Crow Lose N. W. Vehicles on Appeal
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N appeal by the British Transport
Commission against the grant of an A licence for two vehicles and a trailer by the North Western Deputy Licensing Authority to the Crow Carrying Co., Ltd., Barking, Essex, has been upheld by the Transport Tribunal, in their decision released this week.
The company had served the northwest with vehicles based in London, according to their licences, and B.T.C. counsel (The Commercial Motor, March 14) had submitted to the Tribunal that this practice "struck at the roots of the licensing system."
The Tribunal expressed no judgment on this point in their decision, stating that it could be considered properly only when all the relevant facts were known.
According to their licences, the company ran both open and contract-Alicence vehicles from Barking, but only contract vehicles from Manchester, and sought an open A licence from the North Western Authority for four vehicles and three trailers. The Authority based his partial grant on future needs of the oil industry and a change to hulk methods in the carriage of certain loads.
The Tribunal's upholding of the Commission's appeal was based wholly on the unreliability of the evidence produced relating to work done by Crow's vehicles on open A licences in the north-west.
DEATH OF MR. H. SCOTT HALL
WE deeply regret to announce the death, last Saturday, of MR. H. Scorr HALL, who, until his retirement a year ago, was known to thousands of operators as S.T.R. of The Commercial Motor.
Mr. Scott Hall, who was about 72, began his connection with The Commercial Motor in 1912, when he wrote his first article on how to choose a chassis at the ill-fated Manchester Motor Show, which was burned out before it opened.
He joined the editorial staff in 1914. In 1919 he was appointed organizer of the tractor trials run by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, and continued in that office until 1922. Tie began writing his weekly articles on costing in January, 1920, and continued until a year ago.
He originated "'The Commercial Motor' Tables of Operating Costs," which have long been accepted as the most reliable independent work on commercial vehicle operating costs.
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