Sheep Died in Lorry Driver Fined 1'5
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THE driver of a , sheep-carrying vehicle, Peter Smith; Lazonby, near Kendal, was fined £5 alt Clitheroe last week for conveying the animals in a manner causing them unnecessary suffering.
It was stated that when the lorry' was opened at Clitheroe auction mart, four dead sheep fell out, two were dying and another four had to be slaughtered. Smith told the police that the 215 sheep in the vehicle had been transported from Aberdeen. A veterinary surgeon said that he considered 135-150 sheep to be a sufficient load for the vehicle.
Smith's employer, Reginald W. Holliday, Lazonby. who drove the vehicle from Aberdeen to Lazonby, said that he took full responsibility, but denied that the lorry was overloaded. He stopped every 40'miles to make sure the sheep were all right. He was fined £25 for causing the offence.
E, Slinger and Sons, Ltd., Accrington, butchers, owners of the sheep, were fined £25 for permitting the offence. Thomas Slinger, a director, said that responsibility for the dispatch of the stock was accepted by the auction mart company. He left the loading to experts.
COST OF INCREASED WAGES
HULL will have to find another 129000 a 'ear on account of wages. It was stated last 'week that the recent 'aware was equal to an extra I2s. a week for drivers and conductors employed by the transport department.
In the first two weeks of the operation. of the new award, Leeds municipal bus conductors have earned an average of £9 7s. 3d. a week. the award will cost Leeds £88,000 a year. For the first time for months the number taken into employment as platform staff has exceeded the number leaving.