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HE suspension of four vehicles, during October, from the special A licence of Henry Long (Manningham), Ltd., Bradford, was announced the Yorkshire Licensing Authority, Maj. F. S. Eastwood, at Leeds on esday. The revocation of the company's special A licence or the pension or deletion of the vehicles was being considered under Section of the Road and Rail Traffic Act, 1933.
)n June 18, at Bradford, the company had been found guilty of 46 trges in connection with drivers' records. They were fined £482 and I been asked to pay £52 10s. advocate's fee.
Mr. P. Kenny, for Henry Long, said that the company had acquired their depot as a unit in 1954 and they now had 28 vehicles on special A licence, three on contract A. three on public A and three on B. They had been, and still were, undertaking a great deal of work for a well-known textile concern, the name of which was not revealed.
The carriage of yarn for this organization represented about 80 per cent. of their traffic, and the result was that they had no opportunity, or inclination, to do a substantial amount of other work.
Collections and deliveries for this company could take place only during normal working hours-8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
They had realized that most of the work could be done if the vehicles were kept running continuously and recently they had taken on more staff to increase the speed of operation. This had involved a lot of reorganization and it had been in the middle of the changes that the troubles had arisen.
Mr. N. C. Mensley, a director of Henry Long, said that there had been a speeding up of delivery times and work had increased accordingly. They had never suspected that there had been any falsifying of records and some drivers had resigned because they resented being spied upon."
Replying to Maj. Eastwood, Mr. Menstey said that so they could keep a check on the drivers' whereabouts, the men were now asked to telephone the office periodically giving details of their position. Maj. Eastwood considered that it was a good idea and said that it could be adopted more in the haulage industry. Copies of records and operational figures were submitted.
Maj. Eastwood said that he did not intend to revoke the licence, as it appeared that Long's planned to keep a careful check on future operations, but he thought it necessary to suspend four vehicles for the month of October as a penalty for the offences.