R.H.A. Meets Geddes, T.R.T.A. to Go
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THE Road Haulage Association had I a day-long meeting With the .Geddes Coma-Mace on Monday to discuss aspects of ;;-le licensing inquiry. The R.H.A. representatives were: Mr. D. a Good, chairman; Mr. F. Wheeler, chairman of the licensing study group; Mr. Noel Wynn, member of the study group; Mr. G. K. NewMan, secretary-general and Mr. F. W. Russell, deputy secretarygeno al. • The Traders Road Transport Association will meet the Geddes Committee on January 24, represented by Mr. K. C. Turner, president; Mr. S. J. Lamborn, deputy president; Mr. H. R. Featherstone, secretary, and Mr. J. W. Bannard, treasurer.
On January 22 the R.H.A. livestock committee will meet Ministry of Agriculture representatives to consider the regulations on the transit of animals.
'DECISIVE YEARS'
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I AM sure we shall look back upon AM three-year period, 1963-1965, as a decisive one for British transport ", says
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to K. C. Turner, president, in a to members of the Traders Road Transport Association. By the time the General Eleclion is over the political implications for transport may be clearer, continues Mr. Turner; by 1965, when the Geddes deliberations should be available, the mass of evidence which will be at hand on inland transport -Beeching, Buchanan, and Geddes, plus the final nal results of the Ministry of Transport's survey of road goods transport—must carry considerable weight in the formulation of transport policy.
No Woolwich Round TTHERE is to be no Woolwich elimina1. tor in the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition this year; it was revealed on Tuesday that the Woolwich centre— normally the venue for two-day contests covering the Metropolitan area-will not be organizing an event in 1964.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Export Smalls: In an attempt to popularize the export smalls reception depot at Royal Victoria Dock, London, whose continuance after April depends on the use made of the facility in the meantime, the London Chamber of Commerce has produced a pamphlet to publicize the depot.
Chairmen: Mr. IL B. Phillips, group transport manager, George Cohen 600 Group Ltd., is chairman of the T.R.T.A. vehicles committee, and not as stated in last week's issue. The chairman of the T.R.T.A. highways and traffic committee is Mr. G. T. Pollard.
New Ship on Continental Run: The new roll-oniroll-off ship, the 2,760-ton " Gaelic Ferry joined the Continental run of the Transport Ferry Service at Tilbury on Monday. For the first few months the "Gaelic Ferry " will relieve the " Doric Ferry " and "Cerdic Ferry " for their annual overhaul, but the acquisition of this new ship will mean more tailings to Antwerp and Rotiordam later in the year.
1:Mterpriced : The Crypton Clammeter featured in our November 29, 1963, issue costs £2 I2s. 6d., not £2 2s. 6d. as quoted.