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Burden of Proof AHUGE job" was the comment of Mr. H. Backhouse, C.M.U.A. solicitor, when Sir William Hart, NorthWestern Deputy Licensing Authority, suggested that the figures presented on behalf of applicants should show separately the tonnage for outward and inward traffic. "My client," he protested, "feels very strongly about your putting upon him a further burden of expense and trouble with regard to figures."
Mr. J. Holden, of Cheetham Manchester, was applying, on Monday, for two extra 4-tonners for his Manchester-London service when this and another protest enlivened the routine procedure. Additional tonnage was justified by increased paper carrying to London from Ratcliffe and by return loading. of Colonial and Continental fruits from -London to Manchester.
On behalf of Mr. Holden, it was announced that he had been granted a short-term licence in order that he might continue strawberry traffic, which he had handled for some seasons. Within three days of the customer's name being mentioned in that court, said Mr. Backhouse, this soft-fruit carrying had been lost to the railway. He described this as an alarming experience of railway canvassing.
Decision was reserved.