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RELEVANT to the discussion at the road transport section of Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, on the alleged delay by the Road Haulage Organization in settling claims for detention charges, the Liverpool Cart and Motor Owners Association has reminded its members of the necessity for prompt advice to be given to the Organization of claims for detention charges.
Notice oi intention 'th claim detention charges must be given-in writing to the Area road haulage officer within 24 hours of occurrence, together with an outline of the circumstances of the detention and number of transport units involved, etc. Upon receipt of such advice, the Area road haulage officer will order an immediate investigation. Claims for detention charges are likely to be jeopardized unless this procedure be followed. GLASGOW'S TRANSPORT REACHES SATURATION POINT
,INTE transport department of GiesI gow_Corporation may have to introduce a system of passenger. " selec-` tion," with special censideration for war workers. A hint to ,this effect was given by Mr. E. R. L. Fitzpayne. general -manager of the undertaking, when he gave an outline of same of the 'department's problems to the Glasgow Publicity Club last week.
Last year, said Mr' Fitzpay_ne, the system carried 725,000.,000 pass,engers, , which was 73,000,000 more than in 1938-39, with 8,500,000 fewer road miles. Absenteeism and " sickness, among the employees, bad reached alarming .proportions. Present indications were that the system had, now reached saturation point. The undertaking could not carry any more passengers unless more vehicles were put On the road.
Mr. Fitzpayne revealed that 10 per cent, of the oil for the buses was produced by Glasgow's. municipal gasworks. The remainder was obtained from the Scottish shale oilfields. There were 22 producer-gas trailers in operation, and there would soon be an additional 25.
ROAD BEATS RAIL ON MILK HAULAGE ACCORDING to the annual report of the Liverpool Medical Officer of Health, an average of 54,667 gallons of milk was brought into the city by road vehicles each day during 1942 Railborne supplies amounted' to an average of only 1,000 gallons per day.
N.A.F.W.R. PROPOSES CONDITIONS FOR UNITY DETAILS of the principles upon 1J-which the National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers would agree to full co-operation in the National Road Transport Federation by the representation of its meinbers in the Road Haulage Association are given in the Association's official journal, " Removals and Storage.". The N.A.F.W.R. is to retain its cornplete identity to deal with all matters pertainieg to the furniture-removal industry, other. than . road transport. Membership of the R.H A. must be extended to its members on a basis providing dual membership Of both bodies, it being understood that the N.A.F.W.R. would pay to the R.H.A. an agreed percentage of its subscription revenue. The representation of the N.A.F.W.R. would become the, Furniture Removers' Functional Group in the R.H.A., it being understood, however, that any members of the R.H.A. not being members of the N.A.F W.R., but who have interests which are the same as those to be, served by the Group, shall be eligible for membership, .subject to certain conditionSe The committee of the Functional GrOup is to be nominated by the Executive of the N.A.F.W.R • Such proposals would necessitate an alteration to the articles of association and the matter will probably be con-. sidered at the Association's Conference to be held on November 10.
H.M.F. TO RENEW ITS ACTIVITY
THE Provisional Council of the Hauliers' Mutual Federation is pleased to report that there is an improvement in the health of Mr. H. Scott Hall, Secretary of the Federation and that he has resumed his normal activities. His unfortunate illness had
• a hampering effect upon the Federation, with which he had so actively identified himself. Plans are now in preparation for another seasonal campaign.
In the opinion • of the H.M.F. no case has yet been made for any acceptable alternative to genniue private enterprise, unhampered and unrestricted.
In addition to the very many serious probletns facing the independent haulier to-day, attention is being directed in many quarters to the postwar possibilities before the haulage
industry, schemes of reorganization, co-ordination and in some instances nationalization, are being advocated -in some quarters.
A series of meetings, to discuss these and. kindred problems, is being plannOd by the Hauliers' Mutual Federation; speakers prominent in the Federation Will deal frankly with the situation to be faced, and the fullest possible discussion will be welcomed.'
B.R.F. TO HOLD ROAD EXHIBITION A N exhibition, entitled " Motorways for Britain," has been arranged by the British Road Federation and' will be held at 22, ',ewer Regent Street, London, SW.!, from December 9. to 24.
MOTORCYCLE P.C. LOSES SPEED CASE
ACASE of some interest to road users came before the West London Police Court on October 7. The managing director of Warwick Garages (London), Ltd., Mr. D. J. Glanfield, w as charged with exceeding the 30 m.p.h. limit in a built-up area. •
The officer 'said that he paced the 10 li.p. utility.vehicle driven by the defendant for a quarter of a mile., keeping 40 yds. behind it, and that his speedometer registered 41-43 m.p.h. . When stopped, the defendant denied the allegation and said that both be and his passenger had carefully noted the speedometer rating and it had never exceeded 3.0 m.p.h.
• Another constable gave evidence concerning the testing of the speedometer on the .police motorcycle.
Defending counsel said that the officer on flue motorcycle could not have been keeping an accurate even distance behind the defendant's vehicle and he must have been actually catching up with it.
Mr. Glanfield further stated..that he had had • his 4wedometer removed frcin the vehicle and sent to the manufacturer for testing, and his passeng6r gave corroborative evidence concerning the speed, while the head tester of the speederneter maker said that the vehiele•instrument was correct.
Counsel for the defence finally pointed out that it was a physical
impossibility for an officer on a motorcycle to judge speed in the manner, described with any reliable degree of accuracy and keep a dead-accurate " tow-rope" distance behind the defendant's vehicle. If, for the space of one second, the constable's eyes were off the road observing his own speedometer, and he gained as little as 7 ids. on the defendant, that distance represented the difference between 30 and 45 m.p.h.
The magistrate dismissed the summons, stating that he was satisfied that the police had not proved thetr case.
PERSONAL PARS MR. J. 411ARGREAVE5, claims superintendent of the transport department of Manchester Corporation, has retired under the superannuation scheme after 40 years' service. • The transport committee expressed its appreciation of his services to the department.
Ma. R. C. MOORE, who, until recently, was traffic superintendent of the transport department of Liverpool Corporation, has been appointed deputy general manager to the transport department of Sheffield Corporation.
MR. R. T. SMITH, who was recently elevated from A.M.I.A.E. to and who is one of the 'contributors to this week's article in the series " Let the Operator Advise the Maker," has been appointed to the hoard of Road Deliveries, and Storage, Ltd., one of the members of the impurtant Pye group of companies.. He is also a director of All British Metal Products, Ltd., All British Precision Tools. Ltd„ and the Notek Electric Co., Ltd., maker of the well-known fog and service lamp: Mr. Smith has had a long experience in thc. operating and maintenance of commercial vehicles,' as he was for 18 years in charge of the Shell-Mex and B.P. maintenance and
repair works'. •
DR. W. A. MACFARLANE has been appointed Director of Fuel Efficiency in the Ministry of Fuel and Power.
MR, P. N. TURFF, who for 15 years has been transport manager to Cattermoles (Transport), Ltd., has voluntarily resigned his position with that concern. He has been associated with road transport and shipping activities for over 30 years.
COLONEL W. M. ROBSON, who was formerly a member of the engineering staff of the. Car and General Insuranct Corporation, has won the O.B.E. for distinguished services in West Africa. He was a member of. the Territorial Army, and in this capacity was called up for service at the outbreak of war. LORD ROTHES TELLS SCOTS TO
• SAVE TYRES
SPEAKiNG yesterday at the openb.-ling of the Tyre Economy Exhibition in Edinburgh, Lord Rothes, Director of Tyres, said that there is still a large, number of people who think that, because statements from America tell us that the production of synthetic rubber will be adequatelor our requirements, there is no longer any need to worry or to save rubber; Such people are living in a fool's paradise and may
receive a rude awakening. No one here or in America has ever said that it will be anything but extremely difficult to manufacture giant tyres entirely with synthetic rubber, yet it is upon these that the Fighting Services and essential civilian trans port mainly depend. In the larger • sizes of tyre it is necessary to use a subatantial proportion of natural rubber and tyres are the largest rubber-consuming articles. There is great room for improvement in maintaining and using tyres.
Some people may still have in their possession used car or commercialvehicle tyres which are not fitted to vehicles. These Might be rendered fit for further service, and their owners should communicate either with their Regional Tyre Officer or with Tyre Directorate, Ministry of Supply, London, CHANGE OF ADDRESS
WE are informed that the sales department and showrooms of W. Harold Perry, L41., Station' Bridge, Wealdstone, have been transferred to 364, High Road, Harrow Weald, Mitldlesex, where commercial vehicle and passenger car sales will be carried on as usual. The telephone number is Harrow 4282.
THE " C.M." TABLES OF OPERATING COSTS
COPIES of the latest '' C.M." Tables of Operating Costs are still available from all booksellers and bookstalls, at • 2s., or direct from these offices at 2s. 2d. They are the most representative and comprehensive tables of vehicle costs. and average rates to be charged obtainable, and constitute a valuable guide for all classes of user. It must he emphasized that they are based upon averages, but can easily be modified to suit individual requirements,
OBITUARY
It is with regret that we have to announce the death, on October 4, at the age of 55 years, • of Met. J. F. , RICHARDS, 'general manager of Oldham Corporation passenger transport department.
Mr. Richards left 'the Belfast City tramways, where he had been technical assistant to the general manager, to take up the position of works superintendent with the passenger transport department of Oldham Corporation, in 1921. He was appointed general manager of the department in 1929, in succession 'to Capt. C. Jackson:
The late Mr. Richards's early business experience in passenger transport activities was gained with the West Ham Corporation tramways. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT WHICIi SAVES PAPER
GOVERNMENT Departments are often blamed for wasting paper on innumerable forms, etc., but the Post Office is an outstanding example of economy in this direction. It is actually saving many thousands of tons per year. Admittedly, the bulk of this is • by the reduction in the number of telephone directories, but .the process is being carried out in all departments. For instance, many tons were saved by reducing the number of inter-leaves in the stamp-books and using a lowerquality paper. For inter-departmental notes, even amongst the highest officials, scraps of paper are employed. Many other concerns 'could well follow this good example.
HIGH QUALITY GEAR HOBS
STANDARD and stock profile ground bobs for precision spur and helical gears are illustrated and described in a leaflet No. E.313-1, issued by David Brown and Sons • (Huddersfield), Ltd.,
Huddersfield. • MIDDLESBROUGH CLEARS A i279,900 DEBT
A T a meeting of Middlesbrough trans.1-1. port committee it was reported that the £279,000 debt on the old tram -way undertaking had now been paid. It was stated that all the Corporation buses were tree from debt. During the past 12 months the undertaking carried 34 million passengers.
HAULIERS' SUCTION FOR CLEARING HOUSES?
AT a meeting of the National Council of the National Conference of Road Transport Clearing Houses, held on October 6, it was decided to set up a sub-committee; with a view to examining proposals to open a Hauliers' Section of the Conference.
LABOUR REQUIRED BY ROAD PASSENGER TRANSPORT
A STRONG representative deputa tion from the English and Scottish passenger-transport associations, the National Union of General and Municipal Workers, the National Union of Railwaymen, and the Transport and General. Workers' Union, met Mr. Noel-Baker, Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the M.O.W..T., and Mr. McCorquoda le, Joint Parliamentary Secretary, M.O.L., on October 7, to discuss the supply of labour for the road passenger-transport industry
The, deputation stressed the "vital part played by the road passenger services in the war effort, and ...inphasized that existing services could not be maintained unless additional staff
could be -made available. ,
In reply, it was ,stated that the importance of 'the industry was fully ...recognized by the Government, and steps which had been -taken to meet the situation were outlined.
TOWNAND COUNTRY PLANNING , MEETING AT the next meeting of the Town _and Country Planning Association, to be held at "the Abercorn Rooms(Middlesex Suite), Gr7at Eastern Hotel, Bishopsgate, London, E.C.2, at 12.30 on October 19, Mr, F: J. Osborn will speak on "London in the National Plan." Further meetings will be held on November 19 and December 15.