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were made by Mr. Russell Gurney, Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority, during the hearing of an application by Quayside Transport, Ltd., of Hull, at York, last week. The application was granted.
The application was for the regrant of an A licence in respect of two vehicles, which was originally granted in the form of a transfer from George and Frederick Middleton to Quayside Transport, Ltd. When the application for this transfer was heard, at York, in January last, • the Deputy Licensing Authority ruled that the London and North Eastern Railway Co. had no right of objection to the take-over, but could make representations. The L.N.E.R. now exercised its right to object to the regrant of the licence.
Mr. E. P. Merritt (for the L.N.E.R.) said he proposed to shorten the proceedings by intimating that if the Deputy Licensing Authority granted the present application the railway company would give, notice of appeal, and would rely on the evidence given at the hearing of the previous application rather than go through the whole proceedings again.
Mr. Gurney said "I think it is very undesirable and not very courteous to