U.D.T. Directors of T.U.F.
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THE names of the three directors to I represent the United Dominions Trust, Ltd., on the board of Transport Unit Finance, Ltd., were announced on Monday. They are Mr. J. Gibson Jarvie, Mr. D. Carmichael and Mr. H. D. Oliver.
The three directors nominated by the Road Haulage Association are, as reported in The Commercial Motor on May 8, Mr. C. W. H. Sparrow, Mr. j. S. F, Pollitzer and Mr. J. Barrie.
The new finance company has been set up to provide capital for the purchase of transport units. The directors held their first meeting yesterday. The registered office is at Regis House, King William Street, London, E.C.4.
R.H.A. HAVE NO HOLDING IN T.U.F.
THE Minister of Transport stated in the House of Commons, last week, that he understood that whilst the Road Haulage Association might be recouped for expenses consequent upon the formation of Transport Unit Finance. Ltd., they had no financial interest whatever in the concern.
He was dealing with questions regarding the membership of the -Disposals Board and said that he did not regard the formation of a company by the R.H.A. and United Dominions Trust, Ltd., as preventing an R.H.A. member from serving on the Board.
The British Transport Commission, Federation of British Industries, National Union of Manufacturers, Association of British Chambers of Commerce, Traders' Road Transport Association, the Traders' Co-ordinating Committee on Transport . and the R.H.A. had been invited to submit nominees. Each had submitted at least one name, except the T.C.C.T., which was expected shortly to do so, When Mr. Ernest Davies asked the Minister of Transport, on Monday, to give the names of members of the Road Haulage Disposals Board, Mr. Lennox-Boyd replied that if Mr. Davies would repeat. his question on Wednesday or Thursday, he might be able to give a definite answer.
NEW ROAD TO NORTH BEING SURVEYED
ASURVEY is being made for a motor road from London to the north, which will pass near Manchester. Mr. Gurney Braithwaite, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, announced this in the House of _Commons on Monday.
It was also proposed to improve the London-Manchester road by providing dual carriageways, 22 ft. wide, in the immediate vicinity of London, Leicester. Derby and Manchester, and a 30-ft. carriageway on the remainder. Bypasses would be constructed to avoid built-up areas where the road could not be widened. Orders have already been made, but he could not say when the work would be put in hand.