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Booth's Northern Application

1st May 1964, Page 58
1st May 1964
Page 58
Page 58, 1st May 1964 — Booth's Northern Application
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

A HAULAGE firm director told the the .1-1 Northern Licensing Authority at Durham on Monday that the objections to an application by his company were "frivolous ". Mr. H. L. Walker, a director of Arthur T. Booth (Manchester) Ltd., Middlesbrough, said the objectors were wasting a lot of time and money. The L.A. reserved his decision.

Arthur T. Booth was applying for an A licence in respect of two artics. British Railways, British Road Services and a number of private hauliers objected. Mr. Walker said he wished to place on record that Mr. William Tulip had agreed to become secretary to the firm. Mr. Tulip had resigned as a director after he had been criticized when the affairs of Arthur T. Booth had been investigated. The North Western L.A. had revoked the firrn's licence. Mr. Walker said that Mr. Tulip had been more sinned against than sinner.

In evidence, Mr. Tulip said that some of the objectors had already made appli cation for similar licences. Numerous orders had been lost because of the shortage of long-length trailers, he said. If the application were granted, the company would carry long-length steel.

Mr. T. H. Campbell Wardlaw, on behalf of some of the objectors, submitted that the application must fail, as a prima facie case of need had not been established. The user of the company had never included the word " steel ". But steel had been carried under the term "engineering goods ".