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22nd May 1936, Page 28
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" The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport, at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which it runs...--John Beattie Crozier.

awarded £15 15s., representing 315 hours' overtime payment, against Bouts-Tillotson Transport, Ltd., Watenlen Road, London On behalf of Mr. Williamson, it was said that he had a verbal agreement with the company to work for 5i• days a week, with a 94-hour day. The average time of finishing had, however, been 10.15 p.m.: furthermore, he worked every Saturday afternoon. On one occasion he did not finish until midnight. Frequent complaints had been made to the company by Mr.

Williamson with regard to the nonpayment of overtime.

For the Bouts-Tillotson concern, it was submitted that the men were engaged by the day, work starting at 8 a.m.. They were told that legally they could be employed for 11 hours. THE OBJECTS OF TRANSPORT SERVICES, LTD. Transport Services, Ltd., the new company of which we gave particulars in our financial columns a fortnight ago, has been formed mainly to acquire or invest in existing road-transport concerns and interests ancillary to these. The intention is to co-ordinate goods road services and to endeavour to improve their value to user and operator, without affecting the identity or present management, except in special circumstances.

A strong financial interest has been taken by the Charterhouse Industrial Development Co., Ltd., and the proposed directors are: Messrs. E. C. Thomas (chairman) and C. Barrington (joint managing directors), and E. C. Simons.


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