Tipper. Switch Refused
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1-1. A C-LICENSEE who had secured a
contract for work at Stratton St. Martin, Glos (where British Railways are constructing new sidings). subsequently discovered that he could not carry for hire or reward. He then applied for a short-term B licence to enable him to carry on the work for three months, but meantime other hauliers, had been engaged and he found himself with a lot of vehicles which he could not use.
This was said at Bristol last Week when Mr. J. L. Hull, of Cirencester, applied to the Western Licensing Authority for a short-term B licence for 20 tippers to enable him to continue with his contract with Shelabear, Price and Co., Ltd. Giving his reasons for refusing the application, Mr. Nelson said he had to interpret the Act of Parliament. "The application might have been successful if someone had come forward to support you, but there is no evidence at all. While I have every sympathy with you, I cannot grant a licence out of sympathy, and sympathy exercised at other people's expense is not a very lovely thing, as the Lord Chief Justice has remarked."
It was quite untrue that the small man stood no chance,as Mr. Hull had alleged. If the evidence was there the licence was forthcoming, but not otherwise. He did not think he would be out of work.