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'THE first phase of the Labour Party 1 and T.U.C. campaign against the Transport Bill ended on Monday, with meetings of protest at the Albert Hall and Central Hall, London.
At the Albert Hall, Mr. Arthur Deakin, general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union, said he was reliably informed that the National Farmers' Union was gravely apprehensive lest it should lose the co-ordinated transport facilities of British Road Services. It was a pity, he said, that the Union did not take courage in its hands and make clear its opposition to the change of ownership of road transport.
SPECIALLOID CASE: 12 MONTHS' LMPRISONMENT
ik SENTENCE of 12 months' ti imprisonment was passed at the Old Bailey, on Monday, on Harry Noel Bates, of Lower Glen, Aberedw, Radnorshire, and Charles Frederick Russell, of Riverlea, Bourne End, Bucks. They were convicted of inducing persons to take shales in Specialloid, Ltd., by dishonestly concealing material facts and by a forecast which they knew to be misleading, false and deceptive.
They were found not guilty of recklessly making a forecast which was misleading and deceptive. Each was ordered to pay not more than £2,000 towards the cost of the prosecution.
R.A.C. RACKING THREE APPELLANTS
THE Royal Automobile Club is supporting three of its members in important appeals which will be heard shortly in the Queen's Bench Division.
It is hoped that the judgments Will clarify the law concerning the tax payable on goods vehicles, particularly Land-Rovers, when used for towing caravans and other trailers, the speed limit applicable to goods vehicles not being used for carrying trade goods, and the duty of drivers in reporting accidents to the police when particulars have been exchanged at the time of the mishap.
SIMPLIFYING PAYING-1N N experimental scheme for the paying-in of cash by conductors of Liverpool Transport Department during peak periods has met with success and is to be extended to all depots. It obviates the necessity of providing special staffs of cashiers at such times.
Conductors enter cubicles and count their cash, placing the silver in one bag and copper in another. One bag is placed within the other, with the paying-in slip, and it is dropped through
a safety trap into a safe. Cashiers remove it as a normal routine task. Little difficulty has been experienced in checking discrepancies and the scheme has received the co-operation of the trade unions.
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