B.T.C. Fail in Appeal Against Retail Delivery Service
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AN appeal by the British Transport Commission against a Southend delivery service being allowed to carry goods to Basildon and other towns within a radius of 15 miles was dismissed by the Transport [Appeal] Tribunal in London last week.
Messrs. N. A. Jessup and E. Eastop (Jessup Local Delivery Service), 51 Porters 'Grange Avenue, Southend, were the respondents.
Mr. J. Amphlett, for the 11.T.C., said that Mr. Jessup held a B licence authorizing three vehicles to carry goods to customers within a 6-mile radius of shops in Westcliff, Leigh-onSea and Southend. There was a fourth vehicle, which was used as a replacement.
Mr. Jessup sought to extend the radius to 20 miles, but the Eastern Licensing Authority granted an extension to 15 miles.
Submitting that Mr. Jessup was originally granted an " errand " licence, Mr. Amphlett said that his main desire was to deliver goods to houses in the area of the new town of Basildon.
lft was the contention of the B.T.C. that the grant of the licence would cause wasteful competition. Carter Paterson had seven vehicles based on Southend, and the vehicle doing the Basildon round had never had so many orders that it had to be duplicated. No evidence of any new need had been given when the application was made by Mr. Jessup.
Mr. J. L. Elson Rees, for Mr. Jessup,
said that although a radius of 20 miles had been applied for, his client was really thinking of doing nothing more than serving the Basildon area.
The Transport Commission had not brought evidence to show that there was any other equivalent suitable service, or that the Jessup service would be in excess of requirements.
The service asked for was what the retailers and the people of Basildon wanted: that goods should be picked up from shops and delivered to the customer. It was a particular type of delivery that was being carried out, and Jessups could not pick up return loads.
Dismissing the appeal, the tribunal stated that, in their opinion, the objector had not discharged the onus of proof placed upon him.
They were satisfied that the service given by Carter Paterson was very different from that provided by Mr. Jessup.
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