"Serious Mistake" Admitted
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WHEN Thornbury Transport, Ltd., of The Old Mill, Thornbury, Glos. applied to the Western Licensing Authority at Bristol for a licence to substitute one truck in place of a flat vehicle, Mr. T. D. Corpe, for the applicant, referred to two vehicles which had been operated irregularly by them for periods of ten months and two months respectively.
These vehicles, he said, were in fact operated under an A licence held by another undertaking. His clients had made a serious mistake inasmuch as the vehicles did not at the material time belong to the other concern.
The Licensing Authority, Mr. S. W. Nelson: "It seems strange to me that this sort of thing should be tacked on to a perfectly ordinary application. I should have thought it was a matter for a disciplinary inquiry."
Mr. Raymond Tyrrell, a director of Thornbury Transport, explained that he bought one of the vehicles and afterwards offered it to another concern, but as the latter never paid for it the vehicle was returned and Thornbury Transport continued to use it although the licence was in the name of the other concern. The second vehicle had been sold.
Granting the application, Mr. Nelson said Thornbury Transport had an excellent reputation and he was sure there was no intention to break the regulations.