Speedy Delivery for Perishables Wanted U.N. Report Indicates Price-fixing
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THE need for speedy deliveries of
perishable goods to distant markets was stressed by the Yorkshire Licensing Authority last week, when he added five vehicles for long-distance journeys with fruit to the licence of Reader Bros„ Ltd., Blackfriargate, Hull.
For the company, Mr. R. E. Paterson said that British Road Services had admitted that through no fault of their own they had had to withdraw guarantees of collecting fruit from the Humber Street market, and could not give any times for deliveries. The trade was highly specialized and depended upon rapid transport.
Humber Street traders had been greatly embarrassed because of developments in the affairs of B.R.S., and because other hauliers had dropped this type of traffic in preference to less difficult loads. Merchants were likely to lose a large amount of trade through the shortage of specialized transport.
The company moved an average of over 4,500 packages a day to 25 markets. The application was supported by the Hull Associated Forwarding Co., Ltd., representing eight of the principal fruit importers in Hull docks.
CALL FOR DESIGN CODE
THE Minister of Transport is to be asked in the House of Commons by Mr. Graham Page if he will direct the Road Research Laboratory to draft a tilde of standards of safety in vehicle design, dealing with visibility, case of control, braking, lighting and equipment.
Legislation to enable municipal bus operators to provide free travel for aged persons is to be requested by Mr. A. Skeffington.
Mr. R. Crouch wants the Minister to make rubber flaps on the rear mudguards of vehicles compulsory and to discontinue the use of winking-light direction indicators.
Mr. Peter Freeman wishes to know the date when the Minister will announce his decision about leaving vehicles unlit if within 100 yd. of a street lamp.
Mr. Russell seeks the abolition of international certificates for vehicles and international driving permits to facilitate travel in Western Europe.
M. AND D. OFFER NEW TOURS
THREE new tours are being offered by Maidstone and District Motor Services, Ltd., during the corning season. One, to Oxford, is of three days' duration (£9 9s.), and the others, to Torquay and Shanklin, eight days £13 15s. 6d. and £14 Ms. respectively). Other tours are— THE existence of price-fixing arrange' ments within the international oil industry is said to be indicated in a report drawn up by the secretariat of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, The Times reported on Tuesday. Oil interests are understood to have expressed concern at the report.
The study, which is based on information from several sources, will be considered by the Commission's coal committee when they meet in Geneva on March 9 and 10.
Refusing to put a control on the prices of petrol and oil, Mr. Joynson Hicks, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Fuel and Power, told Mr. H. Wilson, on Monday, that competition protected the public against excessive prices.
Lo.T. CONGRESS PROGRAMME
'THE Prince of Wales Hotel, South1 port, will be the headquarters of the congress of the Institute of Transport to be held from June 7-10. On June 8, Mr. F. H. Cave and Mr. F. H. Dawson will present a paper, "Shipping in Port," and on June 9 Prof. Gilbert Walker will speak on "New Thinking on Transport."
A visit to the Spoke factory of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., is included in the arrangements for June 8, and on the following day there will be choice of visits to Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., Leyland Motors, Ltd., or the English Electric Co., Ltd.
.£60,000 FOR BATH STATION
EXPECTED to Cost about £60,000, 1-A the new Bath bus station planned by the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co., Ltd.. is to be built next to the railway station. It will enable the many scattered kerbside terminals to be co-ordinated. Seventeen buses will be accommodated in the loading bays,