"Bristow Document was True," Metropolitan Authority Told
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A DOCUMENT thought by the Transport Tribunal to be incorrect in 1-1 showing the turnover of the vehicles of C. Bristow, Ltd., Solebay
Street, London, E.3, was described as correct and true by Mr. David Karmel, Q.C. before the Metropolitan Licensing Authority on Monday. The Authority held an inquiry to decide whether or not to suspend or revoke the company's A licence renewed last year.. This was at
the suggestion of the Tribunal who, as reported in The Commercial Motor on June 10, had deleted six additional vehicles from the
company's licence on the ground that misrepresentations had been made. •
The Authority said that from the .Tribunal's judgment it appeared that a document furnished in support of the company's application f o r licence renewal was not what it purported to represent, that was, the figures of turnover earned by the company's vehicles.
He said that he had to ascertain what the figures were and how much they had influenced him at the time of the application.
Mr. Karmel stated that the document was true and was, in fact, £10,500 understated. The company had done certain work for another associate to the extent of £10,500 and this sum should have been properly shown in the accounts of C. Bristow, Ltd.
No Explanatory Letter
Mr. S. Kriteman, an accountant, said that when he gave evidence before the Tribunal be had assumed that an explanatory letter had been sent with the figures. Apparently the Tribunal had assumed the same thing, but he had since discovered that no such letter had been sent.
Mr. Karmel said that the Tribunal's Criticism of the solicitors for not putting in the letter as evidence was unfortunate, because it had since been found out how mach the figures were understated.
He felt that there was no evidence which would lead the Authority to revoke or, suspend the licence. The company. had been punished enough by the revocation of permission to run six extra vehicles.
Decision was reserved and will be given in writing, but. not, The Commercial 'Motor understands, in open court.
• ' • 78% IN LIST II SOLD I 1ST 11 of transport units has been .extremely .successful, 78 per cent. of the vehicles having been sold. Tenders have been accepted for 652 units (1,072 vehicles) out of a total of 828 units (1,366 vehicles) on offer. Tenders have been rejected for 176 units (294 vehicles).
£283,657 FOR HAULIERS
DAYMENT of /283,657 compensa tion to Mack's Hauliers, Ltd., Edmonton, was confirmed by the Transport Arbitration Tribunal in London last week. The case was one of the few remaining to be settled under the 1947 Act,