Police Perturbed by "Pirates"
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"wiE take a serious view of this
VV type of pirate offence whereby legitimate carriers are being undercut by the type of person carrying a load he is not licensed to carry," stated Inspector Howe before Kirkby Stephen magistrates, last week, when Esnest Arthur Hunt, Grange Hill, Essex, was fined £3 for carrying a load without a licence.
Defendant was stated to have taken a load of steel rods from Ecclefechan to London, He pleaded guilty and was stated to have told the police that he had been commissioned to take the load by the Northern Allied Trading Co., Glasgow, after their lorry had broken down near Ecclefechan.
A constable said that the type of contractor to whom Insp. Howe referred carried a load for £3 to £5, whereas a legitimate carrier usually charged £10.