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House of Fraser Decision Reserved •
THE House of Fraser application to 1 convert 40 C licences to B, and to vary licences for 14 B vehicles, was heard in • Edinburgh last week, when the Scottish deputy Licensing Authority, • Mr. Ivo Townsend, deferred his decision pending an examination of the evidence. The case had been continued so as to allow House of Fraser to produce certified statements of earnings for three years by Aand B-licensed vehicles and of advertising costs for furniture removals by Wylie and Lochhead (one of the companies involved). These figures had been given prevheus to the current hearing and were the subject of attack by the objectors when Mr. W. G. Spence, House of Fraser transport manager, gave evidence, Mr. I. S. A. Buchanan pointed out that there was a difference of £11,000 between the certified figures and those given earlier by Mr. Spence in the case of Wylie and Lochhead, and of £2,700 in the House of Fraser figures, Mr. D. Brown; for B.T.C,, asked for clarification that the _goods to be carried had either been bought or sold by the House of Fraser or other subsidiary companies, but pointed out that there was no evidence as to the goods carried by these companies. After discussion, it was agreed to delete "excluding house hold removals" from the application and to add "bought and sold by the associated and subsidiary companies ". The objectors contended that the House of Fraser organization could go far towards its object by reorganization and re-routeing of its fleet through co-ordinating deliveries in the various districts. Mr. Buchanan suggested that more should be done in this direction.
Mr. R. Mackenzie claimed, that the applicant was merely seeking a more con venient service and had not even specified the number of vehicles required. That alone indicated their tack of a case. Mr. D. Brown stressed the lack of information regarding the goods to be
carried by the associated companies. The
granting of the application would give much greater flexibility to the applicant. Mr. T. Campbell Wardlaw, for House of Fraser, said that the onus of proof
lay with the objectors and not the applicant, and that the terms had been modified to meet their objections.
Mr. Townsend said that he•wou d give his, decision within a few days.