N.U.R. Honour OneMan Bus Agreements THE executive of the National
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Union of Railwaymen last week reaffirmed their intention to honour agreements concerning the operation of one-man buses. The meeting, out of which this decision arose, was held to discuss the trouble caused by the proposed introduction of one-man buses by the Lincolnshire Road Car Co., Ltd.
Following this decision, the company have announced that they are to go ahead with their plans to introduce one-man buses "in due course," although it has not yet been decided where they will be placed in service.
Mr. A. Coogan, secretary of the Lincoln branch of the N.U.R., said after the Union's decision had been announced: " We shall not drive oneman buses. We are quite prepared to stop work and have set up strike machinery. We shall put that machinery into operation at the first sight of one-man buses."
Representatives of the Transport and General Workers' Union are negotiating with Barton Transport, Ltd., on the question of operating one-man buses.
HAULIERS MUST CO-OPERATE "THERE must be the closest possible co-operation between independent road hauliers," Mr. R. G. Crowther, national chairman of the Road Haulage Association, told the North Western (Eastern) Area at Manchester on Monday.
There was no reason why any haulier should not be able to deal with any amount of traffic for any number of destinations. It should be possible for him, with the Association's assistance, to pass on traffic to other members, so that all the needs of the customer could be met. The problem could not be settled by over-hasty action, but Mr. Crowther hoped that real progress would be made in improved interworking arrangements between members of the R.H.A.
The success of the Association's efforts to stabilize road haulage rates would depend on the Government's financial policy.
TIGHTER CONTROL OF RENTING
THE Board of Trade have made an I Order prohibiting the disposal and possession of goods to which the Hire Purchase and Credit Sale Agreements (Control) Order, 1956, applies under hiring agreements which provide for rebates of rentals based on the value of the goods.
It is stated that the Order—the Control of Hiring (Rebates) Order, 1956— was necessary because of certain schemes which had been introduced, mainly for vehicles, to avoid the 50-percent. deposit requirements of the Hire Purchase Order. Existing controls over the hiring of vehicles, which principally require advance payments of nine months' rentals, remain in force.