R.H.E. Permits for 50,000 Vehicles
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AFTER February 1, about 50,000 vehicles will be operated by hauliers outside the 25-mile limit on permits granted by the Road Haulage Executive. Most of the 17,000 applications received by the Executive will be
granted. . *: Mr. David Blee, of the • Railway
Executive, gave • these . figures lii evidence before theTransport Tribunal during the hearing of the .application by the British Transport Ccirmaiission for an increase in railwak freight
charges. • .
Mr. Blee also said . that the R.H.E. had not reachedthe stage at vvhich. from -a specified -date, it could increase rates. . Mr. W. McGilvray, director-general of marketing, of the Coal Board; said that the . Board was . now returning to
• the railways, Coal traffic which, during the past six months, had been carried by road because of a shortage of rail way wagons. -•
In evidence, Mr. R. Gresham Cooke, director Of -the SocietyofeMotor Manufacturers and Traders, said that .higher freight charges would 'seriously, affect Britain's attempt to maintain an export rate of 1,000 vehicles a day. Nearly half the vehicles exported were carried by rail and the proposed increase in charges wank] add-£8 6s. 4d to the-cost of large cars and £4 us. 7d. to the.; price of small cars. Customs dues would increase with the higher value of the export.