Firm and Drivers Fined for Licence Offences
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MMONSES resulting from the carting away of rubble from the Odeon, ble Arch. building site were heard Monday by Mr. Walter Frampton, Marylebone magistrate. 'trough their solicitor, Mr. R. M. ington, Road Foundations Ltd., of tmersmith, London, pleaded guilty to iummonses for aiding and abetting e lorry owner-drivers to use vehicles the carriage of goods for reward out a carrier's licence. They were a total of £31 10s. and ordered la 25 guineas costs.
le three lorry drivers--Edwin Bola h, his brother Joseph Bola Singh and tonse Young,all of Cricklewoodded guilty to a total of 16 summonses using goods vehicles without carriers' ices.
:twin and Joseph Singh. who admitted ectively six and seven offences. each lined a total of I:12 and ng. who admitted three offences. was £7.
Ir. Michael Hill. counsel prosecuting. the magistrate that a large number /chides were needed to move away demolition and excavation rubble the site.
icAlpine. who held the contract for building work, sub-contracted to a called Goodman and Price to carry y the rubble, who used some of their vehicles which did have licences. and in turn made an offer for other lorries. The result was that in October last year they were approached by Road Foundations, who were in the position of agents and had no vehicles of their own. Road Foundations contacted known ownerdrivers to bring them on to the job and the defendants were three of those chosen. Counsel said that Goodman and Price were paying 6s. 9d. per cu. yd. for the excavated material, but there was some dispute as to whether the drivers had been paid.
Edwin Singh told the court that he received a telephone call from Road Foundations, who offered work at the site, and he went along with his brother and Young. When he was approached about the licence he said that he was very sorry and had not known that it was necessary, As it was they had' been paid cmly a small part of the money they had earned.
Mr. Partington said that the defendant company employed more than 120 ownerdrivers who worked mainly on motorways. When they discovered that the drivers did not have licences they immediately instructed them to stop working. and indeed they were not naid for some of the work. As a result of the incident the system had been lightened so that such a mistake could not recur.