Newcomers Should Seek Advice
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THE plight of Mr. F. W. Morris, a newcomer to haulage, who bought a £3,000 vehicle on hire purchase before applying to the Metropolitan Licensing Authority for an A licence to carry goods throughout the country, is a warning to prospective hauliers to take proper advice.
Mr. Morris' application to the Licensing Authority was refused for lack of evidence and he appealed to the Transport Tribunal, conducting his own case. He told the president, Sir Hubert Hull, that he had been a charge hand and stoker at a power station for l4 years and bought a vehicle after being told by clearing houses they would give him work.
There was no evidence except two letters from clearing houses, and Mr. Morris told the court that in order to meet his commitments he had done some work irregularly. The Tribunal had no ontion but to dismiss the appeal.