Action on Brok en Agreements
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SOMETHING ought to be done about concerns which "gaily entered into binding agreement" with hauliers and then did not honour them, said Mr. G. P. Crowe, for the British Transport Commission, at a Leeds inquiry last week.
A new B licence was being sought by Mr. G. C. Bennett, Townville, Castleford, who applied to carry sand, gravel and red shale within 65 miles in his 31tonner. The B.T.C. objected.
Maj. F. S. Eastwood, Yorkshire Licensing Authority, was told that the cancellation of a quarry owner's con tract, in connection with improvements on the Great North Road, was the reason behind the application. The agreement with the quarry owner promised the haulier work worth £100 per month. As the contract had not been honoured, no work could be found for the vehicle.
A contract-A licence had been issued following submission of the now-violated agreement, observed Maj. Eastwood. Refusing the application, he advised Mr. Bennett to take legal advice concerning the broken agreement and to tell the quarry owners that "they had better find him work."