THE RAILWAYS NEVER MISS A CHANCE.
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I do submit that it was never the intention of the Road an'd Rail Traffic Act for every opportunity to be taken by the railway companies to cut down carriers facilities."
When this plea was made, Mr. Philip Kershaw, for the railway companies, had urged Sir William Hart, NorthWestern Deputy Licensing Authority, at a sitting, on Monday, to reduce a radius as compensation for the fact that a cattle truck would not in future be doing C-licence work.
Mr. Howard Robinson, for the applicants, made the protest given above, and pointed out that this was a Section 11 (3) (b) case, in which the figures were not disputed, but in which the railways were following their usual practice of trying to limit road operation.
Sir William Hart said he was disposed to grant the application, but, although the figures were not disputed, he must have them confirmed either by a witness or from the books. The application was by Messrs. Kidd and Higgs, of Macclesfield, to take over the cattle-carrying business of Mr. A. E. Warrington, farmer, now retiring.