Short-term Licences Granted After Expiry
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'f 'THE Northern Licensing Authority, HE J. A. T. Hanlon, at Newcastle, reminded hauliers that application to renew licences should be made two months before expiry. He had given instructions that if licence holders did not apply for renewal in time, hauliers could only carry on operating under a short,term licence issued by him.
Mr. Hanlon granted short-term licences after two hauliers had given reasons for failing to renew licences. Mr. Frank Dodds, Bedlington Station, Northumber-land, said he discovered the expiry of his A licence for three vehicles by chance. He said he had not received the customary renewal forms by post, and was under the impression that he could continue running his vehicles after applying for a short-term licence. Mr. Hanlon told the operator that this was not the case.
Mr. F. Milton, who represented both applicants, said that Three Rivers Trail'sport, Ltd., Willington Quay, Northumberland, took their vehicle off the road as soon as they discovered the A licence had expired.
• They too had not received renewal forms, but a recent change of address had caused difficulty over receiving mail.
Granting the short-term licences, Mr. Hanlon told Mr. H. Spoors, a director of Three Rivers, that he might have had an insurance offence on his hands. It could not be the licence holder's business to carry goods on an unlicensed vehicle.