A School for Hauliers
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THE wish that it were possible to establish a school for hauliers, especially for newcomers, to educate them in the financial side of road transport, was expressed by Mr. A. E. Old at the second annual dinner of the West Cornwall sub-area of the Road Haulage Association at Camborne, last Saturday. Lt.-Com. Alexander Fallon presided.
Mr. Charles Hodgson, chairman of the Devon and Cornwall area, emphasized the importance of tackling prospective Parliamentary candidates regarding their attitude towards the road-transport industry. He mentioned that the membership of the R.H.A. in the Devon and Cornwall area had now reached 700, and pointed out that the education of hauliers was one of the chief duties of the Association.
Mr. Hodgson remarked that the question of county council contracts had been discussed at length at two or three meetings, and a letter pointing out the difficulties of hauliers had been sent to every member of the council. A deputation was shortly to wait upon the council to place it in possession of the true facts regardingthe industry and to show that the lowest price did not always mean the best service available.
Other speakers were Mr. Humphrey Cooke, the area honorary secretary, Mr, J. J. Bailey, J.P., a member of the Cambome-Redruth Urban District Council, who mentioned that his council had recently submitted to the Ministry of Transport a five-year plan for road improvement and construction, involving an expenditure of £50,000, and Mr. J, Hieatt, district secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union, who said that the R.H.A. had an ally in the Union.