Bid for Nine on A Licence Refused
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THE Western Licensing Authority, Mr. J. R. C. Samuel-Gibbon, refused an A-licence application for nine vehicles by W. T. Taylor and Son, of Closworth, at Dorchester recently. The applicants, represented by Mr. T. D. Corpe, wished to carry aluminium doors within Great Britain. Mr. M. McGregor-Johnson appeared for British Road Services and two private objectors.
Mr, Roy Taylor, a partner in the applicant firm, said they had operated under contract with Westland Engineers Ltd. for five years. They now wished to operate under an A licence, as the vans used were uneconomic on empty return journeys from Scotland.
Cross-examined by Mr. McGregorJohnson, Mr. Taylor admitted he had not brought the contract with him, and he said that he could not remember if it provided for a minimum payment The LA was not impressed with applicant's approach. "It strikes mc he said, "that he has just been throu the motion of signing a document al a 6d. stamp, getting the necessary !leen and that's the end of it. Some of thi contracts that come before me from ti to time are a lot of 'eyewash
Mr. Andrew Morgan, dispatch cc troller of Westland Engineers, said th business was expanding and they WI putting on C vehicles to meet a shorta of transport. Mr. McGregor-Johnson, cross-examination, said: " How can y say that when the applicants have du vehicles specified in the contract whi are not being used and the other six t not fully occupied?"
The LA said there was no evider to justify an A-licence grant.