1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258 
Bradford Haulier's 'Federation Seeks Meeting with Ministry
Page 68
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
!A
A MEMBERSHIP of over 50 opera
tors, representing some 80 per cent of the vehicle tonnage employed in the Heavy Woollen District, is claimed by the Bradford and District Hauliers' Federation which was founded a year ago. The number of vehicles owned by members is now in excess of 500.
The policy of the Federation during the past 12 months has been directed to the stabilization of wool haulage rates and to the elimination of the uneconomic working which formerly had a serious effect on road transport conditions in the area. Officials of the B. and D.H.F. say that their objective is to ensure that economic charges are made so that the replacement of vehicles, and the provision of spare components, shall not constitute a financial problem for the operator.
c18 An approach was made last week to the Yorkshire Licensing Authority with a view to arranging for a senior representative of the Ministry of Transport to meet a delegation from the Federation. The object is to discuss various operating problems, particularly the matter of rate quoting because of its immediate influence on the weight of the loads carried and on the mechanical condition of the various fleets.
Mr. F. D. Harris, the Federation's secretary, told The Commercial Motor that his organization deplored the recent publicity regarding poor maintenance standards of transport vehicles and contended that many such problems arise as a result of hauliers being forced by competition to keep their charges at uneconomic levels.