Quick Decisions on • Two Appeals
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DECISION on two appeals heard only a few weeks before has been announced by the Minister of Transport. The inquiry into one was held on June 21, the other being as recently as July 9. This tends to confirm the rumour, reported in The Commercial Motor last week, that appeal procedure was being overhauled to eliminate delay in giving decisions.
Both these appeals were rejected. One, by Mr. Fred Ashmore, concerned the Yorkshire Licensing Authority's refusal to grant him a road service licence in respect of a group of excursions and tours from Castleford.
The other appeal, which was in two parts, was against decisions of the South Eastern Licensing Authority. Messrs. Taylors appealed against the rejection of their application for permission to operate an express service between camps at Barton Stacey and London, and against the grant of similar facilities to Wilts and Dorset Motor Services, Ltd. Costs were awarded against Messrs. Taylors.
COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES
THE Minister of Transport's promise that employees of the British Transport Commission who suffered loss as a result of the Transport (Disposal of Road Haulage Property) Act, 1956, should be compensated, has been honoured. The British Transport Commission (Compensation to Employees) (Amendment) Regulations, 1956, came into operation on August 17.
They look after the interests of employees of companies formed by the B.T.C.
"Observe Conditions," Mr. Hanlon Warns
HAULIERS were expected to observe their licence conditions "very closely," Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing Authority, said last week. Messrs. J. G. Close and J. G. Sanderson, Bowes, successfully applied for a variation in their licence to carry agricultural produce within 200 miles of Barnard Castle.
Mr. Hanlon said that his attention had been drawn to the fact that the applicants had carried racehorses to Ayr in May. This was outside their licence terms. , A supporting witness stated that there would be a local hay shortage this winter and it was hoped to get supplies from eastern and southern counties. Objections from the railways and British Road Services were not pressed.