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" RED.TAPE " STR WAR EFF NGLING THE RT
SPEAKING at a con the Glasgow City B Patrick J. Dollan to miner, who had qu driver and was empl miners to work. Labour and National that the man was indi was sent back to the p ing day the 40 miners
erence called by sines's Club, Sir d of a former ified as a bus yed driving 40 he Ministry of ervice was told ensable, yet he ts. The followvere idle, whilst tne bus driver hewed coal. Eventually, the bus driver's employer defied the order and the bus service was recommenced and the 40 miners were back at Work. , The conference decided to convene a meeting of all business clubs and associations in the city to protest against the " red tape " which, it alleges, is strangling the war effort.
FARMERS APPEAL TO USE , RAILROAD BRIDGE
FRMERS, crofters and others in North Argyllshire have a new grievance in connection with the restrictions on the use of the Connel Ferry railroad bridge_ For months, they have been pressing strongly for the abolition of the restrictionsAand the heavy toll charges. Now, feRding-stuff merchants have been informed that their 2-ton'-vans will no longer be allowed to use the bridge.
letter to the Minister of War Transport, Major MacCallum, M.P. for Argyll, stresses the importance of arriv
jug at a satisfactory settlement without further delay, because the season is approaching for transporting seeds, fertilizers, feeding stuffs, stock and agricultural produce to farmers on the north side of the bridge.
GOOD LOAN SAVINGS SUPPORT FROM OPERATORS
THE road transport War Savings Campaign in the North-eastern Region, launched in January, has more than realized its aim to raise £250,000 in investments by operators. This total was reached last week and as the campaign will continue until the end of March, linking up with many more local Warship Weeks to be held in the Region, the " target " was raised to £300,000.
In an appeal headed " Now for the £300,000—and more," the Regional Transport Commissioner, Major F. S. Eastwood, points out that the £250,000 is sufficient to pay for 50 Fulmar air craft, or one destroyer of the " Valorous " class, or one submarine of the " Sturgeon " class. "Any of these," the Commissioner adds, "will help to protect our tankers carrying the petrol which all road operators need to 'maintain their services."
HUDDERSFIELD OPERATORS SHOW MORE INTEREST'
AN encouraging increase in Huddersfield operators' interest in the A.R.O. activities was reported at the annual meeting of the Huddersfield Sub-area last week. Councillor R. Rothwell, who presided over a good attendance, was re-elected chairman, and Councillor J. Gee was reappointed vice-chairman. Mr. H. Firt,h was appointed bon, secretary.
DURHAM GIVES ITS SUPPORT
DURHAM County Council is supporting the application of the Blaydon, Ryton and Newburn Urban Councils for the freeing of Newburn Bridge from tolls.
ELECTRIC " MILK-PRAM " DRIVERS MUST HOLD LICENCES
BECAUSE the maximum speed of pedestrian-controlled battery-electric milk vehicles is only 3 m.p.h., Mr. R. C. Morrison asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport last week if he would make an Order, under the Emergency Powers Act, rendering it unnecessary for drivers thereof to hold driving licences.
In declining to do so, Mr. Noel-Baker said the fact that persons had, to take Out a provisional licence, which cost no more than 5s. a year, to drive these " prams " constituted a protection against their being driven by persons who, through age or infirmity, were unqualified to control them in a safe manner.
FUTURE OF MANCHESTER IMPORTS CONTROL TRANSPORT
MANCHESTER IMPORTS CONTROL TRANSPORT, which was formed some months ago to assist in port clearance, -continues to function, but its future is somewhat uncertain in view of the operation of the Hauliers'
National Traffic Pool. If M.I.C.T. is still offered traffic it will deal with it, but should it be diverted to the National Pool, the M.I.C.T. may become redundant. In any case its. independence will, we understand, be preserved.
CARDIFF INAUGURATES, TROLLEYBUS SYSTEM, rIVE new trolleybuses, the first of a large fleet, have taken over public transport from the trams on a route in Cardiff. . At the inauguration ceremony last Sunday, the Lord Mayor and members of the corporation rode on the first bus. Passengers pay •as they enter, thus saving the use of tickets. These five trolleybuses have been obtained after many delays, but it is hoped that it will not . be long before similarvehicles take control of the whole of the city's public transport system; EFFECT OF HAULAGE SCHEME ON CLEARING HOUSES
THE February meeting of the Mansion House Association on Transport was attended by Mr. F. C. G. Mills, chairman of the National Conference of Road Transport Clearing Houses, who gave members a summary of the work and purpose of the clearing houses with regard to the long-distance haulage of merchandise. . He also surveyed briefly the reasons for the formation of the National Conference, and its hopes of service to transport.
The chairman, Mr. W. IL Gaunt, asked what effect the Government Haulage Scheme was likely to have on the activities of the clearing houses, and Mr. Mills replied that, so far as he could see, operators taking part in the scheme would be able to use their services as usual, provided that the cleating houses concerned were constituted as subagents for the Government_
Mr. Mills also answered questions dealing with the ability of clearing houses to organize the national distribution of a commodity, the problems of returned empty traffic, and the preference often extended by operators to large lots.