HAULAGE RETURNS TO NORMAL
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%WITH the cessation of the GovernVI' meat Road Haulage Organization will go, as a natural corollary, the 60mile limit on the transport of normal loads by road. In future, however, the haulier will not be able to carry goods outside the terms of his licence.
Under S.R.O. No. 193, 1945, paragraph 13, operators were permitted a certain amount of freedom in this respect, so that those running under C licences could pick up return loads, and the limits on certain B and Contract A licences were relieved. Now they will return to the pre-war procedure. The form, RH/M/2C, will continue to be used as a consignment note, not for commercial traffic over 60 miles as previously, but only for Government traffic, which will be dealt with by the area road haulage officers.
We understand that the cancellation of the 60-mile limit and of the above concession will operate on and from August 17.
SENTINEL PROFIT UP
IN the year ended March 31 last, 'Sentinel (Shrewsbury), Ltd., made a profit of £35,897, against £26,795 a year earlier. A sum of £50,000 has been transferred to general reserve, whereas no allocation to this account was made in 1944-45. After charging £1,485 net as a preference dividend for the six months to June 30, £39,181 was carried forward. In 1944-45, £55,984 was carried forward. No payment has yet been made on the ordinary stock.
Contracts in hand are considered by the company to be sufficient to occupy the full capacity of the works for at least a year and a post-war programme of development is in hand. As announced in "The Commercial Motor" last week, Sentinel (Shrews
bury), Ltd., has just introduced a new 7-8-tonner, in which the engine is located beneath the frame.
"FOR SERVICES RENDERED"
D OAD-HAULAGE officers of the 1■114inistry of Transport were guests of Division 10 unit controllers at a social gathering held at Knutsford a few days ago and received mementoes of their war-time activities. Mr. T. H. Prince, Warrington, presided.
Presentations, to which the unit controllers in the area had subscribed, were made as follow:—Mr. A. E. Handscombe to Mr. W. A. Bridge (divisional road haulage officer): Mr. H. Allan to Mr. C. J. De Burgh (senior area road haulage officer); Mr. A. B. Babbs to Mr. H. Howarth (A.R.H.O., Manchester); Mr. W. H. Bowker to Mr. A. Addison (A.R.H.O., Preston); Mr. J. Downes to Mr. W. King (A.R.H.O., Kendal).
Speeches were made by Mr. T. H. Prince, Mr. R. S. Heaton, Mr. C. J. Macdonald, Mr. B. J. Emerson, and Mr. W. E. Macve.
THOSE RETURN LOADS
A LLEGATIONS that some operators rt accepted return loads at a price that would cover only the cost of fuel, were made when Mr. James McIntosh, an Aberfeldy coal merchant, applied to the Licensing Authority for a B licence to enable him to carry return loads from customers to whom he had delivered coal. Nearly a dozen objectors appeared.
Mr. McIntosh at first applied for permission to increase his radius of operation from 30 to 50 miles from the town centre, but he offered to limit his distance to 10 miles to meet the objections made. He was granted a licence for a radius of 15 miles. NO MORE SYNTHETIC RUBBER IMPORTS of synthetic rubber have 'now stopped and, after October, nothing but natural rubber will be used for tyres. This statement was made by Mr. F. D. Ascoli, chairman of the Rubber Growers' Association, in London, on Monday.
"Meanwhile," he said, " manufacturers are exhausting existing stocks of synthetic and we have decided to press the Board of Trade for the return to a free market as soon as the present agreement with U.S.A. ends on December 31. With the free market which we hope to see re-established, the present price of natural rubber of Is. 2d. a lb. is likely to come down."
MARSHALL OFFERS TO HOUSE WORKERS
AN offer to build 500 houses at once by private enterprise has been made by Marshall, Sons and Co., Ltd., Gainsborough, which has big commitments in all parts of the world, including a large share in an order, valued at £3,000,000, for road rollers for India. The wmpany has just taken the Admiralty factory at Crook. Workers are urgently needed, and the company feels that they could be secured if houses were available. The reaction of the Ministry of Health to the offer will be interesting.
S.M.M.T. BUYERS' GUIDE
THE S.M.M.T. hopes to reissue in the autumn its useful buyers' guide, which is to be circulated at home and overseas. It will be divided into three sections, the first giving names. addresses, etc., of all members of the British Manufacturers' Section of the Society, the second an alphabetical list of the various products, with the names of the manufacturers, whilst the third will be devoted to trade marks.