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BRICK HAULAGE NOT FOR CONTRACT LICENCES.
Brick haulage is, contrary to the views of some Licensing Authorities, definitely unsuitable for Contract A. licences, because 50 per cent, of the mileage is empty and the current rates will not support it. Return loading is the only way to make brick haulage pay.
This statement was made by a member of the audience at a lecture given by S.T.R., The Commercial Motor costs expert, to A.R.O. Luton Sub-area, 'last week. It was added that a conference on the question 1of brick transport was shortly tri be held between .hauliers, representatives of brick companies. and others.
S.T.R. inaugurated a new series of lectures, in which he reduces to the simplest possible form the computation of costs. The meeting was presided over by Mr. Williams, chairman of the Sub-area. Operators were present from Bedford, Hitchin and elsewhere, apart from those from Luton.
Driving Hours' Extension.
Should an application made by the associates committee of the B.R.F. to the Minister of Transport be successful, the limit of 11 hours' driving for employees of C-licence holders will be extended to 12 hours, for not more than two days in each week ending December 18 and 25, 1937, and January 1, 1938.
Scottish Association Sponsors Insurance Scheme.
Scottish Carriers and Haulage _Contractors Association has introduced am insurance scheme, by means of which' members will he able to effect a considerable annual saving.
With the object of bringing about some co-ordination in the haulage industry, the association has held meetings in many parts of Scotland, the places visited by the directors .includiug Inverness, Aberdeen, Elgin, Motherwell, Kilmarnock, Invine and Auchinleck. Meetings will be held with representatives from each of these districts.
New Chairman of the B.R.F. Committee.
Mr. W. Herman Kent has been reelected chairman of the associates coinmittee of the B.R.F., and Mr. P.
• HoWling elected vice-chairman, in place of Col. A. Jerrett, who has resigned on the grounds of ill health.
"Future of Rates and Service."
On November 10, at 10.30 a.m., in the Warwick Convention Hall, Earls Court, Mr. J. S. Nicholl, M.Inst.T., a vice-chairman of the C.M.U.A., will present a paper for discussion, entitled: "The Future of Rates and Service in Road Motor Transport."
At 1 p.m., members of the national council will be entertained to luncheon as the guests of the exhibition committee of the S.M.M. and T.
New Committee's First Meeting. _ The first committee meeting of Milk carriers in the Wolverhampton '-Area of A.R.O. West Midland Area was held on Friday last. Mr. R. P. Miers was appoikited chairman 'and arrangements were made for the secretary to obtain certain .data. from all milk carriersin. the area, as a preliminary to the formulation of constructive proposals.
Those milk carriers who have not yet registered, should get in touch with Mr. G. F. Goodwin, 17, Dudley Street, Wolverhampton. EXTENDING YORKSHIRE RATES MACHINERY.
The Yorkshire Furniture Removers Association is giving consideration to the question of extending the radii of operation of machinery for the stabilization of furniture-removal rates, established on its initiative in various Yorkshire cities and towns. It is suggested that these radii should be extended for Some distance beyond the boundaries of the centres in which the machinery at present operates.
This suggestion has been put forward because the operation of the machinery has created a position whereby furniture has been taken beyond the boundaries of the places where it is in force, at a lower price than that charged for removals within those places. The proposal is that the stabilization machinery shall operate within a radius fixed on a mileage basis, independent of the boundaries of
• the cities and towns concerned, viz., Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Dewsbury, Halifax and Huddersfield.
It is not proposed to attempt to standardize long-distance removal rates, this question being regarded as one requiring national action. '
.300 New Members in Yorkshire.
Since January of this •year, nearly 300 new members have been enrolled in A.R.O. Yorkshire Area. In further recruiting efforts, attention will be directed to ancillary users.
Proposals for developing the social side of A.R.O. activities in Yorkshire are under consideration, and it is probable that a series of dinners will be held in various parts of the Yorkshire Area.
C.M.U.A. Receives Valuable Support.
At a meeting held at Croydon, on Monday. Members of the C.M.U.A. expressed their appreciation of the attitude taken by Mr. E. W. Turner, president of Croydon Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Turner assured the Association of his support in the work it was doing on behalf of the road-transport industry as a whole.
Baillie Report: C.M.U.A. Memorandum.
The C.M.U.A. has submitted to the Ministers of Labour and Transport a memorandum dealing with the Baillie Report. Representations are on the lines indicated in The Commercial Motor dated OctOber 1.
Winter Campaign to be Launched. A.R.O. North London Sub-area will open its winter campaign with a meeting at the Angel Hotel, Fore Street, Edmonton, N.18, on October 25, at 8 p.m. The speakers will he a representative of the bankers and managers of A.R.O. (Area) Finance, and an expert on insurance. The chairman of the Sub-area is Mr. A. J. Goddard.