MINISTRY HELP FOR HEAVY HAULIERS
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A CCORDING to the annual report f'kof Mr. 0. G. Wynn, chairman of the Heavy Haulage Group of the Road Haulage Association, the group now has 36 members with 23 branch offices, giving a total vehicle strength of 415. Some 20 other applications for membership will be examined at the next committee meeting. Membership is. generally speaking, confined to hauliers of heavy indivisible loads.
The report refers to an arrangement by which the Ministry of Transport advises on routes to be followed by vehicles carrying heavy indivisible loads. It also states that the Ministry has prepared a map setting out a grid of routes to link up the main centres of the country, which are to be made suitable for the movement of loads, in some cases, up to 80 tons, gross laden weight, and others up to 150 tons.
RATES CAN BE FIXED WHEN CONDITIONS SETTLE "'WHEN the present negotiations Vic upon working conditions are finally settled, the management committee will give further consideration to the question of rates," said Mr. James Walker, in his address as president, at the annual general meeting of the Liverpool Cart and Motor Owners' Association. He said that as wages increase and working hours decline, costs must rise.
WARNINGS ON FREE LIFTS
SOME months ago the National Road –,Transport Federation arranged for the supply of cab and depot notices conveying warnings concerning the giving of free lift i by drivers, and the carriers' liability. There was, however, a delay in supplying these notices. Other arrangements have now been made, and, as a result, they are obtainable at the following prices:—
(a) Cab notices in durable plastic material, 2s. 6d. each; (b) depot notices in similar material, 10s. 6d., plus 3d, per letter of operator's name; (c) depot notices of semi-durable nature in thin cardboard, on which the operator must insert his own name, 6d. each.
Delivery is about one month after order, which should be sent to the National Road Transport Federation, Roadway House, 146, New Bond Street, London, W.I.
GERMAN TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE AND PATENTS
A LTHOUGH no invention made in ris Germany during the period Sep. tember 3, 1938-December 31, 1945, can become the subject of a valid British patent, nevertheless, some of the information gathered in Germany may be covered by such patents or patent applications in the United Kingdom.
Therefore, to avoid infringing any rights, concerns interested in exploiting any particular item should investigate the patents position in the United Kingdom. before going into production. Similar investigations are desirable before exports are made to any particular country abroad.