Tribunal Reserves Judgment on Bristol Fruit Traffic
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THE Transport Tribunal in London on 1. Tuesday reserved judgment in an appeal against the Western Licensing Authority's grant of a B 1:cence for three vehicles to Parkers Transport of Bristol.
Mr. J. R. C. Samuel-Gibbon, appealing on behalf of Brit:sh Railways, the Transport Holding Company and a number of hauliers, said the Licensing Authority in October last year had granted the licence for a van to carry fruit and vegetables within 45 miles of Bristol for five customers, and for two lorries to carry fruit, flowers and vegetables for the same customers within a radius of 110 m:les.
Mr. Samuel-Gibbon said the decision was a surprising one because there was strong evidence of facilities in excess of requ:rernents. That ev:dence had been accepted by the Authority in a previous appl:cation by Parkers three months earlier when he refused the company an A licence for six vehicles for that kind of work.
The case put was that difficulty was experienced by merchants in the Bristol fruit market with immediate overnight deliveries. The difficulty was for small lots; facilires for full loads were perfectly all right.
There had been a lot of evidence to show that the Parker proposals were not workable from the point of view of practical operations and the proposals were to charge uneconomic rates. lie said that evidence had been given to show there were vehicles in the area for which there was no work.
Mr. M. McGregor Johnson, for Parkers, said it was admitted on all sides that the reasons for this application arose because a firm called James Transport, which had previously done that work, was no longer doing it.
Mr. McGregor Johnson said it was significant that the Bristol fruit traders were prepared to give evidence of their needs. The customers required a reliable service through the night and wanted a morning delivery; they were not concerned w7th rates. Their evidence was that it was no part of their job to spend two hours on the phone to find out how they could move their goods.
Appeal Dismissed
THE Transport Tribunal, after a live' minute hearing in London on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by L. N. Bailey, a London haulier, against a decision of the Metropolitan Licens:ng Authority refusing him an A licence fur one lorry to carry general goods within 150 miles of London.
Mr. G. D. Squibb, the president, told Mr. Bailey that he should make a fresh application setting out exactly what he wanted and should put the necessary supporting evidence before the Licensing Authority.