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A.R.O. for dealing with the stabilization of haulage rates were outlined by Mr. F. G. Bibbings, general secretary of the Yorkshire Area, at a meeting of A.R.O. members at Chesterfield, last week.
Emphasizing the urgency of the matter, Mr. Bibbings said that it was intended to establish A.R.O. district rates committees in the Yorkshire Area. Their activities would be co-ordinated by a Yorkshire Rates Committee of the Association, consisting of a representative or representatives from each of the local rates committees.
He anticipated that by the end of February, A.R.O. rates committees would he functioning at Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, York, Hull, Selby, Bridlington, Scarborough, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Skipton, Barnsley, Doncaster and Chesterfield. It was also proposed to set up rates organizations at other suitable places.
Mr. Bibbings made it quite clear that the A.R.O. rates committees in Yorkshire were not intended to be competitive with or antagonistic to the ratesstabilization activities of the employers panel of the Yorkshire Joint Conciliation Board.
The panel had already accomplished much useful work in dealing with charges and the classification of goods for the purpose of creating a workable rates structure, Mr. Bibbings declared. He knew, however, that in view of the colossal nature of the task, the panel would welcome the co-operation and suggestions of local committees.
The meeting unanimously agreed that a local rates committee for the Chesterfield district should be established.