Andrews Licence Not Transferred A S reported in "The Commercial
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Motor" dated May 16,, Mr Trevor Morgan, K.C., South Wales Licensing Authority; reserved decision in an application by Bouts Tillotson Transport, Ltd., for an A licence for vehicles taken over from Andrews Transport. Ltd., Cardiff and Swansea. It has now been announced that the application has been refused.
Referring to the principles of the Walker case, as laid down by the Appeal Tribunal, the Authority said that he did not think that because he had, in January of this year, granted an A licence to Andrews Transport, Ltd., he was bound to grant the present application. It was clear from the evidence given in this application that the nature of the business Which Bouts Tillotson, Ltd., would operate if the application were granted, would be different from the business carried on by Andrews Transport, Ltd., between 1943 and the present time.
It seemed, he said, that when takeowlnegotiations were commenced, Andrews Transport, Ltd., was operating a local service in the South -Wales Traffic Area, with occasional trips to London, chiefly through hiring. Bouts Tillotson Transport, Ltd., thought that it was purchasing a long-distance haulage business.
Quoting also the case of the Boston Haulage Co., Ltd., the Authority said that the applicant had-failed to satisfy the condition that the work which it wished to undertake was such as should be done under an A licence. The work undertaken by Andrews Transport, Ltd., since 1943 was such as should be done under a B licence with conditions as to radius. It would not be right for
him to grant an A licence far 18 vehicles.
Should the matter go to Appeal, he said that it would be an advantage if the Tribunal would give a decision on the matter of whether letters were sufficient to show that customers were ready and willing to give their work 'to a " take-over " applicant, or whether oral evidence should be called.
• The Chriswell case principles did not apply, he said, mentiOning that when Mr. Arthur Andrews disposed of seven vehicles, it was not as a result of the war, but in order to sell at the,best price.
Bouts Tillotson Transport, Ltd., was represented at the hearing on May 7 by Mr. Norman Letts,