Haulage Men's Pay Meeting Next Week
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THE claim of the unions for a : substantial increase in pay and an advance in the rate for night work is to be considered again next Tuesday by the employers' panel of the Road Haulage Wages Council. By then they will have had time to consider further the question of a quid pro quo for an increase in the speed limit on heavy goods vehicles. The date of the next meeting of the N.J.I.C, has not yet been fixed. British Road Services have also not yet decided a date for a further meeting with the unions to discuss a similar claim for increased basic pay and night rate. The management of B.R.S. have heard the unions' reasons for the application and are now considering their reply.
HIGHER INSURANCE FOR "A" VEHICLES
NOW that the 25-mile limit has been abolished, the tariff insurance companies are rating A-licence vehicles on scale 3, the highest. While the limit was in force, A-licence vehicles were on scale 2, together with B-licence vehicles.
A twd-tonner based in London will incur .a basic annual premium of £66 for • comprehensive cover, instead of £48 7s, and a country-based lorry of the same capacity, £46 18s. instead of
Premiums will, _as always, be based according to the locality in which the vehicle is garaged, it being impracticable to modify them in accordance with the districts to which they may run. The example of the tariff companies may • he followed by non-tariff insurers.
NEW BRISTOL TRUNKER
ANEW prototype trunk haulage vehicle for use by British Road Services is in the experimental stage at the works of Bristol Commercial Vehicles, Ltd. It is a straightforward articulated outfit designed for a gross load of 24 tons.
DUNDEE TRAMS TO GO
TRAMS are to be replaced by motorbuses on the Blackness-Downfield route of Dundee Transport Department for an -experimental period, Twentyfive of the undertaking's 56 trams are to be sold.
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