Meat Distribution—TA Road-transport Triumph
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TT is now possible to give, in greater 'detail, particulars of the methods by which livestock and dead meat are being distributed under the Government scheme for meat control. Two organizations combined their resources to deal with the situation. One is The Wholesale Meat and Provisions (Defence) Association, which, although developed to meet this emergency, is largely composed of members of The National Road Transport .Employers Federation. The other is Associated Road Operators.
These two are operating practically as a unit. The Wholesale Meat and Provision (Defence) Association deals with the situation as a whole, but more directly concerns itself, so far as transport is concerned, with the distribution of the dead meat. For that purpose use is made• of the services of local hauliers and, of course, of butchers' own vehicles. In London,-to quote an example, co-operation with The' London Cartage and Haulage Contractors Association has been found to be an effective way of distributing the A.E.C. by the same undertaking in 1937 and 1938.
Additional orders have been received from the Argentine. One, from the Automotres Chevallier, is for an 8.8litre oil-engined Regal with a 19-ft. wheelbase, to be used on long-distance services, and another is from A.E.C. '5 distributor, Agar, Cross and Co., Ltd., for a similar chassis, a Mammoth Major six-wheeler and a Matador fourwheeler, Joint Organization Discusses Wages
LAST week, the annual general meet1--Aing of the East Lancashire Road Transport Association and the Commercial Motor Users Association was held in Blackburn. The chairman of the joint organization, Mr. J. Ainsworth, presided.
Discussion took place on the question of the new wages rates for the industry and the application for a further immediate increase which had been made by the trade unions. It was decided to hold a special meeting on Sunday next (February 4) to discuss these matters.
The disabilities of the fuel-rationing system also came under notice. The secretary mentioned that if road operators desired to retain their normal businesses, they might be compelled, in the near future, to seek an alternative fuel or, with short-distance traffic, to revert to horsed transport. It was probable that more co-ordinated running would follow greater stringency in fuel supplies.
The following were elected to vacancies on the Executive Council :C-licence holder, Mr. E. Barmby; A and B-licence holders, Messrs. J. A. Duxbury-, H. Harwood and J. Hindle.
dead meat in the Metropolitan Area.
Associated Road Operators, acting, for convenience, through the medium of its recently formed subsidiary company, Traffic Movement, Ltd., operates as an integral part of the complete organization and deals with the movement of livestock from collecting centres to slaughter houses.
Although the latter organization has taken over this substantial portion of the . responsibility no distinction is being, or is intended to be, made amongst livestock hauliers, all of whose vehicles, if they are available for use at collecting centres, are being utilized to the full and as fairly and freely as possible without distinction or regard to whether the operator is or is not a member of any particular association.
Some idea of the magnitude of the task involved in the handling of the livestock transport may be gathered from the fact that there are more than 400 of these collecting centres in the country, at each of which a foreman has been appointed who is responsible for clearing the stock from his centre.
BRITISH FORD POLICY
"THE policy of the Ford Motor Co.,
Ltd., is largely governed by the material available for export and domestic sales after meeting war requirements.
The number of models is being curtailed to a minimum commensurate with the markets for which the company has always catered.
The domestic market must be maintained so as to provide ample transport for important industries, whilst export sale has been stressed by the Government, and this will occupy a part of the manufacturing programme.
For all Ford vehicles, dealers will continue to provide the high standard of Ford service throughout the country, and supplies of spare parts and exchange units are being maintained.
Perkins Distributor Appointment
THE appointment of Mulletts, Ltd., of Bristol, as distributor for Perkins vehicle-type oil engines, for the Bristol and Bath districts, is announced. The company is carrying a full range of spares, and service facilities are available by trained Perkins mechanics.
New Distributors of Midland EIectrics ,THE maker of the range of Midland 1 battery-electric vehicles, Midland Vehicles, Ltd., Upper Grove Street, Leamington Spa, announces the appointment of three new distributors, as follow :—United Service Garages (Portsmouth), Ltd., 126, High Street, Portsmouth: Haselmere Motor Co., Ltd., Morris House, Guildford; F. W. Keighley, Ltd., 41, Blackwellgate, Darlington. Each distributor has a vehicle available for demonstration.