Road haulage firm on 'trial'
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AROAD haulage firm was put on "trial" for three months by the Licensing Authority in Carlisle last week to see if it could improve the condition and maintenance of its vehicles. Before him was W. Armstrong (Longtown) Ltd., to give reason why its licence should not be revoked or curtailed in view of several prohibition orders which had been imposed by Ministry of Transport traffic inspectors.
The LA, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon pointed out to Mr. Robert Armstrong of the firm that he had given him "severe warning" on the last occasion he had appeared before him. "I told you then to do something about the maintenance of your vehicles," he said. "You have also been prosecuted and fined for using a lorry when it was in a dangerous state. And despite this and the warning I have given you," Mr. Hanlon added, "you still were stopped and had prohibitions imposed."
Mr. W. McKenna, for Mr. Armstrong, told the inquiry: "Since notice of this inquiry was served the firm have engaged engineering consultants to look at their fleet, and a report has been compiled within the last 48 hours. The firm fully intends to act upon the recommendations of the engineer's report."
Adjourning the inquiry for three months, Mr. Hanlon told Mr. Armstrong: "I will review the situation and find out whether in fact you have acted upon the recommendations of the engineer's report".