"Subsistence Frauds a Common Practice"
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FOR attempting to get 16s, subsistence allowance from his employers by false pretences, James T. Osgodby, haulage driver, of Boulevard, Hull, was tined £2 at Hull last week. He was fined a further £2 for falsifying his time-sheet.
Admitting both offences, Osgodby told the court it was a common practice among_drivers to complete their journeys wherever possible without having to spend nights away from home.
The magistrates were told that after taking a load to the Midlands for Humber Stores Contractors, Ltd., the man was expected to stay overnight at Bawtry so that he would not work excessive hours. However, an official of the company was suspicious and went to Osgodby's home, where he saw a lorry parked outside. The next day subsistence allowance was claimed for a night in Bawtry.
HIGHER FARES RULED OUT AT SOUTHPORT
ALTHOUGH Southport buses had a record deficit last year, the transport committee has decided not to recommend higher fares, the re-introduction of returns, or the operation of circular routes. This was reported to the council yesterday.
The committee has been considering the introduction of one-man buses on selected routes for experimental use, but the decision is that this move should be deferred pending a report by the transport manager on unremunerative services.
Despite the fact that the council have always opposed exterior advertising on buses, the committee suggest that this should now be allowed.
MOBILE SHOPS CRITICIZED
APUBLIC inquiry into the question of mobile shops is being sought in Scotland by the Glasgow Grocers' and Provision Merchants' Association and East Kilbride Trades Association. They have told the Secretary of State for Scotland that mobile shops could ultimately kill normal trading operations because they discourage the creation of community shopping centres.
The associations want the mobile shops to be brought within the provisions of the Shops Act. They claim that already some established stores have had to close down because of this competition.