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AREA committees of the Rdad Haulage Association are considering a proposal that with every licence application a fee should be lodged which would be forfeited if the applicant failed to appear at the public inquiry. The fee would go towards the cost of the licence, if it were granted, but would be returned to an unsuccessful applicant provided that he had attended the inquiry.
The proposal is designed to protect objectors who go to the trouble of attending an inquiry, only to find that the applicant has not appeared, so that the hearing has to be postponed.
"Allowances have to be made when an applicant is unavoidably detained, but it sometimes happens that he has no valid reason for staying away, thus wasting the time of all concerned." A spokeman of the Association told "The Commercial Motor" this week.
"Revenue obtained in the way suggested might be used to defray the expenses of objectors putting in a fruitless appearance at the traffic ourt," he continued. "Another method of penalizing the applicant who stayed away without due reason would be the automatic dismissal of his application unless an apology had been lodged on his behalf or there were some other extenuating circumstances," SUPPLY RULES MAKE LITTLE CHANGE
THE .rules governing the supply of new vehicles under covenant (including goods vehicles of up to 25-cwt. capacity) that are to be imposed by the Ministry of Supply will have little practical effect other than to confirm a practice carried on within the distributing trade for some 12 months.
When ordering new vehicles, customers have had to state their needs, their businesses and give details of postwar vehicles already supplied to them. Under the new Ministry rules, action may be taken if false particulars be given.
POOL APPLICATIONS GRANTED
A PPLICATIONS by the Yorkshire I—I Pool companies to resume operation of their services from Yorkshire to London on a pre-war basis, have been granted by the Yorkshire Licensing Authority. The number of duplicates to be operated on any day has, however, been limited.
The applicants were the West York shire Road Car Co., Ltd., Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Co., Ltd., Yorkshire Traction Co., Ltd., East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd., and East Midland Motor Services, Ltd. The hearing was reported in "The Commercial.Motor " on February 22.
DRIVER NEED NOT STOP
ADRIVER may not always have to• stop for the benefit of a pedestrian on a zebra crossing, but he must give way. This point was made by the Minister of Transport in a B.B.C. broadcast last week.