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Railway Refusal of Traffic Alleged

20th November 1936
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Page 33, 20th November 1936 — Railway Refusal of Traffic Alleged
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THE fact that an application for the variation of an A licence was made at the instance of 'the police was revealed to the North-Western Deputy Licensing Authority, at Chester. Mr. W. H. Shepherd, Huntington Garage, Chester, applied for a renewal of his A licence for nine vehicles and one trailer (42 tons), and for a variation allowing him to acquire two 4-ton vehicles in place of a 7i-tonner.

Mr. Ouseley Smith protested against an objector mentioning convictions against the applicant. The variation was made largely at the instance of the police, owing to complaints with regard to the unwieldiness of his vehicle in the narrow streets of North Wales. The chief constable of Carnarvonshire supported his application by letter.

Mr. Walter Wynne, traffic manager fOr Tate and Lyle, Ltd., at Liverpool, said that, at one time, the railways would not carry the company's packet sugar, and it was brought into North Wales by wholesale grocers and piovision merchants. The traffic was not being abstracted from the railways, because they had never had it. He approached the railway company four years ago and asked them for a quotation for carrying this class of sugar, but one had never been given.

The Authority remarked that Mr. Wynne had made similar allegations at Barmouth, and he regarded it as rather a serious matter.

Mr. G. H. P. Beames, for the railways, contended that the traffic had been obtained by cut rates. In his view, the sugaz could well be carried by the Tate and Lyle company on its C-licence vehicles.

Mr. Ouseley Smith ridiculed the idea that offences regarding the keeping of records and inefficient brakes could help him to cut the railway rates. Regarding the under-utilization of the rail services, there was' noevidence at all that it was due to the effect of Mr. Shepherd's services. Only 10 container-loads of sugar were carried by rail per day for the whole country.

Decision was reserved.


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