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"The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all &fealties of transport, at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads ' over which it ruin,' —john Beattie Crozier.
Investigating B-Licence Conditions
ON a long series of applications for the renewal of carriers' licences, in Manchester, on Monday, the radius of operation was cut down at the instance of other operators, on the ground that an applicant had not travelled to the limits of his area.
Mr. H. Backhouse (for the Commercial Motor Users Association) raised the legal objection that applicants for renewals could be cross-examined on only two points—"excess of requirements" and character—and the objector must be prepared to support his questions by evidence.
Sir William Hart, Deputy North Western Licensing Authority, directed that the question should be thoroughly debated on a case that might go to appeal, if necessary.
In urging this course, Sir William said that the suggestion of Mr. Backhouse revolutionized the whole system, if objectors must not be allowed to cross-examine as to what the applicant had been doing.
Mr. Backhouse said he did not think that these renewals were ever intended to be a general " fishing ground," to see where a man's activities could be cut down.
Mr. G. H. P. Beames (for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Co.) pointed out that if an applicant, granted a radius of 30 miles, had travelled within only 15 miles during the currency of licence, that was prima facie evidence of excess of requirements. I-le agreed that the legal aspect should be thoroughly discussed at an early date in connection with a straightforward case.