PROTECTION FOR SMALL OPERATORS PROMISED
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ATTENTION. was drawn in the House of Commons last week by Major Lyons to the fact that there were 60,000 Aand Bdicensed operators in the road haulage industry, each with an average fleet of three vehicles. He asked for an assurance that those operators would, receive, in their respective road. haulage businesses, such reasonable consideration from the Ministry of War Transport as would ensure economic safeguards for their effective continuance, Mr. Noel-Baker replied that • the Minister would shortly put into effect, a scheme to ensure that long-distance road haulage vehicles should remain available. Under this scheme, owners of vehicles which were controlled by the Ministry would retain their business identities and would continue to maintain their own vehicles and to employ' their own drivers. The 9Eheme, in due course, might be extended to some shorter-distance haulage if that seemed likely to promote the national interest.
DENNIS REFUSE COLLECTOR NOW " AVAILABLE "
ANNOUNCEMENTS have already been made to the effect that the Max chassis and 5-tonners in the Dennis range are available for purchase by holders of Ministry of War Trailpert lice-aces to acquire. We learn that tile Dennis 10-12 cubic-yd. refuse cotlector is now classed in the same category, and-municipal operators and contractors who may wish to take advantage. of this position should write to the municipal department of Dennis Bros., Ltd:, at Guildford. .
CO-OPERATIVE DECONTAMINATION SCHEME MAKES PROGRESS DEADINESS of -many C-licence 1N.holelers to join with professional hauliers in the co-operative scheme for the provision, at Dewsbury, of facilities for the cleansing of vehicles if they be contaminated by liquid gas during enemy attack, was indicated at a meeting last Sunday. It was convened by the Heavy Woollen District Transport Association. . Operators can participate by making one payment at the rate of 10s. per vehicle, which covers the whole of their financial obligations in the matter.
PISTON CONTROLLER'S DEATH IN TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCES WE regret to record the death of . Mr. Raymond Lea,the replacement manager of Speeialloid, Ltd., who was loaned to the Ministry of Supply as Piston Controller. Mr. Lea was killed last week in London in saving the life of a woman who had stepped out of a tube train on the wrong side. He helped the woman back into the carriage, but before he could save himself au oncoming train killed him.. He was only 36 years of age.
Mr. R. Isl. Papelian is organizing a fund for his widow, and feels that many of the friends he had in the motor trade would like to pay a tribute to hie memory. He asks that cheques should be crossed and made payable to the R. W. Lea Fund, and sent to him at R. M. Papelian, Ltd., Edgware Road, Cricklewood, London, N.W.2. .