AUTHORITY TOLD LORRY'S SWAY UPSETS SHEEP
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BECAUSE the swaying of his present four-wheeled vehicle upset sheep being carried to market, a Kirkcudbright haulier was last week allowed to substitute a six-wheeler without producing witnesses. British Railways objected, but they were told by Mr. W. Quin, Scottish Licensing Authority, that the grant to Mr. W. McMurdo, Sanquhar, could not do them any harm.
Mr. J. Kirkland, for the applicant, said his present platform vehicle was used in conjunction with a three-tier livestock container weighing 2 tons, . The sixwheeler, using the same container, would give increased capacity of 2 tons.
Answering Mr. J. Gibson, for British Railways, Mr. McMurdo said most of his livestock operations were to markets within a 40-mile radius, and amounted to a third of the work of his seven-vehicle fleet. The new vehicle would be engaged on livestock haulage for nine months of the year. Mr. Gibson replied that there were no customer witnesses, and no evidence to justify a grant—except for the inconvenience of sheep.
Granting the application, Mr. Quin said it was a small one by a haulier with four Aand three B-licence vehicles in a rural area. Swaying was not a good reason for spending a lot of money on a new vehicle. but the objectors had given no evidence of alternative facilities.