A Licences Instead of C Hiring
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AN A licence for six vehicles and two trailers has been granted to Mr. E. E. Burton, Lynn Road, Walsoken, Wisbech, by the Eastern Licensing Authority. Applicant sought to run nine vehicles and four trailers.
As reported in The Commercial Motor on December 2, 1955, Mr. Burton had worked his vehicles under C-hiring margins, He engaged the drivers, who worked part-time for him and part-time for his customers. He paid the drivers and held their cards, but recovered from customers amounts for wages.
In his written decision, the Authority stated that oral evidence of need at the hearing showed that roughly half the total C-hiring allowances held by the customers would be relinquished, and that any A-licence vehicles granted to Mr. Burton would be used in their place. There was a desire by customers to employ him under A licence in preference to C hire, Evidence did not show that there was a lack of transport facilities if the vehicles hired out by the applicant were considered together with existing Aand B-licence tonnage. Total A-licence fleets within 10 miles of Walsoken a32 approximated to 206 vehicles and 65 trailers, compared with 207 vehicles and 26 trailers seven years ago.
The Authority thought that the applicant had taken "considerable pans" to comply with the law, but whether he had succeeded had not been tested in the courts. In arriving at his decision, the Authority ignored evidence of need arising from past operations, as he considered that the applicant had been unsuccessful in his attempts to observe the law with regard to the employment of drivers.
It is understood that an appeal is possible.
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