"Pirate" Service Hits N. W. Road Car
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AN unlicensed workers' service to the factory of A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd., Woodford, Cheshire, had contributed to the suspension of a licensed service operated by the North Western' Road Car Co., Ltd.
This was alleged at Stockport magistrates' court last week, when the operator of the " pirate " service, James Arthur Smith, Biddulph, was fined a total of £25 on charges of using a coach and a small bus without a road service licence.
He was also ordered to pay £7 7s. advocate's fee and £3 2s. expenses of witnesses. The driver of the small bus was also fined £5 because he did not hold a public service vehicle driving licence.
For the North Western concern, who prosecuted, Mr. D. I. R. Turner said that Smith worked at the factory. Approaches had been made for an established company to operate the service, which started when a licence was granted. The service established by North Western had since been withdrawn because it was uneconomic.