Labour Fights Higher Limit
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THE Opposition attacked the Order embodying the higher speed limit for heavy goods vehicles when it came up in the House of Commons on Wednesday. They did so on the ground that the unions were against the higher limit until they had had further discussions with the employers about schedules and operating times.
RAIL OBSESSED WITH OLD RATES SCHEME
THE railways still seemed to be obsessed with the old rates classification based on the value of the goods, and charges up to 4+ times those for road transport were common. This was stated by Mr. C. E. Jordan, chairman of the transport committee of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, at a council meeting of the Chamber on Monday. Unless the railways developed
new commercial view," traders' ' reluctance to direct traffic to rail would persist.
Because goods for rail transport other than by containers required additional packing, it was becoming increasingly difficult to arrange for supplies of containers or packing material, he added.
The Ministry of Transport had agreed that a rationing scheme based on a percentage of past purchases of fuel would have many advantages, but considered it impracticable because of administrative difficulties, Mr. Jordan revealed.
FILM ALLEGES OVERWORKING NITANY instances of employers who iv' overworked their drivers are stated to have been found by the Aqua Films company, who have devoted over a year's research to the preparation of a film entitled "Hell Drivers." The film is for release by the Rank Organization and is expected to be shown publicly in the summer,
Another film about haulage at present in production is entitled "The Long Haul."