Evidence Insufficient for an A Licence, Tribunal Tells Barbour
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riN Tuesday in Edinburgh Duncan \-.1 Barbour and Son Ltd. of Glasgow failed in their appeal against the refusal of the Scottish Licensing Authority to give six additional articulated vehicles on • A licence with a normal user of: "Whisky for Strathleven Bonding Co. Ltd., Dumbarton, in Gt. Britain ".
For the appellant, Mr. H. Leslie stressed the growth of the whisky industry, the need to meet shipping schedules. the fear that importatit export business would be lost and the lack of available transport in the area.
Mr. J. Murray, for the respondents. contended that the comanies concerned (Strathleven Bonding, providing the business, and Duncan Barbour, theOr hauliers) were both subsidiaries of the same holding company. The Barbour fleet was underemployed and the fleet itself had, been reduced. They had existing A licence vehicles which could have had their normal user extended, he said. but they preferred to ask for six extra vehicles. They were also entering a new type of trade. An open A licence was
not required nor had its need been proved. A B licence would be more appropriate as the applicant had indicated his intention of operating 100 per cent on outward loads from Strathkven.
Refusing the appeal, Mr. G. D. Squibb, president, said the, application was made following a charm of operation. Formally, storage, blending and bottling had been done in London. Then the company moved to Dumbarton. To obtain transport the sister coMpany applied for an A licence. That company was an established haulier and had a substantial fleet. The normal user asked for was. for the United Kingdom; the main traffic would be to Glasgow and Grangemouth and occasionally elsewhere. This application was framed in terms wider than justified by the evidence, said the president. The vehicles would be used wholly for the traffic of this one customer.
" It appears to us that no case was made out for the grant of an A licence. The type of work is too limited. It seems to us, at best, a case was made out for a B licence," said Mr. Squibb.