"Rail Complaints Not Detailed !, A SUBMISSION,that Mr. J. C. Talbot, purchasing
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officer and supplies manager, Kayser Bondor, Ltd., could not give particulars of complaints received when goods were sent by rail, was made by Mr. Leon MacLaren, for the British Transport Commission, to the Transport Tribunal in London last week. Mr. MacLaren added that no such complaints had been received by British RailwaYs,
The Commission were appealing unsuccessfully against the grant of a B licence for a vehicle of 11 tons to Mr. B. G. Seymour, Stotfield, Arlesley, Bads, by the Eastern Licensing Authority.
The licence was for the carriage of knitted nylon fabrics to London, London Airport and Nottingham for further processing. Mr. MacLaren stated that Mr. Talbot had told the Authority that as the fabric was delicate it Could not be carried satisfactorily by rail. A special closed van was needed for the work and it had to be available at short notice, said Mr. M. H. JacksonLipson, for the respondent. There had been no evidence that the objectors the appellants were capable of satisfying requirements, he added. The traffic was new.
Commenting on the question of how the traffic had been carried before the grant of the licence, Sir Hubert Hull, president, said that it appeared that Mr. Seymour had been doing the work. He had not said so, because he subsequently realized it was illegal.
Rejecting the appeal, Sir Hubert said that the candour and care with which Mr. Seymour had given evidence had added to its weight. The grant would stand although it would he further restricted to make sure that finished articles could not be carried.