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Harry Clarney
• The well-being of his fellow road haulier iJ close to the heart of Harry Clemey who hai spent all his working life in the industry Recently he was appointed chairman of thi Road Haulage Association's commercia committee. His term of office has coincide( with the production of a new booklet to assis RHA members in assessing true costs am fixing economic rates.
Believing as he does that many hauliers di not recognize all their costs, Harry is delighte( that the first edition of 1000 booklets i proving so popular that many more are needsr in order to satisfy the demand — it may rati among the 1972 best sellers!
He is pleased that the recent RI-1,( recommendation to its members to lift rate by 10 per cent has been so well received, am that negotiations in the areas for these nev higher rates are progressing well. Harr Clarney is sure many more road hauliers thel have done so would have found themselve in finaneial difficulties had the Association' advice been delayed or ignored, especiall with the introduction of the 90-day freeze Like most Yorkshiremen Harry is quick t recognize when the cash flow is drying up.
Apart from his duties as commercie committee chairman which will keep hir extra busy for the next two years, he als serves as vice-chairman of the Sout Yorkshire area of RHA.
Born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, he is compan secretary of the Rotherham-based generr haulier, Mason Bros (Haulage and Storage Ltd, which has a fleet of more than 61 vehicles, largely ERF and Leyland artics an six-wheel rigids operating between Rothe( ham and the firm's subsidiary, Myal Transport Ltd, of Cudworth, near Barnsle) and its depots in Bristol and Felixstowe.
He has worked in road haulage since h was 17 and had charge of 100 vehicles in th Second World War when he controlled 25 Unit Transport of the Ministry of Transpor Back in 1947 he served as Barnsley sub-are representative on the RHA; and in later year was appointed to the South Yorkshire are wages' committee. He was an active membt of the Industrial Transport Association an now continues his activities in the Chartere Institute of Transport.
Since he received a back injury Harr Clarney no longer plays golf but he loves t go off on walking trips to the comparativ peace and quiet of the Yorkshire countryside.