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hauliers were all troubled by collection and delivery.
Mr. Lindsay said he was satisfied there was a prima facie case. The Transport Tribunal had never decided that an operator's A-licence vehicle could not have separate normal users and, in this case, the user would be limited to within 10 miles of,Liverpool. The application for the trailer would be refused. All hauliers were, in the same boat with regard to fuel rationing.
MR. COOKE A P.P.S.
2—X A FORMER director of the Society
of M o tor Manufacturers and Traders, Mr. R. Gresham Cooke, has been appointed Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. Nigel Birch, Economic Secretary to the Treasury. Mr. Cooke, who is M.P. for Twickenham, is honorary secretary of the Conservative Party Transport Committee.
MR. BETTELEY RETAINS CHAIR
ON Monday, Mr. E. A. Betteley (Tarmac. Ltd.) was re-elected chairman of the Wolverhampton Area of the Traders' Road Transport Association, with Mr. G. H. Ratcliffe (Palethorpes, Ltd.) and Mr. A. Smart (Cannon (Holdings), Ltd.) as vice-chairmen. Mr. D. Taylor '(Joseph Batson, Ltd.) is honorary secretary.