Director Warned on Licence Breaches
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A DIRECTOR of C. R. Alty (Bulk r-k Transport), Ltd., and C. R. Alty, Ltd„ of Southport, Mr. T. R. Alty, was called on, at Liverpool last week, to show cause why B and C licences belonging to the companies should not be revoked or suspended under Section 178 of the 1960 Road Traffic Act.
Mr. J. Edward Jones, appearing for Alty's, told Mr. F. Williamson, the recently retired North Western Licensing Authority acting on behalf of the new Authority, Maj.-Gen. A. F. J. Elmslie, that the two companies were under the control of the same directors. C. R. Alty (Bulk Transport), Ltd., had a B licence for two vehicles, both carrying pressurized tankers, and C. R. Alty, Ltd.. had a C licence for five units which carried sand and gravel. If customers wished to purchase gravel, Mr. Alty obtained it for them from nearby quarries and then delivered it, including the haulage charges in the final cost. He also had a sand drying plant and sand was the main commodity which his C fleet carried. Mr. Edward Jones said that his client much regretted any offences that had been committed regarding the conditions of his licences.
Mr. Alty stated that the output from the plant was 250 tons of sand per day. This formed the basis of the work for the C vehicles. Nine months ago he had been fined for using these units for hire and reward, but had stopped this operation as soon as he had realized it was illegal. He hoped the vehicles would not be taken from the road as he had substantial hire-purchase commitments and the expensive upkeep of his sand drying plant to meet.
Mr. Williamson told the court that in April, 1958, a prohibition order had been placed on one of Alty's vehicles, and in May there had been a suspected records offence. On September 12. 1961, there had been a fine of £5 for a vehicle offence and on December 12 of the same year a charge at Ormskirk Magistrates Court on 74 counts for using C vehicles for hire and reward. This resulted in a fihe of £370 and an order to pay 10 guineas costs.
"It is my duty to consider whether or not your licence conditions have been the subject of frequent and wilful breaches," said Mr. Williamson. "But substantial penalties have already been inflicted, so this time I do not think it necessary to revoke them."
He warned Mr. Alty that if any more breaches occurred he could not guarantee that this view would be taken again.
BRIDGE TOLLS DEFENDED
EDINBURGH CORPORATION have refused to support Fife County Council in an attempt to have tolls waived on the Forth Road Bridge. The Edinburgh attitude is that the 1947 Order concerning the bridge specifically agreed to tolls at 2s. to 5s. per car and up to 12s. per bus.