Road Traffic Held at High Rate
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HE fact that, in crder to test its genuineness, he •quoted a particularly high rate for a certain class of traffic; and still keptit, was disclosed by a haulier at Chester, last week.
Mr. J. Martin, Halkyn Hall, Pentre, Halkyn, applied for a renewal of his A licence for four .vehicles (10 tons). He was ,representecl by Mr. H. Backhouse, Junr., Who said that the . application had been before the Licensing Authority son a previous occasion and was adjourned, because it was contended that Mr. Martin had changed the nature of his , carrying. The evidence was that his cattle transport had gone down and his other work had increased In evidence, Mr. Martin said that he had ceased to carry cattle altogether. He had always done a certain amount of general haulage and, in 1934, he was asked to carry tile surrounds from the Potteries, because a maker . was having great difficulty in getting them delivered properly, also on account of breakages on the railways. ' Now, instead of being packed in eases, as before, the tiles were packed on to his lorry on a bed of straw.
Bla He did not know bow long the traffic would last, so he quoted a high rate, To his surprise, the company accepted the rate and continued to employ him. He, 'therefore, carried on at that figure.
In reply :to Mr. G. H. F. Beames, for the railways, applicant said that in the first month or so of 1936, he, had one lorry 'engaged on cattle carrying. There were more lorries in the district for this type of work and the farmers found. it better to give it to a man close at hand.
In his submission, Mr. I3eames said that the paint appeared to be whether there had been a substantial change of business since the original licence was granted. In his view, there had been such a change. The original application was E to carry livestock and general goods, but the general goods, which were carried in only a small way befote, had increased remarkably.
Mr. Backhouse replied that this case fell directly within the Appeal Tri bunal's decision in the case of the Southern Railway v. Coleman, except that in that instance the railway contention was much stronger.
The decision was reserved.