How to Present an Application
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OVERNMENT by regulation, par14.-lticularly under the Road and Rail Traffic Act, was vigorously condemned by Mr. C. A. Ball, who pointed out that, under this system, the only remedy for an aggrieved party was an appeal to an authority appointed directly or indirectly by the Minister of Transport himself.
Mr. Ball pointed out that an applicant was required to show that existing vehicles were fully engaged, and that they had been operated legally. In an application for a variation, it was wise to submit figures indicating turnover, month by month, for the preceding three years. The statement should also show the number of removals carried out.
• The extent of hiring• would have to he shown. The applicant must be prepared to prove that hiring had, perhaps,• been unsatisfactory, unreliable and disliked by customers; moreover, it was true that hiring was becoming increasingly difficult. A valuable witness would be a person from whom the applicant hired vehicles. He might be prepared -to say that, owing to increased demands for his vehicles, he would no longer be able to satisfy the applicant's needs. He would thereby be serving the appli