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DiSCUSSIONS continue between the Transport and General Workers' Union and the Road Haulage Executive about a 3d.-per-hour increase in pay proposed by the T.G.W.U. for maintenance and repair workers. The Executive improved its offer in respect of skilled workers by proposing that the increase in the hourly rate should he 2l.d. for adults, with proportionate amounts for juniors. This was not accepted by the Union. because no improvement was put forward for semiskilled and unskilled workers.
Proposals have been made for higher pay for transport workers in the aerated-waters trade. An advance of Ss.
per week for drivers has been suggested and it has been agreed with the wages council that mates" wages should be the same as that for adult male inside staffs (a minimum of £5 8s. per week).
Transport workers in the cement industry have gained another 7s. per week. .The Union has recommended that the transport agreement for the cement industry should be associated with variations within the industry, subject to the preservation of certain conditions of employment purely related to haulage. The employers' reactions were generally favourable and negotiations may start soon.
INJURED DRIVER SUES EMPLOYER
ALORRY driver who was said to have been made unconscious by fumes arising from the engine of his vehicle and sustained -major injuries in an ensuing crash, sued his employer for damages at Birmingham Assizes, last week. Ernest Dolman, Woodsetton, Dudley, contended that the Lea more Construction Co., Ltd.. Walsall, was at fault in providing him with a lorry in which fumes and excessive heat penetrated the cab. He further contended that a panel that covered the engine had been removed.
Dolman told the court that when driving the vehicle he noticed fumes coming from the engine and was thinking of stopping to telephone his employer when he.became unconscious. B14
Mr. E. G. H. Beresford, for the company; submitted that Dolman should have stopped as soon as he realized that fumes—if there were any—were issuing into the cab, Giving judgment for the defendant, Mr. Justice Streatfield said that although he felt intense sympathy for Dolman, he could not find that the company had been negligent. No order was made as
to costs. '
1952 MECHANICAL HANDLING EXHIBITION
THE third Mechanical Handling Exhibition and Convention to be organized in Britain is to be held at Olympia, London, from June 4-14. 1952. The exhibition will-occupy about 250,000 sq. ft. and will be the largest of its kind in the world. It will be
accommodated entirely on the ground' floor, both the' Grand and. National Halls of the Olympia building being uscd, with a convention hall seating 750 on the gallery level of the National Hall.
There will be nearly 200 exhibitors covering every type of mechanical aid. About 12 papers by leading specialists will be read during the convention, and the Institution of Production Engineer; is to have an all-day session on June 7.
CEYLON CALLS FOR 31 VEHICLES TENDERS are required for the 1 following vehicles by the chairman, Tender 'Board, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, P.O. Box 500, Colombo:— Two 10-cwt. vans; Six pick-ups; two 30-cwt. petrol-engined chassis; ten 3-4ton oil-engined chassis; four 1,000gallon oil-engined fuel tankers; four oil-engined water sprinklers; and three welding vans.
Closing date for the reception of tenders, is November 23. Further details can be obtained from the Commercial Relations and Export Department, Board of Trade, London, S.W.I.
JOINT TICKETS PROPOSED
REPRESENTATIVES of Grimsby and Cleethorpes municipal bus undertakings are to consider means for imprOving fares collection on servic;s jointly operated. The'introduction of joint tickets has been stomested,