Bus Operators Admit Licence Breaches
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1:kt REACHES of conditions on an express licence operative between the R.A.F. Station, Valley, Anglesey, and Manchester and Liverpool, were admitted by Messrs. T. A. Milburn and Son, Gaerwen, at Valley magistrates court fast week. They pleaded guilty to charging fares under those authorized, charging single fares when not authorized and picking-up and setting-dbwri . at unauthorized points. Fines totalling £13 lls. 6d., including £3 1 Is. 6d. advocate's fee, were imposed.
For the North Western Traffic Commissioners, Mr. R. H. Ellis Davies said that an investigation revealed that on a large number of occasions there had been breaches or the conditions. The present charges were on four counts and represented a cross-section of the whole: The defendants pleaded that the breaches were madeto oblige the camp personnel, and make the operation economic.
In extenuation, Mr. P. Hughes, for Milburn, said that it was the first time in his experience that anyone had been convicted for undercharging. He instanced a case -of an airman being undercharged because he did not have sufficient money. On another occasion an airman who had made the outward journey by ear, which had broken down, requested permission to make the return journey and paid a single fare. These breaches had not affected the traffic of either Crosville Motor Services, Ltd., or British Railways.
When T. A. Milburn's licence was last renewed, the firm were warned of the consequences of irregular operation. Crosville and the railway.s had objected on the ground of previous irregularities.