Carrying Milk for a Gallon
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THE fact that he carried milk at 4rd. a gallon was disclosed by a haulier at a •Chaster sitting of the NorthWestern Deputy Licensing Authority, last week, Applicant was Mr. August Onckelinx, of The Garage, Salop Road, Overton, Ellesmere, who asked for an extra 2k-ton vehicle on his B licence, to carry mainly milk from the Maelor district to the depot of the United Dairies, Ltd., Ellesmere, and building
materials for local contractors. •
In support of his application, he said that farmers in the district had asked him to do this work and had sent to the Authority a petition signed by a number of them.
Mr. V. R. Shepherd, for a number of road objectors, pointed out that a Mr. Riley had recently lost a contract for the carriage of . milk, whereby 11 Of his vehicles were taken off the road. Mr. Riley was actually carrying milk for the Co-operative Wholesale Society. which, it was alleged, had introduced its own vehicles.
Applicant replied that Mr. Riley's work was not in his area. There had been a meeting the previous week at the offices of United Dairies, Ltd., he said, when the question of milk carrying at, id. per gallon was discussed. He considered that id. a
gallon would pay him. Ire had obtained this work from the farmers, he agreed, through taking it at this price.
He could have obtained it at id. a gallon, but he did not do so, because he knew that if he did United Dairies would use its own C-licence vehicles for the work, . Mr. C. T. Clark, of Wrexham, an objector, said that he carried a considerable quantity of milk. At the end of September he was asked whether he would do this work and he quoted Id. a gallon. After considerable negotiation, he agreed to reduce his tender per gallon and the manager who arranged the transport asked him whether his vehicles would be available on October 1. He said they would, but they were not engaged. In reply to the applicant, witness agreed that he would have to run 12 miles a day light. to do this work. Mr. Shepherd maintained that if this, application were granted, a state of wasteful competition which ha.d 'already come into existence would "receik;e'. the approval of the court. ' The applicant had agreed that he obtained this work purely on the question of price, and not because there was a shortage of facilities.
The application was refused on the ground of insufficient evidence.