74% of Vehicles in 'List 8 Sold
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BY Tuesday, 74 per cent. of the BY Tuesday, 74 per cent. of the
vehicles offered without premises I in list 8 of transport units had been sold. Decisions were still awaited on the disposal of 5 per cent, of the vehicles.
No figure§ were available concerning units with premises, although the purchase of two of them is reported on page 764 of this issue. Of 1,459 units (2,765 vehicles) offered without „premises 1,089 units (2,053 vehicles) had been sold. All tenders had been rejected for 286 units (559 vehicles), no bids had been received for 14 units (20 vehicles), and decisions were awaited on 70 units (133 vehicles). Five of the units (13 vehicles) sold are engaged on, contract hire. Tenders were rejected for one unit (one vehicle) of this 'kind.
NO 'HALT TO SALES AREPORT in the Daily .Herald on Monday that the Minister of Transport was intending to "scrap the Tory denationalization plan" was described to The Commercial Motor by a Ministry spokesman as having "no foundation at all." The Minister's assurance on this point was Sought by a deputation from ,ffie Road Haulage Association who met him on Wednesday to discuss the progress of disposal. The Daily Herald said that a Bill to halt sales of State-owned vehicles would appear after Easter.
NINE DAYS' STRIKE ENDS
lk AORE than 500 employees of Red M and White Services, Ltd., who came out on unofficial strike 10 days earlier in protest against the method of dealing with minor disciplinary cases, returned to work on Tuesday. The men accused the company of breaking a local agreement by ordering six of their colleagues to the Chepstow headquarters for disciplinary interviews. They claimed that the interviews should have taken place at the men's own depots to prevent them losing time and wages through having to travel to headquarters.
On the advice of their local union officials, the six men refused to attend the interviews and were suspended.
On Monday, the union urged the strikers to return to work so that negotiations with the company could begin.
MR. FELL BRINGS BACK BIG ORDERS
A FTER a five-week tour of six Middle Eastern countries,, Mr. J. M. E. Fell, export director of A.C.V. Sales, Ltd., has come back with •orders for 100 buses with Park Royal bodywork for Baghdad (where 220 A.E.C. buses are already operated), 100 passenger chassis for Egypt, and 40 A.E.C. Mandators for the Gal Oya Development -Board, Ceylon. Brisbane have ordered 22 A.E.C. Regal Mark IV vehicles and Adelaide, 70. The Netherlands State Railways require 33 vehicles of this type.