Annis Case Ends
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HEARING of the Annis appeal ended last week in its 18th day. The decision of the Appeal Tribunal will be announced later in open court.
Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, K.C., for Annis and Co., Ltd.. mentioned the willingness of his client to undertake composite dismantling and transport jobs. The tonnage granted by the Metropolitan Licensing Authority was less than the ..pre-war strength. Sir David alleged that the Authority had not 'taken a proper view of the company's activities.
Mr. Norman Letts, for the Hay's Wharf Cartage Co., Ltd.. and E. W. Rudd (B.T.C.), Ltd. asked for the Annis appeal to be dismissed and his clients' to be allowed. He submitted that in 1938, the company earned 4s. 10d. for every ton carried, irrespective of mileage covered. This figure was inconsistent with the activities described by Sir David (machinery and plant haulage), he said.
The chairman, Mr. N. L. Macaskie, K.C., pointed out that there was a difference between rates charged as between one month and another. In months when rates were high, machinery might have been carried.
• Mr Letts replied that in those months, higher sums may have been earned in hauling materials for aerodrome construction. He asked what vehicles Annis could have used to carry. machinery. The Annis Special, described as a six-wheeled chassis on which various types of body could be fitted, turned out to be a four-wheeled tipper.
Mr. Letts thought that many of the witnesses who spoke for Annis were biased against his clients, and he asked the Tribunal to bear this in mind.