No Customer Witnesses— No Grant
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AS a result of Mr. Hanlon's refusal to grant applications for additional vehicles to meet increasing demands for road transport from the big steel companies, solely on the evidence of supporting letters, hauliers are likely
to urge their customers to discontinue their present practice of declining to send witnesses to court.
At Newcastle last month, after refusing an application by Siddle C. Cook, Ltd., to add 12 articulated outfits to an A licence, on the ground of a successful tender to carry more than 2,000 tons for the South Durham Steel and Iron Co., Ltd., to South Wales, Mr. Hanlon said the limited value of letters was well known. If the South Durham company wishes to allocate work to a particular haulier, they must prove need for additional facilities..
He was asked for a decision in writing . so that a copy could he sent to the South Durham company. A large tonnage of steel is carried by -British Railways and the road operators believe that pressure is exerted to prevent the attendance of witnesses in these cases.