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FEDERATION ENGAGES S.t.R. TO PROTECT HAULIERS IN connection with the Road Haulage land Hire (Charges) Order, 1942, the Federation of Yorkshire Road Transport Employers has commissioned Mr. H. Scott Hall (S.T.R., "The Commercial Motor " costs expert) to furnish statistics covering operating costs as from October, 1940. As we reported last week, the Order is for the purpose of controlling, on a costs-increase basis, charges for the carriage of goods by road and the hire of haulage vehicles.
The Federation has engaged Mr. Scott Hall's services with the object of safeguarding the position of hauliers under the Order's proviso that, in the absence of proof to the contrary, the appropriate addition to fair and reasonable rates operative in October, 1940, shall be 7i per cent: For some months Mr. Scott Hall has been carrying out an investigation on the Federation's behalf with 'reference to machinery-haulage costs and rates. His work in this direction has now reached an advanced stage.
ACTIVITIES OF THE CARRIERS OF " SMALLS "
AMEETING of the Executive Council of the National Conference of Express Carriers was held last week. The report of the Standing Joint Executive Committee on long-term and shortterm policy in respect of organization in the industry, including a plan for the reorganization of the Standing Joint Committee, and the extension of its machinery to the areas, was unanimously approved.
Consideration was given to the Con
ference's Standard Conditions of Carriage in the light of developments in connection with the Government Haulage Scheme, and it was decided to request the M. of W.T. to meet representatives of the Conference to discuss modifications in the Government's Conditions of Carriage to meet the needs of those dealing with " smalls."
STAR RAILWAY WITNESS AS ROAD HAULAGE OFFICER learn that there is considerable AOnsternation amongst hauliers in Scotland at the• appointment of a railway official as Divisional Road Haulage Officer of the Hauliers' National Traffic Pool. They are perturbed, in the first place, at the failure to appoint a road haulier to this position, but are still more concerned at the fact that the man who is appointed was, in pre-war days, a star witness far the railway companies at Traffic Courts when they lodged their objections to applications for licences, and the renewal of licences, by roadtransport operators.
RATES STABILIZATION GAINS , GROUND IN SCOTLAND "THE Road Panel members of the Southern Scotland Rates Committee of the Road and Rail Conference have decided to pursue more energetically the policy of preparation of stabilized rates. In this connection, a large meeting was recently held in Glasgow, • when most of the operators carrying goods between Glasgow and Edinburgh were present. A considerable number of rates for the carriage of commodities over that route was agreed and, in due course, will be submitted to the Regional Committee of the Conference. COTTON-TRANSPORT POOL ACCEPTING TRAFFIC
FURTHER developments have taken place in connection with the Lancashire Road Transport Cotton Pool to which we referred in our issue dated January 2. The Pool is now in being and is accepting traffic. It has established offices at Manchester and Liverpool. Its objectives are: (I) to give regular cotton carriers the first chance of providing vehicles for the _large blocks of traffic which are now being handed out; (2) to deliver cotton to any district, in the vehicles of operators from or near that district.
Operators who are interested in the haulage of raw cotton should not delay in sending their application forms for membership of the Pool to Mr. B. Winterbottom, 226-232, Corn Exchange Buildings, Hanging Ditch, Manchester. The present registration fee is £2 per vehicle, but the Pool Committee hopes to return this to the members when funds allow.
SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION KEEPS UP GOOD WORK I N pre-war days, a good deal of the activities of the Scottish Carriers' Association arose in connection with Traffic Courts, the licensing of vehicles, applications for renewals, and similar tasks. That part of its work is dormant, but that does not mean the Association is not just as active in forwarding the interests of. its members. It is still helping operators in connection with applications for Defence Permits, adjustment of registration arising from the Military Service Acts, postponement and deferment of calling up, applications to be entered as protected establishments, and matters arising from the Essential Work Order. The Association represents members at tribunals.