Licensing Confusion in Cesspool Case
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I AST September two ex-drivers, Mr.
H. J. Sweet and Mr. E. R. Meadows, of Hinton-on-the-Green, Evesham, went into partnership in. the cesspool-emptying business of S. and M. Sanitary Cleansers. For a month they operated without a licence, and were then granted a short-term licence.
This licence was granted on the strength of a letter from an officer of Pershore Council, who said that there were cesspools in the area which needed immediate attention. S. and M. Sanitary Cleansers soon established goodwill arid in nine weeks earned £500.
They were then granted a B licence by the West Midland Deputy Licensing Authority for the carriage of sewage and other waste liquids within 25 miles of Evesham.
On Tuesday, C. W. Harrison (Contractors), Ltd., Headington, Oxon, and Mr. A. J. Search, Cirencester Road, Cheltenham, appealed against the grant. Mr. C. R. Beddington. for the appellants, said that his clients had been established operators for some years and were able to do the work. The month's unlicensed operation should, he said, be taken into account. There was no justification for the inclusion of "other waste liquids," as no evidence had been given on that point.
Without hearing the respondents, the Tribunal dismissed the appeal, but deleted the reference to other waste liquids.
The president said that as Messrs. Sweet and Meadows had obtained the goodwill of a number of local authorities, they should be able to do similar work for private individuals, Deliberate disregard for the law must always be taken into account against a subsequent application, but the Tribunal thought that the position was not altogether clear, because an operator emptying cesspools for a council was exempt from licensing.
P.T.A. INQUIRE INTO CONGESTION
FULL information on the causes of congestion is being collected from operating members of the Public Transport Association, and the subject is being pursued by a standing committee of all the road passenger transport organizations. This is stated in the P.T.A. annual report, issued on Wednesday. Members are being asked what effect congestion has on them and how much it adds to their costs.
The Association's views on the Government's transport policy have been given to Mr. Harold Watkinson, Minister of Transport.
LIGHTING-UP TIME, CHANGES
FROM next Sunday, lighting-up time for road vehicles will be from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise, instead of half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise, as during winter.