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Haulage Rates Quoted for C-licence Work

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4th May 1962

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Page 66, 4th May 1962 — Haulage Rates Quoted for C-licence Work

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A, LETTER handed to the Metro politan Deputy Licensing Authority last week during an application, which quoted haulage rates for the carriage of coal from the Midlands to London on C vehicles, caused the Deputy, Mr. C. J. Macdonald, to issue a warning to a firm that they would be prosecuted if investigations disclosed any irregularities.

The firm, F. W. Rooke, of Edmonton. whose application to substitute six vehicles for one tipper on a B licence was refused, were represented by Mr. H. W. D. Ames, who told the Deputy Authority that he hoped to be transport manager of the concern if the application were granted. At present he was only 9 part-time employee.

Handing in uncertified figures and several documents and letters, Mr. Ames said that Rooke, who could not attend because his scrap-iron business demanded his full attendance, operated several Cand B-licensed vehicles. He also had a coal business. The vehicles carried scrap iron to the Midlands, returning with slurry for Hargreaves (Coal and Shipping), Ltd.

Looking through the documents, Mr. Macdonald asked if the two B vehicles had been used strictly in accordance with their conditions. He was assured that they had He then referred to a letter in his file addressed by the applicant to Hargreaves, which quoted haulage rates for work to be undertaken by the C vehicles.

Mr. Macdonald: "These are haulage rates you are quoting." Mr. Ames said that there must be some mistake.

Asked if he had anything further to say, Mr. Ames said that the vehicles were running daily to the Midlands with scrap and had to come back empty. Rather than buy and sell coal and slurry. Mr. Rooke would prefer to bring back materials for Hargreaves and others.

B30 making the transport side of the business an independent organization."

Mr. R. C. Oswald. for the B.T.C., objecting, said that the object of the application seemed to be to make the Clicence vehicles more remunerative from the operator's point of view.

Refusing the application, Mr. Macdonald said that, with no applicant present, no witnesses and no material to assist him, it had been a waste of time. He was not satisfied about the arrangements regarding the purchase and sale side of the business—whether that was a subterfuge to get over the difficulty of using the C vehicles, particularly when he looked at the letter quoting rates for haulage.

He would substitute one vehicle for another only, and if Rooke came before him again with an application, he would. want certified figures and a proper explanation about the rates quoted.

If the interpretation of Mr. Rooke's letter meant that the C vehicles had been improperly used, and investigation disclosed anything irregular, Mr. Rooke would be prosecuted.