Clearing Houses as Part of New Haulage Scheme
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nNE: of several resolutions put ‘-"forward by the Road' Transport Section of the Leeds Incorporated Chamber of Commerce, and adopted, last week, by the Chamber's Council,• advocates the employment of clearing houses in the Government's new haulage scheme, subject to a systein of licensing. .
gter expressing regret that the Government has not made provision for their employment in the scheme, the resolution Voices the opinion " that clearing houses can effIciently iferfortn a valuable and necessary function in co-ordinating the demands for transport services, especially in the case of the 'small operator and the trader, and their elimination would be a retrogressive step." It adds that " in recommending the utilization of
clearing houses as an integral part of the organization of the read haulage inchistry, the Chamber is convinced of the necessity of licensing such clearing houses on approved conditions and under proper restrictions in dealing, inter alia, with terms of ,sub-contracting and the like."
Another of theresolutions adopted Says that in view of the variations in conditions of carriage and in the terms pf insurance policies covering the transport of goods by road, " the Chamber considers that standard and equitable conditions and policies should be established, and that these, should be the joint •work Of traders, transport contractors and the. insurance companies.". In furtherapee of such standardization the Chkrnber decided to appoint a sub-committee to draft recommendations.