False Records to Cover Illegalities
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rOMPLETELY false records had
been prepared to make it appear that vehicles were being operated within licence conditions, said Mr. E. Wurzal, when a haulier and two drivers were prosecuted at Leeds last week.
William Wood, Nunwood, Abet ford Road, Garforth, haulage contractor, was fined £165, with 121 costs, for failing to observe the conditions of his A and B licences and an ordinary permit, and for failing to keep records of journeys. Two drivers were fined a total of £35.
Mr. Wnrzal said that soap had illegally been carried from Manchester to Leeds. Defending, Mr. Forrester-Paton said that the keeping of records had been supervised by Mrs. Wood, who had died in February. Wood had not been able to devote his full time to the business and left it to the drivers to keep the records.
The magistrate described the offences as "most disgraceful."
HIPPOS FOR BIG S.A. RAIL WORKS
FORTY-FOUR Leyland Hippo sixI wheelers have been ordered by South African Railways, through Leyland Albion (Africa), Ltd., to work on large-scale reconstruction projects. New routes are to be levelled and cut, and the Hippos will transport rock, earth, sand and other heavy materials.
Other work upon which the vehicles will be engaged are extensions to Durban harbour and the remodelling of Johannesburg main railway station.
NEW POWERS IN DUNDEE BILL
THE Dundee Corporation (Water, Transport, Finance, etc.) Order Confirmation Bill, which was read for the third time in the House of Lords last week, eliminates statutory maximum fares on the municipal motorbuses.
Powers giving the corporation freedom to run trolleybuses are also included, but trolleybus fares will be subject to maximum rates laid down by the Minister of Transport.
The corporation are bound by specified maximum fares on the trams.