FRASER ROSS APPEAL REFUSED A Nappeal by Fraser Ross, of Tain,
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who operate two vehicles on A licence between Glasgow and the north of Scotland and who had an application for a third vehicle on A licence turned down by the Scottish Licensing Authority, was dismissed at the Transport Tribunal hearing on Tuesday.
Mr. R. Mackenzie, for the appellant, agreed that the traffic figures might not be conclusive but argued that the letters submitted did show a very real need of additional facilities to meet long delays between the points handled by the carrier-type service. Mr. G. D. Squibb, president, said that the letter evidence referred to good service in the past, but with recent deterioration, and the decision must depend on evaluation of the weight of evidence.
In the Tribunal's opinion that evidence was not 'too strong and the Authority had had the advantage of seeing and hearing the witnesses and came to the conclusion that there was no case to answer. The Tribunal was not prepared to say that this was a wrong decision by the Licensing Authority.