N.A.F.W.R. Liaison with R.H.E. ?
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LIAISON between the National Association of Furniture Wa rehonsemen and Removers and the Road Haulage Executive is under consideration.. "Whilst the establishment of liaison machinery might not dispose of all the problems arising from the operation of the Transport Act, 1947," says the Assoaiation, "it could help to promote mutual understanding and agreement on mattes of common and vital interest to the trade."
Although the R.H.E. is excluded from the obligation of applying for licences under the Road and Rail Traffic Act, the N.A.F.W.R, thinks that an assurance should he given that the Executive would be willing to consider cases in which it was felt that its fleets were being unnecessarily increased. Members are urged not to take any step that might prejudice neLgotiations.'
Removers should, the Association says, continue to observe, in relation to Pickfords Removal and Storage Service, the customs and trade practices which had been accorded to Pick:fords. Ltd.
40 JOURNEYS "FREE" WHEN Leeds Corporation's proposal VV to increase the price of LeedsHorsforth monthly bus contract tickets was opposed by Horsforth Urban District Council before the Yorkshire Licensing Authority, last week, the applicant produced figures to show that some contract holders travelled to and from Leeds as many as 90 times a month. Even if the charge were raised. Horsforth contract holders would virtually be travelling free after a little over 50 journeys.
Under the terms of the application, some Horsforth contract holders would have had to pay 22.s. 6d. a month instead of 16s. The Licensing Authority modified the stages so that the cost to these passengers will he 20s.
MR. BEVAN AND HAULAGE
AT Oldham, last week, Mr. Aneurin Bevan expressed the Personal view that if road haulage, as the more profitable part of transport, were to he handed back to private enterprise, and the less remunerative railways were to be left in public ownership, the Government would be entitled to reconsider the terms of compensation.
Mr. G. R. StrauSs, in an election speech, cited the motor industry's magnificent performance last year to refute the suggestion that Government controls were frustrating industry.