Plea for Light -Penalties Follows Admissions
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AFTER Loughborough magistrates had heard a local haulage concern admit six offences in respect of one of its vehicles, last week, the defending counsel asked for light penalties on the ground that severe fines might drive the company into liquidation.
Quern Transport Co., Ltd., Warner Street, Barrow-on-Soar, Leics, were fined a total of £33 after pleading guilty to two charges of altering the structure or a lorry without paying new rates of duty, and for failing to notify the authorities of the alteration. They were also charged with using a lorry without a carrier's licence, for not painting the unladen weight on the side of the vehicle, and for using defective tyres.
The offences, which took place on October 5, 1959, occurred despite "contrary instructions of the managing director, who was on holiday at the time, it was stated for the company. A vehicle, which was not licensed, was given the Excise licence of another vehicle and put on the road. The original licence , was for a four-wheeled vehicle and the one used was a six-wheeler.
Another offence, which occurred on October 15, concerned a four-wheeled vehicle which had been converted into a six-wheeler.
The concern had previously been fined £75 for similar offences and Mr. H. V. Jackson, defending, said: " The imposition of heavy penalties at this stage must inevitably lead to the company going into liquidation. It might well be that in the near future there will be a meeting of creditors," FERRY SERVICE EXTENSION TO EIRE
THE Transport Ferry Service, which operates "drive-on, drive-off" container services between Northern Ireland, England and the Continent is considering expansion in Eire. Speaking in Larne, last week, Mr. John H. Bustard, director and general manager of the company, said: "We are now as near to starting a Dublin service as we ever have been in the past eight years."
The company, a subsidiary of the Atlantic Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., now ships about 75,000 units a year from Larne, and this figure showed every sign of further increase, said Mr. Bustard. Two new ships were under construction, and the company were also considering ordering two more, he added.
S.D. ORDERS UP 30 PER CENT.
THE number of vehicles ordered from Shelvoke and Drewry, Ltd., in the seven months to May 31 was 30 per cent. greater than in the corresponding period last year. Mr. H. Shelvoke, who made this announcement last week, said that the works would be fully occupied in urgent production qt least until the end of the year. There was a serious shortage of materials, Negotiations _were proceeding for the acquisition of additional floor space.
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