Haulage Director Questioned About Vehicles Off Road
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'F i-HEmanaging director of L. G. Trigg and Co., Ltd., HE
Leics, was questioned by the East Midlands Deputy Licensing Authority, last week, when the company sought• the renewal of their B licence for eight vehicles. The Authority said that he had reason to believe that a number of vehicles stood idle during part of the yea/.
Mr. L. G. Trigg, managing director, produced figures but said that he could show only accounts of work done without reference to particular vehicles. This was because his costing system related to drivers rather thanvehicles.
He admitted that two vehicles had been off the road for several months for maintenance and three others had been disposed of. Two further vehicles were used under C-hiring margins, and there were only three_B-licensed vehicles operating at the present time, mainly upon carrying coal for the National Coal Board.
Work for the Leicestershire County. Council had stopped in August and would not start again until next year. An application had been made to substitute the three small coal vehicles by a 15-tonner, but the three vehicles would probably be wanted again when the council work was resumed.
The Authority said that there was no intention of depriving the applicants of their livelihood, but it was plain that three vehicles were sufficient for most of the year. The decision was reserved.
ANOTHER C-HIRE 'CASE HEARD IN SCOTLAND
ANOTHER Scottish C-hire-case, this time involving two farmers, was heard at Stonehaven Sheriff Court last week. 1. and W. Robertson, Laurencekirk, denied using three C-licence vehicles for hire or reward between September 24, 1957, and February 11, 1958.
For the prosecution it was stated that two companies with hiring allowances used the Robertsons' lorries, and there would have been no breach of the law if the hirers had secured their own drivers. However, in this case the Robertsons had their own men driving the vehicles, although they tried to get round the law by ostensibly engaging them through a hire agency.
It was known that the men worked for' the Robinsons and were paid by them and not by the licence holders.
After the Sheriff had said the crux of the case was .whose servants the drivers actually were, the hearing was adjourned until November 13.
INVESTIGATION FOLLOWS " ABSURD " PAY AWARD
AN investigation into the cleaning of Southport's bus fleet is to be conducted by Mr. Jackson I4oggard, transport manager. This follows a pay award —described by Mr. Hoggard as "utterly absurd "—which will mean night cleaners getting higher wages than drivers.
Under the new award, a driver will get £9 2s. a week whereas the night cleaner's wage will be £10 5s. Mr. Hoggard says he intends to eliminate as much nightcleaning work as possible.