Appeal on 25-mile Limit Fails A N appeal by R.A.H. (Transporters),
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Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne, against convictions by Newcastle justices on April 17 on charges of exceeding the 25-mile limit was dismissed by the Queen's Bench Divisional Court last week.
Mr. F. A. Stockdale, for the appellants, said that the British Transport Commission served an acquisition notice on the company on April 1, 1949. A counter-notice for its withdrawal was served. Later, the Road Haulage Executive issued a &dee requiring the matter to be brought before the Transport Arbitration Tribunal. Subsequently, the B.T.C.'s notice was withdrawn.
The company believed that they were entitled to operate outside the 25-mile limit until the question of acquisition had been decided by the Tribunal.
Mr. I. P. Ashworth, for the Northern Licensing Authority, said that the appellants were not entitled to do so, Lord Goddard, the Lord Chief Justice, said that once the B.T.C.'s notice had been withdrawn, there was nothing for the Tribunal to decide. The appellants were not entitled to exceed the limit, and the magistrates had come to a proper decision on the evidence before them. Justices Sellers and Havers agreed.
NO HIGHER PAY
BECAUSE an increase in wages was likely to impair export prospects, employers in the engineering industry last week rejected the men's claim for a 15 per cent, advance in pay.
The employers stated that in the year ended May last, orders fell by 25 per cent., following an 8 per cent. decline in the previous year. Exports dropped by 20 per cent. in 1951 after a 12.1 per cent, fall in 1950.