under this licence five vehicles were to be run for the carriage of furniture within 125 miles and household goods within 70 miles.
Mr. Sturge, for the appellants. contended that • the company had not provided sufficient evidence of need and had given no details about war-time operations. The argument for the respondent, submitted by Mr. Gerald Thesiger, was that the vehicles were required to deal with the increasing amount of trade in the Shaftesbury area.
The Tribunal reserved decision also in this case.