No Figures: Lapsed Licence .Withdrawn
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A HAULIER, who allowed an A i—k licence to lapse and then failed to produce satisfactory figures of need. although supported by many of his customers, was refused a new licence by the Scottish Licensing Authority, Mr, W. F. Quin, at Edinburgh, last week. John Hodge (Hauliers) Ltd., dedburgh, were applying for a new three-vehicle A licence with normal user, " limed pelts, tweeds and grain sacks, Great Britain." British Road Services and British Railways subinitted that the applicants were abstracting traffic by cutting rates. Mr. John Hodge, managing director, said that through an oversight the
licence was allowed to lapse five months
ago. For two years his vehicles had transported £100,000 worth of cloth weekly from the -Borders to southern and other ports for shipment to America. He produced letters from nearly 20 concerns in the area supporting his application. Witnesses said that quick delivery was required for goods for America, other wise orders were lost. B.R.S. could not guarantee that service and British
Railways could not be relied on to deliver to Southampton within three days. .
Refusing the licence, Mr. Quin said he was not satisfied there was a lack of transport in the area. The applicant had submitted no figures 'showing the vOlurrie.."of .hti;inesfs he Was doing, nor figures 6f :hiring. • „ [Mi. Hodge. told •771e Copzernerriter Moroi on Tuesday that his 'only other vehicles were two On contract-A . licence. He had been hiring since May to enable his business to keen going, and would continue todo so. A short-term liCence had .been refused. There were, he 'skid, now 40 feiver. vehicles , in .the area than during the period of nationalization]