Private Party Law : Minister's Assurance
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AS the months pass" the Government will seek to deal with the contract-carriage law to make a clear distinction between private-party work
and regular service operation. This guarded assurance was given on Monday by Mr. J. A. Boyd-Carpenter, the new Minister of Transport. He was speaking at the annual dinner of the Passenger Vehicle Operators Association.
He asked operators not to underrate the changes made in the Transport Act, 1953. Area schemes had been abolished and it had been provided that the British Transport Commission should not acquire further bus companies. The Government sought flexibility of transport in the interests of the public and the Minister believed that he and the P.V.O.A. were thinking on broadly similar lines.
Mr. Boyd-Carpenter was replying to Mr. F. Broomfield, chairman, who said that the 1953 Act fell short of the industry's expectations. The Commission should be compelled to relinquish their major holdings in bus companies. Road transport should be placed in the hands of practical road transport men. The 1953 -Act had, in two respects, extended the powers of the London Transport Executive.
Mr. Broomfield criticized local authorities which used public money to attract traffic in areas where passengers were already served by companies. He said also that the re-organization of the railways was causing concern to bus operators. Area committees were being set up to . deal with "other forms of transport," apart from the railways.
MINIATURE INJECTION PUMPS
RATHER than introduce unknown complications by the use of a distributor-type pump on small oil engines, Scintilla, Ltd., 20 Carlisle Road, The Hyde, London, N.W.9, are experimenting with a scaled-down version of the conventional in-line pump. Little information is available about it, but it is understood, a few samples are undergoing service trials in Switzerland.
The pump is about 6 in. long, 5 in. high and 2i in. wide. Plungers large enough for use on a 3-litre engine can be accommodated. A small, nozzle holder to carry a minute nozzle, also of conventional design, is being tested in conjunction with the pump.
NEW REMOVAL CHARGES 'THE schedule of recommended fair charges for removals is to be re-examined by the National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers. At the moment, no increase is proposed to cover the advance of 3s. a week in wages which has been submitted by the Road Haulage Wages Council to the Minister of Labour for ratification.