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PRODUCER SCHEME FOR GOODS VEHICLES

THE date fixed for the commence'. ment of the practical application of the Government Producer Gas Scheme for goods vehicles is June 1, from which date there should be a Esteady flow of eqUipment to the fitting concerns. • The vehicle make have given excellent co-operation, aNd' the extent of the work being carried out is exemplified by the fact that the making o,f the producer requires some 400 production drawings.

In the meantime, experiments are being carried out to ensure that there will be no great delay in the event of any extension of the Scheme, which, however, is not at present contemplated. The use of other fuels, such as coke, ,is also receiving attention, the main problem being to employ these without affecting their supply for otherpurposes.

OPERATION OF CONDITIONS OF • CARRIAGE

THE Conditions of Carriage which will operate throughout the Government Road Haulage Scheme will come into action on June 1. Apert from the few exceptions to which we referred in our article on the subject. published on May 7, the Conditions •do not apply to traffic carried Ott A-Contract vehicles when conditions of carriage are contained in the contracts.

YORKSHIRE OPERATORS' REACTION TO TYRE-USE CASE

FOLLOWING the recent inquiry at 1Sheffield, as a result of which the Regional Transport Commissioner suspended nine motor vehicles for excessive use of tyres (the case is reported elsewhere in this issue), and in view' of the fact that an overload check is being made in certain districts, the Federation of Yorkshire Road TranspOrt Employers 'has circulated to its members some useful literature. It includes a table of air pressures for various sizes and types of tyre, a Islinistry of Supply leaflet on tyre care. and a report of the Regional Commissioner's statement when he gave his decision at the Sheffield inquiry already referred to.

A commendable step by operators is the placing of tyre.-care information on notice boards at depots, so as to foster tyre economy by drivers and garage employees, DOES ROAD SIGNS COMMITTEE REPRESENT THE INDUSTRY? T AST week, in the House of 1.aCommons, Mr. Noel-Baker, Joint Parliamentary Secretary, M.O.W.T.. informed Captain Strickland that he was satisfied that the road-transport Industry was adequately represented on the Road Signs Committee. If organizations of interests affected, which are not directly represented, should desireto give evidence to the Committee, the chairman will be glad to arrange for them to do so. Captain Strickland declared that 59 per cent, of this Committee is composed of civil service and municipal authorities, and that the particulifr services that are rendered by 'C-licence holders and passenger-transport operators are entirely devoid of representa tion. '

Mr. Noel-Baker did not think that they were entirely' unrepresented. These services were represented in conaiderable measure by some of the public officers who are on the Committee, and• by officials of the Transport 'and General Workers Union.

SHADOW COUNCIL FOR

' REPRESENTATIVE BODY r-IN May 5, an all-day meeting of-the

Road Transport Organization Joint Conference was held under the chairmanship of Lord Perry. The meeting. was adjourned until June 9, 'when the Shadow Council machinery will be. put into operation.' In the interim, a subcommittee will deal with Matters of detail. THE PROBLEM OF "REJECTED" TRAFFIC

WHAT is the position if a trader or VV manufacturer finds that the haulage concern which he has employed for,, years to move his traffic has becOme a ' controlled undertaking 'under the M:O.W.T. Scheme, and has to refuse all or some of his work on the ground that it is suitable for transport .by rail? 'May the manufacturer request another haulage concern to move such traffic?

One manufacturer who followed the latter policy and had 5 tons of paint carried 80 miles by road, has since been told by the R.T.C. concerned that to offer another haulier traffic which had been refused for the aforementioned rea;on does not seem as yet to be an offence under any Defence Regulation, but it is an action contrary to the policy which the Govirnment has adopted in the interests of the successful prosecution of the war. The haulier concerned has also been warned that if he again. accepts such traffic, the Commissioner. may subject him to " special restrictions," which, presumably, would take the form of some stiff prohibition notice under the Control of Motor Fuel Order.

LEYLAND'S NEW SERVICE AND SPARES ARRANGEMENT

LTHOUGH the main Leyland r-Lrepair depot in the north-west area has, for many years,been located at the Chorley works of Leyland Motors, Ltd., the administrative offices, together with a large stock of current spares, have been maintained at Leyland. Some considerable time ago the company planned to concentrate the whole of its headquarters service depot al Chorley, but the advent of the war prevented these plans being put into operation. Now, however, the original project has been carried out and, as from May 10, the administrative offices of the service department are located at Chorley.

Orders for spares andcorrespondence dealing with service matters hitherto addressed to Leyland should, therefore, in future be addressed to Service Department, Leyland Motors Ltd., Bolton Road, Chorley. It is hoped that by this re-arrangement customers will reap considerable benefit. , SCOTTISH CO-ORDINATION BID FOR FURNITURE REMOVALS

AT a meeting, last week, in Glasgow, of furniture warehousemen and removers, approval was given to a scheme for co-ordinating householdfurniture removals so as to obviate empty running and conserve fuel. A removals co-ordination committee is to be set up in Glasgow, which will co-ordinate furniture removals involving road transport of over 45 miles from vehicle base, and/or 60 miles from loading point. The scheme has already been approved by the 11.0.W.T. and will now go before the Regional Transport Commission, DEATH OF PROMINENT WAKEFIELD DEA•LER ME regret to record the death, at IN 63 years of age, of Mr. H. S. Baylie, chairman and managing director of H. S. Baylie, Ltd., of Wakefield, which is the Morris-Commercial dealer for that district. He was chairman in 1939 Of the Yorkshire Division of the Motor Agents' Association, was a pastchairman of the Leeds Section, and for years was a member of the M.A.A. Council. Up to the time of his death be was president of the Wakefield Chamber of Trade.

HAULAGE OFFICERS: DID EX-SERVICEMEN GET CHANCE?

QUESTIONED last week, by Major ‘Lyons, in the House of Commons, as to the means which suitable ex-Servicemen had of knowing of the vacancies as divisional road haulage officers, assistant, and area road officers, Mr. Noel-Baker, Parliamentary Secretary, M.O.W.T., said that no special list of ex-Servicemen was submitted by the Appointments Board. However, of the men pat forward by that department of the Ministry of Labour and National Service, six had previously served in the Forces. It was not the practice to advertise vacancies in the Government service, and " the proper course for those who desire employment is to register with the Appointments Department." He had no reason to think that any suitable ex-Servicemen had failed to secure places in the road haulage organization because they were unfamiliar with this procedure.

Major Lyons protested that ex-Servicemen had had no opportunity of applying Tor these positions. "They are secretly filled behind their hacks,'' he said, " and it is grossly unfair and a shocking example to private employers."

Mr. Noel-Baker; who remarked that he had no evidence of public indignation on the matter, could not agree that ex-Servicemen did not know the proper procedure of applying for appointments.

PROGRESS OF NEW 'SCHEME ERE are now 198 controlled undertakings in the Government Haulage Scheme, and 220 units in operation. These have involved 275 separate agreements, because some undertakings include separate legal entities. QUALITY OF TYRE RETREADS QUESTIONED

CR.friCISM of the quality of tyre ..retreads was put forward by Mr. S. G. Hearn, of Cagvers, Ltd., a con. cern of warehousemen and removal contractors, at a recent meeting of the Council of the Leeds Incorporated Chamber of Commerce.

-Mr. Hearn, who is chairman of the Chamber's Road Transport Section, was presenting a resolution urging upon the Minister of War Transport that tyre manufacturers should be permitted to retread their own products. Stating that experience in the Leeds area indicated a marked decline from the high pre-war standard of retreading, be declared that casings were being ruined by indifferent retreading, and this was causing the waste of a large number of tyres. It looked as though tyres-were being diverted for retreading to concerns which, in his opinion, were not capable of doing the work.

NO INCREASE IN BUS WAGES

A SPECIAL Arbitration Tribunal has

load under consideration applications by busmen for an increase of the. war-time wage, and for improved.conditions of service. The Tribunal has, however, Considered that the case for a change in conditions of service has not been established, and no case proved for an alteration in the. war wage. The workers affected are those employed by London Transport, the provincial bus companies in England and Wales, and local _authorities in England, Scotland, Wales'and Northern Ireland.

SCOTTISH R.T.A. APPOINT OFFICERS

OFFICE-BEARERS of the Scottish Road Transport Association for 194344 have been appointed as follow: President, Mr. R. MacLeod, traniport Manager, Edinburgh Corporation; vicepresident, Councillor William Collins, convenor, Aberdeen Corporation Transport Committee. Council: Mr. A.

Smith, Aoerdeen;. Mr., R. Taylor, Dundee; Councillor R. West Russell, Edinburgh; Councillor T. Sawers, .Edinburgh; Mr. W. Alexander, Jun., Falkirk; Councillor J. Welsh, Glasgowi Mr. E. R. L. Fitzpayne, transport manager, Glasgow Corporation; Mr. R. Beveridge, S.M.T. Co., Ltd., Edinburgh; Councillor D. S. Brown, Glasgow (ex-officio). Hon. secretary and treasurer, Mr. T. Gray, 2, St. James's Square, Edinburgh-.

PAINTINGEXHIBITION AT ROOTES'S SHOWROOMS. .

Pl.A N exhibition of paintings by firemen artists in support of Mrs. Churchill's Red Cross " Aid to Russia" Fund will be opened on May 14 at Rootes's Showrooms, Devonshire House, Piccadilly, London, W.1. at 3 p.m.; by Mr. Herbert Morri-s6n, Minister of Home Security. Admission will be by ticket. The public will be admitted free from -10.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. from May 15 to May 28, except on Sundays.

M.O.W.T. HIRE CLOSING DATE CURTHER to our paragraph on 1' Government hiring, the closing date for applications for hire to the Ministry of long-distance vehicles under the Road Haulage Organization has been fixed for May 26. Operators mnst, therefore, make their applications with-. out delay, otherwise they will not be allowed to carry for distances over 60 miles, ' as Shortly after the above date all general haulage traffic for that mileage and over will be brought under control, and fuel will not normally he available for it except through the .Organization.

ENGINEER MANAGER FREE

AWELL-TRAINED and highly qualified engineer, whom we have known for many years, seeks a suitable position. Although only 43, he served. irith the Royal Field Artillery in the past war, rising to the rank of Acting Captain. He was articled to Burrells of Thetford andto Guest, Keen on general engineering, specializing latterly in vehicle components, also in trailers and articulated attachments. He has acted as fleet engineer, supervised bulk installations in Australasia for the Standard Oil Company, has carried out valuations of vehicles, plant and equipment, and has -had general responsibility for a fleet of .830 vehicles of all types. Much of his recent experience has been in connection with the employment of oil engines to meet defence requirements in Australia and the Far East, and with the servicing of such engines and the technical side of the sales organization. He possesses a thorough knowledge of passenger and goods transport requirements in Egypt, India, Australia, New Zealand, etc„ as well as in Britain.

-Letters addressed " Engineer Manager," care " of the Editor, will be forwarded.

PAPER HELPS THE FRONTS

'THERE is not a battle on land, an 1 engagement at sea, a fighter sortie by air, or a bomber raid, in which paper has -not been used at innumerable stages in connection with .the manufacture of the munitions eno phiyed. This was a recent remark of the Minister of Supply,. and emphasizes haw urgent it is that every piece of paper possible, should be salvaged for repulping.

"THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR" FIRST AID GUIDE

A LIMITED number of copies of

" The Commercial Motor " First Aid Guide is still available at 7d., including postage. It gives, in a compact and concise form, everything required in the early treatment of bleeding, shock, wounds, fractures. insensibility, asphyxia, aria special injuries, and includes an authoritative chapter on war gases, their characteristics, effects and treatment.

U.S.A. WELDING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

APAPER on welding research and development in the which should be of considerable interest to welding operatives in this country, will be given before the Institute of Welding at the Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, London, S.W.1, on May 26, at 6 p.m. Admission will be only by ticket, obtainable from the Institute, 2, Buckingham Palace Gardens, London, 5.W.1.

"WINGS FOR VICTORY " APPEAL TO OPERATORS

ACAMPAIGN among road-transport operators in the north-eastern region, to stimulate investments in support of " Wings for Victory " weeks, has been launched by the Regional Transport Commissioner, Major F. S. Eastwood. In his message to operators, he recalls that in support of Warship Weeks they invested £365,000, thus handsomely exceeding their £250,000 target. He also mentions that, during the past few months, many operators have given large sums in response to bilis appeal on behalf of Merchant Navy charities.

Operators are reminded that their investments can be credited to the "'Wings for Victory" week effort in their own district, whilst at the game time counting as part of the Regional roadtransport total.


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