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Satisfaction at the " continuous and solid progress being made in Scotland" was expressed by Mr. H. J. Edwards, Middlesbrough, at the third Scottish delegate conference under the auspices of the Transport and General Workers Union, in Edinburgh.
At the end of the June quarter, the Scottish membership stood at 33,322, and the Union appeared to be well on the way to having a membership of 40,000 in Scotland. Mr. Edwards hoped soon to be able to record a membership of 600,000 throughout the organization and reserves of over £1,000,000.
A Club for Transport Workers.
A club and hostel for road-transport operatives, which, it is claimed, will be the largest of its kind in the country, is shortly to be opened in Liverpool.
Transport workers have already subscribed sufficient money to provide for the tenancy of and alterations to a section of a large block of buildings at 48-50, Copperas Hill. For a weekly subscription of 3d. it is intended to provide a rest room for long-distance drivers, a reading room, billiards, canteen and bar.
. Hauliers Establish Fighting Fund.
A fighting fund, established with the object of guarding the interests of those operating concerns taken over by the Northern Ireland Transport Board, has been instituted by the Provincial Hauliers Association. At a meeting lately held in Belfast it was stressed that the Road Transport Act was accepted by hauliers on the understanding that they were to be suitably compensated. Hauliers express the view that their expectations in this matter have not been fully realized.
Lines Beet Acreage Up.
Granting short-terra licences for additional lorries for sugar-beet haulage, Mr. J. H. Stirk, East Midland Licensing Authority, quoted figures from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries .showing the acreage under beet in Lincolnshire, as returned cm June 4 last.
The figures were:—Holland Division, 15,729 acres, compared with 76,850 last year ; Kesteven Division, 21,535 (24,750), and Lindsey Division, 35,761 (27,660). The total for the county this year is 73,025 acres, compared with 69,260 a year ago. An objection to the granting of the licences made by the L.N.E. Railway Co. was overruled.
The beet season in Lincolnshire has just started and work is now in full swing at all the Fenland. factories.
Which is the Better Proposition?
A. serious experiment to help decide the vexed question of whether it is more profitable to operate high-priced heavy-duty vehicles for a number of years, or to employ moderately priced machines which are replaced every year or two, is being undertaken by the transport director of the British American Oil Co., of Canada.