New Angle on "Business Change"
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THE requirement by Licensing 1 HE that hauliers who change the character of their businesses Must prove need,was raised in a' new form in an application heard in Manchesterlast week.
Mr. James Liptrot, of Davyhulme,. • Manchester, sought an extra vehicle for work offered by• the World Transport Agency, international shipping and forwarding agents, of Manchester, Who fully employed Mr. Liptrot's present vehicle and guaranteed employment for two machines.
Mr. G. H. P. Beames, forthe rail-way companies,raised -the points that the applicant had abandoned formet customers to serve solely the. World Transport Agency, and that to follow he additional vehicle would create wasteful-competition with the railways.
The question whether Mr. Liptrot had changed the character of his business would come up when the renewal of his licence was under consideration. It might be questioned whether he was entitled to a public carrier's licence, in view of the fact that he was not holding himself out to carry for any but the one customer.
Mr. Howard Robinson, for the appli. cant, submitted that the evidence given justified an additional vehicle and that there was no change in the character of the business, because Mr. Liptrot had formerly worked for clearing houses and the business of his new customer was of the Same class. •
Sir William Hart: " He used to go. to Glasgow, now he goes elsewhere. I will give the case further consideration and announce my decision later."