Good Prospects for Hauliers
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ROAD Transport in the New Year " was the subject of an address by Mr. R. B. Stockdale to members of the Road Haulage Association (North-western Area), in Liverpool, last Monday evening. Mr.
L. B. 0. Heilbrun presided.
" Having in mind that the trade of this country is on the up-grade,said Mr. Stockdale, "it is to be hoped that the Traffic Commissioners, in assessing the discretionary tonnage of hauliers under the Road and Rail Traffic Act, will allow a sufficient margin for
hauliers to cope with any rush in trade."
Some trdnsport users were under the impression that the Road and Rail Traffic Act, 1933, rescinded the 1930 Act, whereas the latter measure was amplified by -the new Act.
Under the Road and Rail Traffic Act, said Mr. Stockdale, it was permissible for the railway companies to carry goods at agreed rates, the trader being required to consign by ra:1 the whole of his output of particular goods if he consented to the railway terms. Some traders had already signed -up with the railway companies under the agreed rates, but Mr. Stockdale thought agreement would not be widespread.
Road hauliers -were in the hands of the traders, who, having experienced the railway monopoly of -the past, were not likely to place themselves in the hands of the railways of the future. It was doubtful whether traders who accepted the agreed rates would be satisfied in view of the better facilities enjoyed by traders who left themselves free' to employ the most suitable means.