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iN Aberdeenshire haulier who missed a train
from Aberdeen by three minutes also iissed his chance to appear and argue his case efore the Transport Tribunal, sitting in Parliarent House, Edinburgh, on Monday. Mr. Percy Finnie, of Greenspeck Road, New itsligo, Aberdeenshire, was due to appeal gainst a decision at Aberdeen by the deputy cottish (Northern) Licensing Authority. who !fused his application for A licences for seven elides, including five tippers. When the Tribunal sat at 10 a.m., Mr. Finnic ad not arrived. At 10.20 am., Mr. A. B. Vilkinson, appearing for the five road hauliers to were respondents in the case, told the ribunal that no one knew where Mr. Finnic as. The president, Mr. G. D. Squibb, then said 2 had no alternative but to dismiss the appeal, 'id he ordered payment of 50 guineas cost ;ainst Mr. Finnie. Mr. Finnie's appeal was the only case down ir hearing. Three members of the Tribunal had avelled from London; a fourth member had ante from St, Andrews. About 25 minutes later Mr. Finnie arrived and Kplained to officials that bad weather had held im up. He said later: "We started out from home y car this morning in plenty of time for ,berdeen, but during the night there had been vo inches of snow and the road was terrible. ,t Aberdeen we missed the 6.10 a.m. train by tree minutes. We got the 7.30 a.m. train." Mr. Finnic was informed that he would have reapply. The case will not be heard before ,pril next year, when the Tribunal visit Edinburgh gain.