" R.H.E. Squeeze" Allegation
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THE Road HaulageExeCutive have got to squeeze and squeeze until the long;clistanee operators 'are out of business." It was alleged that these words were used by an official of the R.H.E. when .a private haulier went to a local office of the Executiveto cornplain about the refusal to grant a longdistance permit. • The haulier, Mr. Rowherry, formed his business into a limited-liability company shortly after the Transport Act came into force. The business was held to be a completely new undertaking and a permit was refused. Last week, the company, Clement Garage (Birmingham), Ltd., Clement Street, Birmingham, was fined £10 on each of eight summonses, and ordered to pay £5 5s. costs, for operating beyond the 25-mile limit.
The magistrate "was -fold that the refusal to grant a-permit had robbed the company of 49 per •cent. of its work. Mr. K. Mynett, for the defence, said that the offences were a direct result of The " inexplicable " refusal of the RILE. to giant permits to the concern, when' it was proper that this:
should have been done. • He said that the journeys beyond the limit had been undertaken to oblige a customer of 23 years' standing, who wanted some special apparatus taken to the north for the Ministry of Works,