No Case for Extra A-licence Vehicles
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ASUBMISSION that no case, had been made out was accepted by the Yorkshire Licensing Authority, Maj. F. S. Eastwood, when Hull and East Riding Transport last week sought two additional A-licence vehicles.
Mr. T. B. Atkinson, for the British Transport Commission, pointed out that the applicants had no certified figures and no details of damage caused by subcontractors. In the Silver Roadways appeal, the Transport Tribunal had not . been impressed by a total of 84 per cent. hiring, and in this case the figures were not nearly so high.
For the applicants. Mr. Paterson said there were nine road objectors besides British Railways. In previous cases there had been a tendency for Hull district hauliers to generalize on their activities, without explaining their own particular businesses.
The applicants had experienced difficulty in obtaining witnesses, hut the Authority would hear about considerable sub-contracting to other hauliers and about the problems involved in hiring from some of the objectors. A witness from a timber-importing concern would say that there was a shortage of transport, even 'though contract vehicles were supplied to them by the applicants.
Mr_ E. Stewart, from the applicant concern, told Mr. Atkinson that he had brought no details of claims for damage, as he did not think they were necessary, nor were his figures certified. He did not care what the Tribunal said about such things, because he was not concerned with them at the moment. Answering Mr. Howarth, for the road objectors, he agreed that a large amount of his hiring was from an associate concern, controlled by his mother.
The witness from the timber importers, Mr. R. Tullock, said he was a foreman and knew nothing about office matters or contract vehicles. After his evidence, Mr. Atkinson's submission was upheld.
"APPLICANT WROTE TO HIMSELF "
THE Western Licensing Authority last week granted a B licence for a vehicle of 2 tons 3 cwt. unladen to the South Western Demolition Co., Ltd., Trowbridge, to carry building materials for Messrs. Harry Stevenson and Sons and demolition materials for the applicant concern within 40 miles, Mr. H. Stevenson, managing director of the applicants, was also a partner in the firm of Stevenson, and Mr. S. W. Nelson, the Authority, commented that he had received from Messrs. Stevenson a letter supporting the application.
Mr. R. Huntley, for a number of haulier objectors: "This is, of course, in effect the applicant writing a letter to himself." He submitted that the application should fail because the company wished to get a footing into the haulage industry.
Mr. Nelson said that in making a grant he would protect the interest of the objectors, who also included the railways and British Road Services.