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9th August 1946, Page 24
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PRODUCTION MUST BE INCREASED DLEAS made by " The Commercial Motor" for increased production by workers were supported by Sir William Rootes, K.B.E., chairman of Humber, Ltd., at the annual general meeting of the company on August I.

He declared that overall production per man-hour must be raised to reduce the cost of products to the public and to secure ultimate stability of markets and employment. He welcomed the support of the trade unions, "for," he said, "without increased production there can be no rise in the general standard of living." He stressed the fact that a large home trade will be essential to enable Britain to produce vehicles in sufficient volume to be competitive in cost in overseas markets.

COACH COMPANIES BUY HOTELS

TO help meet the coach touring problem caused by heavy pressure on seaside hotel accommodation, two Torquay hotels have been purchased by Barr and Wallace Arnold Trust. Ltd., controlling the group of Yorkshire roadtransport companies of which Mr. Robert Barr is head, including Wallace Arnold Tours, Ltd.

The hotels, which the Trust has bought experimentally at a total cost of approximately £70,000, are the Trecarn and the Oswalds. adjoining establishments at Babbacombe.

MIDLAND RED'S LARGE ORDER I N addition to 200 single-deck and 100 double-deck buses ordered by the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., the directors have recently authorized the purchase of a further 100 single-deck and 100 double-deck buses, as well as 57 coaches for tours. The _total value of the vehicles on order amounts to about £1.750.000.

PEACE HITS BUS COMPANY'S PROFITS WHILST for the past financial year VI" the gross revenue of the Aldershot and District Traction Co., Ltd., has declined by about one-eighth upon the figures for the previous year, expenses have increased by one-fifth. This was stated by the chairman of the company, Mr. W. T. James, 0.B.E., at the recent ordinary general meeting of the concern held last week.

The company is peculiarly dependent for its revenue upon the movement of soldiers in its area. During the past year this traffic has naturally decreased. 'Operating expenses are now 80 per cent. above those obtaining in 1939, said Mr. James.

Apart from the loss during the war of over 50 vehicles which were requisitioned, there were 45 single-deckers converted into ambulances. These vehicles have been released and reconverted, and have enabled the company to restore almost all of the essential services which were withdrawn during the war, and to increase the frequency of others, with the result that the total mileage now operated is greater than before the war.

NORTHERN COMPANY'S LARGE APPLICATION

APPLICATION has been made by Butterwick and Walker Transport, Ltd., Atlas Mill Road, Brighouse, to the Licensing Authority for the Yorkshire Traffic Area for A licences for 22 vehicles with a total capacity of 67i tons, and seven trailers, with a capacity of 171 tons, to be based at Brighouse and to run all over the United Kingdom. The concern has also applied for. A licences for 34 vehicles (1001 tons) and five trailers (23,4 tons) to be based at Leeds, also to run throughout the United Kingdom. This company held no A licences before the war, according to "Applications and Decisions."

MERSEY TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATORS '10 MEET

THE Merseyside centre of the Institute of Traffic Administration is holding a meeting at 7.30 p.m., on August 19, in the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool.

LORRIES MOVE REPAIR SHOP ACROSS EUROPE

VESTERDAY, a large motor repair I shop was due to be opened in Solencz, Poland. Formerly this establishment was at Cheltenham, and the task of transporting across the Continent the 5,000 tons of equipment, worth nearly £100,000, fell to 501 lorries. The shop was built by the U.S. Army during the war, and the American Government decided to present it to Poland to keep the vehicles of U.N.R.R.A. in repair until they can be replaced by Polish products, states Reuter.

MESSAGE FROM CLEARING HOUSES' CHAIRMAN

THE chairman of the National Con ference of Road Transport Clearing Houses, Mr. H. Rossington, has sent a message to its members to the effect that the most important event facing the industry is the winding up of the Road Haulage Organization on August 16. It has been stated by the Minister that the decision 6o end this in no way affects the Government's determination to proceed with its plans to nationalize long-distance haulage. It does, however, give the industry a last opportunity to prove to the country that it is well organized, deals fairly with its customers and employees, and fulfils the public need for efficient service at reasonable rates through private enterprise.

The Conference must take its rightful place in the post-war development of the industry by promotly close working arrangements between the haulier and clearing-house members, to ensure that distribution of goods by road is carried out with the maximum economic efficiency.

R.T.C.s GIVE PREFERENCE TO • EX-SERVICEMEN WHEN deciding applications for yr reinstatement in the road-haulage industry, the Licensing Authorities are, in general, prepared to give special consideration to any person whose business lapsed on his joining the Services, or his direction to war work, provided he did not sell his concern.

This information was given last week by the Under Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, Mr. G. R. Strauss, in a written reply to a question put by Sir I. Lucas.

TWO APPEALS SUCCEED

TWO appeals under the Road Haulage 1 and Hire (Charges) Order, 1942, have been allowed by Mr. A. E. Faulkner, Eastern Regional Transport Commissioner, sitting with Mr. G. W. Irwin and Mr. Clifford King as assessors.

Mr. H. B. Rantzen, of 3, Hocroft Avenue, London, N.W.2, appealed for the revision of a charge of £29 10s. made by Messrs. A. Elkins and Son, of Berkhamsted, for the removal, handling and storage of furniture. The charge was reduced to £15 15s.

A similar appeal by Mr. G. Kentish, Central House, St. Albans Road, Hatfield, against a charge of £3 13s. made by Amalgamated Removers and Transport, Ltd., St. Albans, resulted in the amount being reduced to £2 15s.

It was submitted for Messrs. Elkins that the charge of £29 10s_ was actually below a reasonable level and they calculated a fair charge at £34 16s. For Amalgamated Removers and Transport. Ltd., it was stated that the company based its charge on the hire of vehicle and driver for half a day and the employment of an extra man.

NORTH BRIDGE PLAN ADVANCES IV/HEN the Provisional Order inquiry w was concluded last week in Edinburgh, under the chairmanship of Lord Teviot, the Forth Conservancy Board was the only opponent of the projected Forth road bridge scheme. The preamble to the Order was approved.

PROFITS OF THREE MANUFACTURERS ADING results of three manufacturers have just been announced. Lancegaye Safety Glass (1934), Ltd.. a subsidiary • of Triplex Safety Glass, Ltd., made a trading profit of £13,281, with other income of £2,348, in the year ended March 31 last. The sum of £16,380 was carried forward, against £10,815 a year earlier.

Spurling Motor Bodies, Ltd., made a net profit. of 186,704 in the year to February 28 last, against £113,559 in the previous year. A dividend of 12i per cent. and bonus of 2i per cent. have been declared. The amount carried forward was £10,375.

Stream-Line Filters. Ltd., earned a profit of 152,385 last year. After various charges had been deducted, the net profit was £16,430, which, added to £16,041 brought into the accounts, left £32,471 to be carried forward. Interim dividends of 3 per cent. and 10 per cent. have been declared.


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