Appeal for Lowloaders Fails D ECLARING that there was a co rn plete
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lack of evidence, the chairman of the Transport Tribunal, Mr. H. Hull, last week dismissed the appeal of Martin Cowley, Ltd., Alfreton, Derbyshire, against the refusal of the East Midland Deputy Licensing Authority to grant B licences for two low-loading articulated outfits. The application had been made to enable the concern, the parent body of a subsidiary said to be the largest producer of open-east coal in the North Midland Region, to carry excavators and tractors within 20 miles of Alfreton to and from open-cast coal sites.
The urgent need to move excavators and tractors from a site to a depot in the event of a breakdown was stressed by the appellant's representative. The capital cost of these items was high, he said, and it was imperative that there should be no delay in moving them. The two low-loading outfits had been purchased because it had been difficult to obtain hired vehicles to carry machinery used on the sites, on which the concern was engaged under contract to the Ministry of „Fuel and Power.
The respondent, the Road Haulage Executive (Pickford's Special Traffics Division), was not called upon to give evidence.
NO INTENTION OF RENEWING LICENCE
" I CAN only say that Mr. Freer's 'conduct is to be reprehended, because he has caused a lot of expense to other people, apparently without any intention of renewing his licence," said the Northern Licensing Authority, last week, when he refused an application by Mr. L. Freer, Greenodd, to renew a B licence.
The applicant was not present in court, but four local hauliers were there to object and to maintain that Mr. Freer no longer possessed the vehicle to which the licence referred.
The Authority explained that Mr. Freer had not applied at the beginning of the year for the renewal of his licence, but in February had sent a telegram saying: "Renew B licence." He was sent the necessary forms, but nothing was heard from him until an application for renewal was made on May 26.
One objector said that the applicant had sold his vehicle about 20 months ago. He retained the licence, but allowed it to lapse and he was now employed as a driver by another haulier. Some of his business had been absorbed by other operators, who had satisfactorily dealt with it.
• 3,500 COACHES FROM VICTORIA I AST week-end, over 3,500 coaches .1-4 departed from Victoria Coach Station, London, for all parts of Britain. Many vehicles ran overnight. More than 100,000 passengers were sent off from the station in this period.