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Four Railways Fight Bouts-Tillotson

18th September 1936
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AFORETASTE of the likely experiences of A-licensees in snking renewals was afforded this week, when Bouts-Tillotson Transport, Ltd., applied to the Metropolitan Licensing Authority forithe renewal of A licences in respect of 139 vehicles and 56 trailers.

• The. application was hotly contested by the four railway companies, represented by Mr. D. Maxwell Fyfe, K.C., Mr. -Alfred Tylor and Mr. B. de H. Pereira. Mr. E. S. -Herbert appeared for the road-transport company. After a hearing occupying two days, the case was adjourned until September 28,

Mr. Gerald Hall, transport manager of Roneo, Ltd., said, in support of the application, that road deliveries were quicker and that there was a lower percentage of damage than by rail. He , declared that it sometimes took three days to deliver goods by rail from London to Manchester, and undertook to produce a statement in support of that allegation.

When Mr. Herbert complained of the unfairness of the strenuous line of cross-examination, the Area Licensing Authority said that general statements, as such, were useless. When allegations were made, they must be supported by actual facts.

Mr. B. D. Baverstock, traffic adviser to Henry C. Stephens, Ltd., the inkmanufacturing concern, declared that, when his company opened depots in various parts of the country, the railways were asked to tender rates. The charges were, however, " out of the question " and, as water transport was too slow, the company turned to road haulage, which was satisfactory.

Mr, Ashton Davies, chief commercial manager of the L.M.S. Railway Co., gave evidence of the reduction in tonnage carried by the four railway companies, and said that the railways were not being fully utilized. He agreed that road transport was a great convenience and went so far as to say that, for certain classes of traffic, road haulage was preferable to rail transport. He submitted, however, that trunk traffic could be suitably handled by the rail ways.


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