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R.H.A. Act on Transfer of Coal from Road to Rail
Page 76
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RAPID action was taken by the Road Haulage Association to deal with the situation created by the agreement on coal haulage, which, as reported exclusively in The Commercial Motor last week, havbeen reached between the Central Electricity Authority and the British Transport Commission. It provides for the transfer of coal for power stations from road transport to the railways.
Representations were made to Lord Mills, Minister of Power, and an informal discussion took place between Mr. Harold Watkinson, Minister of Transport, and Mr. R. Morton Mitchell, chief executive officer of the R.H.A.
Reporting the representations, the Association said on Tuesday: "The possible transfer of what may amount to several millions of tons of coal traffic from independent road hauliers would mean not only that they would lose a good deal of revenue but also that some of them would be put out of business, so that they would not be available during any future railway or other emergency."
The Association emphasized the need for careful inquiry into any direct, and possibly exclusive, agreement between two nationalized industries.
The parties to the agreement have been extremely reluctant to acknowledge its existence, although there can be no doubt that it was signed last week.
TAKE-OVER APPLICATION IS WITHDRAWN
A FIER hearing an application by J.
Dowker (Sheffield), Ltd., to take over the haulage business of G. A. Parsons and Son, Sheffield, the Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. J. H. A. Randolph, said last week that it looked as if there were really no business to take over. He adjourned the hearing, but Dowker's then withdrew the application.
In evidence, Mr. O'Connor, Dowker's transport manager, said Parsons' had one B-licence vehicle and Dowker's had 10 lorries on A licence. Mr. Parsons himself was out of town and could not give evidence.
Answering Mr. T. B. Atkinson, for British Railways, he denied that Parsons' vehicle was already forming part of the Dowker fleet, but admitted that it had been operated from their base for the past two years. He said Mr. Parsons always drove his own vehicle, but on being pressed he agreed that names on the drivers' records were Dowker's drivers.
HAULIERS FINED £320
FINES totalling £305 were imposed at Lambeth, last week, on the Claremont Haulage Co., Ltd., Hackford Road, Brixton. They faced 58 charges of using vehicles for hire or reward when they were not properly licensed, and were 'fined £5 in each case.
Further fines of £5 were imposed on each of three summonses for allowing drivers to work more than permitted hours. The company were also ordered to pay £10 10s. costs.