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"Evidence Was Not Borne Out"
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SOME of the evidence given on behalf of Reader Bros., Ltd., Hull, when they applied for additional vehicles in 1958 (The Commercial Motor, June 27, 1958) had not been borne out in practice. It also appeared that some of their vehicles were being hired out to other people.
The Yorkshire Licensing Authority, Maj. F. S. Eastwood, said this at Bridlington last week after hearing evidence by a market gardener that Reader Bros.' vehicles had been late in collecting produce for Sheffield Market, arriving on some occasions between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m.
K. and J. Wheeler, Victoria Rd., Beverley, asked permission to vary the conditions of a B-licensed vehicle by adding: "the collection of market garden produce and containers within 15 miles of Hull for delivery within 100 miles." There were three objectors, including Reader Bros.
Mr. H. Walford, secretary of Reader Bros., submitted that the complaints were isolated instances and that his company gave a good service that was satisfactory to the majority of their customers.
Granting the application with a 50-mile radius, Maj. Eastwood commented that Reader Bros. would have to justify previous claims on renewal. They had been granted additional B-licensed vehicles for a 6 a.m. service to Sheffield Market and he had seen loaded Reader vehicles arriving at 9.30 a.m.
B.R.S. MAN EMBEZZLED TAKINGS
A55-YEAR-OLD British Road Services assistant depot superintendent was fined a total of £60 by Croydon (Surrey) magistrates last week on four charges of embezzlement. He was Stanley John Smith, of Purley Way, Croydon. He pleaded guilty to embezzling from British Road Services a total of £8 4s. 2d., and asked for 36 other offences involving £32 2s. 6d. to be taken into consideration.
The magistrates were told that Smith had been in his post for 12 years. He had failed to enter amounts received from customers on the collection sheet and pocketed the money. In a statement to the police he said that it was seeing the bank staff drawing wages comparable with his own that made him do it.