Local Authortty Oppose Appltcatton • A LOCAL authority opposed an application
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before Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing Authority, at Carlisle last week, because they held that the cul-de-sac at the end of which the applicants had premises was not a suitable road over which to run " ungainly " vehicles.
Their objection was strongly resisted, but counted for nothing in the event because Mr. Hanlon rejected the applicadon solely on the ground of lack of evidence of need, Overland Car Deliveries, Ltd., wished to add a car transporter to their B licence to carry cars within 100 miles of Carlisle. Cumberland County Council lodged an objection because the company's premises at Tarraby were not approved.
Mr. T. H. Campbell Wardlaw, who described this objection as "simply monstrous," said that his clients, the applicants, used the Tarraby premises only occasionally. He asked Mr. Hanlon to make it known to the council that they should not object, for this was a "gross abuse" of their powers.
Mrs. M. J. McDowell, a partner in the applicant concern, said that both their existing transporters were fully employed, and new demands could not be met. A customer witness, however, admitted to Mr. F. J. McHugh, for British Railways, who also objected, that the railways' facilities had not been used to any great extent.
Mr. Hanlon said that the application was "a little premature." Although he had not found it necessary to consider the council's objection, he did not think that it was wrong for them to have made it.