PRACTICAL MEASURES FOR TYRE ECONOMY
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QEEKING information on the 1.-.)measures taken to economize in tyres and to control stocks held by operators, Mr. Parker addressed two questions to the Minister of Supply last week, in the House of Commons.
Sir Andrew Duncan told him, on the one hand, that old tyres had to be submitted for inspection on the vehicle, before replacements were issued, and that attention was called to evidence of bad usage or mechanical defects causing wear, and, on the other, that returns of tyre stocks in the hands of commercial-vehicle operators were being obtained, that stocks might not be disposed of except under licence, and that they would be taken into account before further tyres were issued.
CLEARING HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEES BEING SET UP
THE newly formed Leeds Committee of the National Conference of Road Transport Clearing Houses is the first of a number of local committees being established under the Conference's auspices. Others are projected for Liverpool, Birmingham, Glasgow, Leicester and London. Mr. J. F. Archbold is chairman of the Leeds Committee, and Mr. D. K. Archbold is hon. secretary.
STANDARDS WITH A NATIONAL APPLICATION
HE British Standards Institution 1 has received a communication from the Minister of Production to the effect that the Government recognizes the Institution as the sole organization for the issue, in consultation with any Government, professional or industrial bodies concerned, of standards having a national application. With regard to the preparation and issue of codes of practice for building and civilengineering work the Minister of Works and Buildings is making special arrangements by the appointment of a representative committee, with which the B.S.I. is fully co-operating.
H.N.T.P. AND THE POSITION OF CLEARING HOUSES
THEposition of clearing houses in relation to the Hauliers' National Traffic Pool, particularly in the Leeds Area, was discussed at a recent interview between the Pool's Leeds Area Management Committee and a deputation from the newly formed Leeds Committee of the National Conference of Road Transport Clearing Houses. It was intimated to the deputation that applications by various clearing houses for appointment as Pool sub-agents in the Leeds area had been accepted, and co-operation between such clearing houses and the Pool was discussed in detail, the deputation seeking clarification of a number of points concerning insurance and other matters.
The deputation was led by Mr. J. F. Archbold, chairman of the clearing houses' committee, and it included Mr. Boyd Bowman, M.A., secretary of the National Conference.