Tribunal Award "Artie" instead of Rigid
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A N appeal by Mr. G. P. Warner, Bury Pi St. Edmunds, was partially successful after a four-day hearing by the Transport Tribunal in London, which ended on Tuesday. Mr. Warner had asked the Eastern Licensing Authority to add two articulated and one rigid vehicle to his A licence, but had been granted only the rigid (The Commercial Motor last week).
The Tribunal decided that Mr. Warner should still have only one vehicle, but it would be an articulated outfit, instead of the rigid. This had been suggested earlier in the hearing by Mr. Dunbar Van Oss. representing Mr. Warner.
The appeal was opposed by the British Transport Commission and two private hauliers. The B.T.C. cross-appealed, contending that no grant at all should have been made. For Mr, Warner it was claimed that his fleet was overworked, and the Licensing Authority had made a mistake in deciding how conch relief was necessary.
Mr. T. R. C. Samuel-Gibbon, for the B.T.C., submitted that there were more than enough vehicles going to London daily to cope with return loads to Bury SL Edmimds. British Road Services had facilities for additional loads, and to did the railways. He submitted that no case had been made out for a grant.
Mr. Van Otis replied that one rigid was not enough to meet Mr. Warner's need.