C.M.UA Protest to Go to High Court T "protest of C.M.U.A.
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members against irritating restrictions imposed on B licences is to be heard in the High Court. Papers of a Liverpool case are now before counsel in London, with this object in view, and Sir William Hart, North-Western Deputy Licensing Authority, at an inquiry in Manchester on Monday, notified that a ruling would be welcomed by him.
Sir William Hart hinted that a case then before the court, concerning Messrs. Rutter Bros.: of Hatton, Warrington, would posSibly.be a better case for a fight on the principle. In this case he declined to extend the radius of operation.
Mr. H. Backhouse (for the applicant) had reiterated his argument that restrictions under section 8 (3) of the Act should be imposed only in cases where a private business might be used to subsidize carrying for hire or reward.
A long contention also followed in the case of Mr. J. Sheard, of Congleton, whose 40-mile radius for coal was 'cut down to eight miles, at the instance of the railway representatives. Sir William Hart insisted that coal was a special commodity and, as a rule, seven, eight or 10 miles should be a sufficient radius for a local carrier.
Mr. Backhouse replied that, when a man said that he carried only locally, it was not necessary to put the restriction on the licence.