Road Services (Caledonian) Fined• £2,598
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The firm were found guilty on 159 counts involving lorries which were operated at weights greater than those at which they were registered. On the second charge, 27 offences were found proven by the Sheriff, and in these the combined tractors and trailers., of the articulated vehicles were over the weight permitted by the registration.
No Intent to Defraud
In his written judgment, Sheriff Hendry stated " On the evidence of the witnesses for the prosecution—all of whom I believe—on the minute of admissions lodged for the company, and on the admissions in evidence of Mr. Alexandre Callender (traffic manager of the firm) I have come to the conclusion that the Crown has set up a prima fade case which the company has failed to rebut."
He added: "From my reading of the evidence, and the bearing of Mr. Callender in the witness box, 1 am convinced that these numerous offences were committed, not for defrauding the Inland Revenue or for monetary gain, but were committed through lack of supervision in the running of the company and through inattention to route detail. In my view the larger the organization is, the more is it necessary to ensure compliance with statutory provisions.
"It appears to me that such ensurance is lacking in this case." FERODO IN NORTH WALES rONSTRUCTIONAL work on the new factory for Ferodo, Ltd., at Griffiths Crossing, Caernarvon, has proceded so quickly that completion of the project is expected by April, 1962, This was stated on Monday, when Mr. Ronald Soothill, chairman of the parent company, Turner and Newall, Ltd., laid the foundation stone of the £2m. plant.
Mr. N. A. Morling, chairman of Ferodo, Ltd., said that local personnel were already in training in the neighbourhood in readiness for the commencement of operations.
MOVING NORTH
114ATERIALS Handling Equipment al (Gt. Britain), Ltd., a member of the Hunslet Group, are to transfer all production from their Maidenhead works to the larger works of the Hunslet Engine Co. at Jack Lane, Leeds, on August 14. The London and Maidenhead offices of M.H.E. will be located with the Hunslet Group London offices at Buckingham Gate, S.W.1,