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ASHEFFIELD transport firm which was granted a B licence for five vehicles after acquiring another business, must surrender its licence in respect of one of those vehicles, the Transport Tribunal decided on Tuesday.
The Tribunal, sitting in London, had heard a British Transport Commission appeal against a grant to Ernest Thorpe and Co., Ltd., by the Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority. The business acquired by Thorpe in 1959 was that of H. Allsopp and Co.
Announcing the Tribunal's decision, the president, Sir Hubert Hull, said that early in 1959 Mr. Allsopp entered into a sale agreement with the respondents in a form not very different from that usually employed. "Though I think that would be wise for vendors not to sign agreements which provide that, if the purchaser is unable to obtain a licence as a transferee, the vendor shall, in such circumstances, have no claim whatsoever against the purchaser." he added.
The president continued: "The only point of principle which this case raises is whether a purchaser of a business is entitled, on an application for a licence in his own name, to rely on evidence other than evidence of the extent of the business, of the vendor. Our answer to that is that he is."
ABOLISH TRIBUNAL—N.U.R. A BOLITION of the Transport Tribunal 1-1as the authority controlling railway charges is part of a policy agreed on Monday by the three unions of railwaymen. The National Union of Railwaymen, Transport Salaried Staffs' Association and Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen were meeting to co-ordinate their attitudes before the House of Commons debate on transport on Wednesday.
They are opposed also to the segregation of British Road Services and other ancillary activities of the British Transport Commission.
B.R.S. SEEK ARTICS
AN application by British Road Services, Ltd., Gloucester, to add eight articulated units to their A licence, with a normal user of "general goods, Great Britain" (listed for public inquiry at Bristol on November 4), has attracted 24 objections.
Earlier this year an application to base six articulated units at Barnstaple (The Commercial Motor, March 18), was opposed by 20 independents and refused.
ITALIAN OUTPUT UP 70%
AN increase of 70 per cent, in the output of Italian commercial vehicles was disclosed on Wednesday. In the first nine months of the year production rose to 31,599 goods vehicles and 2,311 coaches and buses.
DURING September, over 66 per cent. of all vehicles delivered by Leyland Motors. Ltd., were for overseas operators.
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