Witness Objects to Arbitration
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WHEN the Transport Arbitration Tribunal sat in London on Monday to determine the compensation payable to Gilbert Transport, Ltd., Frogmore Street, Bristol, Mr. R. Spencer, of the company, stated: "1
object to the matter entirely. Your arbitration is concerned with figures. I am concerned with methods."
Mr. J. Richardson, for the British Transport Commission, said that the amount of compensation was £2,547, hut the B.T.C. were prepared to concede an extra £5. The president asked Mr. Spencer whether he objected to this.
Mr. Spencer replied that he did, and that he thought that a greater sum Was payable. He had not, however, applied for leave to put in an answer to the statement of claim by the Commission. He alleged that the vehicles were taken over for £700 but that the B.T.C. required 13,000 for them to be bought back.
The president: "Then we must take it that the statement is accepted by you.
You must be taken to admit the facts." Mr. Spencer: "I do not admit them." The president: "Then we cannot hear
you further. We cannot have you standing there, saying you do not wish to put in an answer, and at the same time trying to dispute the facts."
The Tribunal agreed to the compensation, but made no order as to costs.
DOWN IN THE VALLEY
GRANTING permission to Ben Smith (Central Garage), Ltd., Marsden, to operate excursions from 37 terminal points in Marsden and 28 in Slaithwaite, last week, the Yorkshire Licensing Authority, Maj. F. S. Eastwood, described the applications as " a good scheme of co-ordination for the Colne Valley."
It was stated at the hearing that after discussions, objections by British Railways and Hanson's Buses, ltd., and their subsidiaries, had been withdrawn.