PRESENTATIONS BY THE GOODYEAR TYRE COMPANY
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AFTER a recent board meeting a small party of directors and executives.. oj the Goodyear Tyre Company paid tribute to three of their number; Mr. W. A. Hazlett,' the managing
• director, presented each with the Goodyear Gold Pin, commemorating 25 years of service.
. The, senior recipient was Mr. A. S. Bishop, sales director, who joined the company in 1916 after being invalided Out of the Army on account of wounds. First employed in a junior, sales capacity he subsequently concentrated on the selling of solid tyres. Early in 1919 he visited the vast Goodyear • factories in Ameriea to study the application of the large pneumatic tyre to
• commercial vehicles, and on his return was given the taskof pioneering it in Great Britain, the company claiming that he was responsible for converting ,from solid to giant pneumatic tyresathe first commercial vehicle thus dealt with
in this country. He became general sales manager in 1933 and joined the board as sales difector in 1936.
Next came Mr. S. Oxon, manager of the Southern Division of Goodyear. with headquarters in London. He also joined in 1916 after being wounded. fie also visited the U.S.A. factory atid was later given the position of sales exectitive in Britain. He his held his present post since 193.1.
Third came Mr. C. V. [Tendon; branch operating manager. An American by .birth, he saw service with the American Forces in 1914-18, but.has been here for the past 13 years end is responsible for the office and accounting work of the company's numerous branches and depqts.
HAULAGE INDUSTRY ASKED TO TRAIN WOMEN DRIVERS
• A PPROACHES have been made by rian official of the Ministry of Labourand National Service to the Road Transport Section of the Liverpool Chamberof Commerce as to whether the haulage industry would assist in
training women to drive 3-ton vehicles. Chairtnan R. B. Stockdale stated that he had been unable to give direct assistance, but the inquiry was directed to the C.M.U.A., the A.R.O. and the Liverpool Cart and 'Motor Owners' Association.
SEEKING BETTER RATES FROM BRADFORD CORPORATION A MOVE to obtain a further increase IA in the standard hourly rates which various departments of Bradford Corporation pay for hired motor haulage was the outcome of a meeting of the Road Transpdit Section of the Bradford and District Chamber of Trade on September 30.
It was decided 'to -apply for an increase of 6d. per hour on the present rate, which are: Vehicles of 30-cwt. carrying capacity 4s. 8a., 2-ten vehicles 5s. 2d. These rates came into operation. in July last, 'when the ccir noration granted increases of 3d. per hour for 30-cwt. vehicles and 6d. per hour for 2-tonners. The increases were substantially less than' the amounts the operators asked for in the application which they lodged in May 1nstr Dissatisfaction on that account and increases in road haulage wages and other costs since May are the grounds. The following were elected as a subcommittee to interview the corporation on the new applicsttAi for a rates increase: Messrs. J. W. Preston, H. Hall, —F. Dennison/ Arthur Batty and F. Pickering (hon. sec. Chamber of Trade) .
TRANSPORT-SALES ORGANIZER TRANSPORT-SALES ORGANIZER , REQUIRED
APROGRESSIVE_ haulage concern requires an active, versatile seller of goods loading space, age about 35, with personality and sound education, who will be prepared to take executive responsibility. A good commencing salary will be paid, and the right man should quickly rise to a position of trust and responsibility with commensurate return. Applications should he addressed " Transport Sales." care
of the Editor. • INSURANCE CONCESSION FOR _ GOODS VEHICLES VURTHER discussions have taken 1 place between the Ministry of War Transport and insurers of motor goods vehicles which are grouped. The previous arrangements have been modified, insurers having agreed to continue and extend, without any general increases in rates, existing policies for such vehicles i while they are used within a grouping scheme, although the Emergency Powers (Road Vehicles and Drivers) Order, 1939,removes certain restrictions on A, B and C licences,
A similar concession has been agreed to in respect of vehicles used for other purposes, on production of a, certificate issued by, or for, a Regional Transpart Commissioner, that such use is necessary to -deal with an emergency. The actual issue will be made by District Transport Officers, and such certificates will-not' be issued for normal work for the road-haulage branch of . the Ministry„ civil-defence work, or other use oar a• non-emergency footing.
. These arrangements will be in force until December 31, ' • NO INCREASE' IN RATES OF DEPRECIATION ALLOWANCE
THE Road Transport Committee of i the Liverpool Chnmher of Commerce. hashad under consideration the rates of depreciation allowance on road transport. The section feels that operators proving hardship would be relieved out of4he 20 per cent. of E.P.T.. earmarked for use in industry, and, therefore, it would be useless to press for increased allowances. Members having been asked to bring the matter .to the notice of the national associations for guidance, it was decided that no further actiob be taken at present.
SCOTTISH COAL...SCHEME .HITS ROAR OPERATORS AREVOLUTIONARY scheme of transport in Soothed, aiming at the, limitation of rail transport to a defined area and of road transport to an equally limited area, has been prepared by the coal authorities covering Scotland. • It takes effect as from October I, and is, in essence, a system of feeding depots ,on the L.N.E.R. system from collieries on that system and, similarly, towns, on the L.M.S.R. by coal pits on that system. So far the experiment is being made solely with househoLil coal, but there is every belief that it will, if successful, be adopted for the entire colliery production in the principal Scottish coalfields.
. In theory, 'the effort will eliminate a vast amount of rail shunting in transfers between the two systems, whilst it 'will also have censiderable repercussions On the road-transport systems serving the depots concetned, because their area of operations will, in future, be severely limited. . Already many coal-depot owners running big ,fleets of lorries have found that as a result of this and the coincident system of " zoning," which states that a producing area shall supply only the surrounding consuming area, these' merchants are finding themselves and their transport plant redundant.