Revocation Inquiry Adjourned : Haulier Not Warned
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A FTER the defending solicitor had
complained bitterly that matters of which he had not been warned were being introduced, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing Authority, last week adjourned an inquiry to determine whether to revoke or suspend a haulier's licence. The inquiry was to be resumed at North allerton yesterday.
Arthur Sanderson, of South End Farm, Great Broughton, Middlesbrough, was called to show cause why his special A licence for five vehicles and B licence for eight vehicles should not be revoked or suspended, in v of certain convictions which had taken place for breach of licence conditions.
After referring to the convictions, Mr. HanIcin said he did not intend to limit the scope of the inquiry to the matters referred to in the letter sent to Mr. Sanderson. There were other matters which came to light at a public inquiry held in 1954 when a licence variation was applied for. At that inquiry, evidence was produced showing the extent to which fertilizers were carried outside of the radius of the B licences.
Mr. Sanderson claimed that as a farmer he was entitled to carry these goods, which were for delivery to neighbouring farmers, but the delivery notes showed that some of the farms were some distance away and could not, in Mr. lf-larilon's opinion, be classed as belonging to neighbours.
Mr. T. H. Campbell Wardlaw observed: "1 have no notice of other matters from you and will contest any attempt on your part to bring other matters within the scope of this inquiry."
After Mr. Hanlon had referred to the delivery notes and cited ' instances of deliveries, Mr. Wardlaw k said; "I am taken completely by surprise as, in the letter of July 4 to Sanderson, your clerk notified the date of this inquiry and set out details of certain offences and asked him to show cause why the licences should not be revoked. Throughout the correspondence with you the reasons given are the convic c6 Lions at Stokesley on April 27 last. 1 was not aware, nor was my client, that you proposed to make reference to documents put in by Sanderson when he applied for a variation of his carrier's licence in 1954."
The Transport Tribunal laid down in such matters that proper notice had to be given. Commenting on an observation by Mr. Hanlon that the matter would he further delayed, Mr. Wardlaw said: "We are asked to answer charges about which we have not been given notice—the responsibility for delay must rest with the Licensing Authority."
Mr. Hanlon: "1 do not agree. These matters came to light at a public inquiry."
Mr. Wardlaw: "The Tribunal have laid down that notice must be given I insist upon proper notice being given to the licence holder.
WELDING INSTITUTE'S PLANS 1"11E autumn meeting of the Institute of Welding will be held in London from November 2-4, and will comprise the annual dinner and presidential address, followed by four technical sessions devoted to papers on various aspects or inert-gas arc-welding processes. Mr. F. J. Errol, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply, and Sir Edward Boyle, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, will attend the dinner.
The 1956 spring meeting of the Institute will be held in the eastern counties from May 3-5.
RECORD RENAULT PRODUCTION
THE French factory of la Regie Nationale des Usines Renault, last year built 200,629 vehicles, a new record, Commercial vehicles totalled 42,928-12,104 light vans, 6,637 medium vans and pick-ups, 23,917 heavy vehicles and 270 buses and coaches.
Renault produced 33.34 per cent, of the vehicles manufactured in France last year. the next largest figure being from the Citroen factory, at 25.68 per
cent. Vehiclos exported represented 2c per cent, of tho total production,