Notes on the Government Road Haulage Scheme
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Supplied by the Ministry of War Transport and the Hauliers' National Traffic Pool, to keep the industry informed of developments, but not necessarily to be regarded as official pronouncements
Insurance Claims.—To save time and labour in dealing with claims for loss or damage to goods in transit carried under the Road Haulage Scheme, the Ministry has prepared a standard form of claim, a copy of which will be supplied by the nearest Area Office of the Road Haulage Branch, to anyone wishing to make a claim. The form is in two parts. The first part is to be filled in by the customer by whom the claim is made and forwarded to the carrier. The second part is to be filled in by the carrier and sent by him to his goods in transit insurer. It is hoped that, by this means, insurers will be able to deal with claims in the majority of cases without having to ask for supplementary information.
Lost Receipt Notes.—In the event of a chartered or casual operator losing his receipt _note, he should obtain a certificate from the consignee as to the quantity and condition of the goods received. The certificate should then be forwarded to the Area Office to which the receipt note would normally have gone.
Cargo.—The geteral cargo and meat moved in the week ended August 28 was 156,550 tons. In the previous week the total was 163,830 tons.
Defence Lines.—Up to the end of August the number of vehicles enrolled was over 42,000.