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30th June 1961, Page 55
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AN appeal by Griffiths Contractors. Ltd., against the refusal of the South Eastern Licensing Authority to grant A licences for two vehicles was dismissed by the Transport Tribunal in London this week.

Giving the Tribunal's reserved decision, the chairman, Sir Hubert Hull, said that Griffiths applied for the licences in November last year. The vehicles were to operate from Worthing, carrying horticultural produce to the London markets. In April they had entered into an arrangement with a Covent Garden firm to whom they hired two vehicles under C licences to carry produce from Sussex to the London markets. If the application had succeeded carrying under this C-licence agreement would cease.

Nine growers from West Sussex gave evidence that they would have a better service than was given by existing British Railways facilities. Their traffic in the main consisted of mushrooms, fruit and flowers which had to be at the markets in a short time.

Sir Hubert said that figures for the traffic carried under the agreement left ,the details "very much in the air." The evidence on behalf of British Railways presented a formidable case, to the effect that their existing facilities were suitable in the full sense of the word.

The critical question, said Sir Hubert, was whether it was or was not established that the facilities which the contractors said they wished to provide were more suitable than those which had at all times been made available by British Railways.

The fact was stressed that the growers in support of the application were willing to pay charges for the road services which were in excess of the railways charges. The evidence as to the later arrival of trains, however, was very marginal, said Sir Hubert.

U.T.A. CAPITAL TO BE REORGANIZED

ABILL designed to reorganize the capital structure of the Ulster Transport Authority is to be introduced during the present session of Parliament, Mr. Andrews, Minister-of Commerce, said in the Ulster Commons last week.


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