No Wider Radius for Special Traffic
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AT Liverpool, last week, the NorthWestern Deputy Licensing Authority refused to grant to a B-licence 'holder an unlimited area for the carriage of pattern tiles. Mr. W. Birch, of Damson Tree Farm, Rainford, applied for the renewal of his B licence for a 21-ton vehicle to carry goods for any distance for Rainford Potteries, Ltd., and Rainfordware, Ltd., and general goods within 25 miles, ear the applicant, Mr. H. Backhouse, C.M.U.A. solicitor, said that at present his licence entitled him to carry the tiles for 100 miles. They were made up in certain patterns and designs to the customer's order, and were sent in this form direct from the factory. This class of business was extending considerably, so that now the maker had orders for delivery beyond the area allowed on the applicant's licence. In such cases the maker had to engage the services of a clearing house.
Mr. Birch was virtually an Alicensee, as he carried on his own coal
business on only one or two days a month, and that only during the winter.
For the railways, Mr. G. H. P. Beames said that if a B-licensee's radius were extended, it usually created uneconomic competition with other hauliers. Without conclusive evidence, such applications should be rejected. The Authority should be satisfied that there were no other facilities available.
Mr. Ba.ckhouse pointed out that no evidence had been produced by the railways to show that the applicant's carriage of tiles had in any way interfered with their traffic, or that of other carriers. In fact, the railway witness had agreed that the materials carried by rail for the Rainford company were of an entirely different character from those transported by the applicant.
Sir William Hart announced that he would renew the licence only on the sa.ree conditions as were previously applied.