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Hull Dock
THAT arrangements have been made 1 with the L.N.E. Railway Co. for improvements to Victoria Dock, Hull, was announced by Mr. J. Basil Stringer, at a meeting of Hull Chamber of Commerce, last week. He assured road-transport operators that they will have full access to the docks. No bargain to the contrary has been entered into, he said.
At an earlier stage in the proceed-. ings the L.N.E.R. had come in for criticism, when Mr. G. C. Genders asked for support against the arguments of the railway company when coach operators' licences were being sought. Road transport had come to stay, he said, and it was unfounded that road competition was wasteful.
Some discussion arose on the transport of timber, and it was evident that the railway company was not giving the service that was required. Mr. J. II. Fisher, J.P., said that, judging by the way in which the railway company had treated the timber interests, it would be a calamity for this country if road transport were to be restricted.
The railways were, he said, completely incompetent to deal with the traffic. He maintainvd that there was grave loss of time through an inadequate supply of wagons. Road transport, he said, must not be curtailed.