Results of 1933 Act
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3eptember 1, /939 Fditor: G. Mackenzie Junner, " RSA MIAE, Mist MET CRASS stupidity, amounting almost to criminal folly, which, for years, nas prevented the legitimate ?.xpansion of commercial vehicle fleets operating under Nand B-licences, is reflected Ln the road transport condi:ions now prevailing amongst :he numerous essential services, but the restrictions ,mposed upon road transport Dy the Road and Rail Traffic A.ct of 1933 are such that the number of goods vehicles available is practically the same as was in service at that time, whilst the transport requirements of trade and inJustry have expanded.
If it had not been for difficult 7.onditions in the political sphere, there is little doubt that this country would have experienced something amounting almost to a trade boom, and in that case the existing numbers of road units would have been hardly adequate to have met the needs of transport buyers alone. As it is, what surplus, if any, is available is far too small to cover all the services and yet leave sufficient efficiently to convey the loads for the ordinary purposes of trade and industry and the additional stress imposed by the rearmament scheme.
What a reflection all this is upon the mental capacity of those, even in high positions, who have in the past consistently expressed their views that transport by road is, to a large extent, redundant. Many of these very people are now looking to our industry to help them out.