BUS OPERATOR GUILTY ON SIX COUNTS
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T. AST week, Alfred Henry Bengry, J—■ prOprietor of 'Priinrose Motor'. Services; Leorffinster, wa"s" found guilty at the local magistrates' court on three Charges of charging incorrect fares, and guilty on three further counts.
Mr. M. T. Matthews, prosecuting for the Ministry of Transport, said that two traffic examiners made a systematic check of the defendant's services on 1 tine 12. Mr. Matthew e said that' although the Suez dispensation allowing operators to raise' their fares to cover . the extra cosi:of fuel 'elided on April 24, Bengry did "ncit make a prokr application • to continue to charge his advanced rates. •
Bengry -also faced two charges of using a public service vehicle without a conductor. He said that he had a dispensation allowing him not to carry a conductor on some routes..
Answering a sixth charge of not carrying a fare table on a vehicle, the defendant said that he could not ensure that his drivers always had their fare tables • with them:
Lt.-Col. Hill, chairman, warned Bengry that he might lose his road service licence, but added that Primrose Motor Services represented a facility that everybody appreciated. Finestotalling £15, With £10 19s. costs, were imposed.