Absentees Warned by Mr. W. F. Quin
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FAILURE of .applicants to appear in support of their claims was criticized strongly by Mr. W. F. Quin,. Scottiih Licensing Authority, at Glasgow last week, when all three applicants on the list failed, to appear or to be represented before the Authority.
Apologizing to the many objectors and their agents who turned out for the hearing, Mr. Quin said that this was an old complaint. There were people who put the court, its staff and others in the industry to a great deal of trouble and who then simply failed to turn up at court. He had no power to apply any penalty, but it might well be that amending legis-. lation for the hearing of traffic claims Might take into account the failure of such applicants and make suitable penalties.
The applicants were John M. Blacken. of Glasgow, Dounan's Marine Supply Co., of Portavogie, Northern Ireland. and Frank McMurray of Cloughey. Northern Ireland. In view of the possible misunderstanding of procedure by the Northern Ireland applicants, Mr. Quin refused the applications subject to satisfactory explanations.