E x ecutives Oppose 'Dairy Farmer A F ARMER who applied to the Scottish
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Licensing Authority for a licence to carry milk from his farm near K:!creggan to Dumbarton creamery, won his case despite objections by British Railways and the Road Haulage Executive, last week.
Farmers in the Cove peninsula usually lake their milk to Kilcreggan pier whence it is taken by steamer to Craigendoran. Lorries take it from there to Dumbarton. Because the steamer did: not call on Sundays, Saturday afternoon's milk consignments went bad by Monday.
the applicant, Mr. C. Wood, was ;imported by the Milk Marketing Board's regional officer, Mr. T. B. Gillespie.
COMPENSATION: 09,300M00
CCORDING to Mr. A. Barnes, 1-1 Minister of Transport, in a reply to a question in the House last Monday, The amount of compensation still outstanding to road hauliers, up to May 31, came to a total of £1,400,000. The sum so far paid has risen to £19,300,000. Mr. Barnes promised that the remaining claims will be settled as quickly as possible after the necessary legal formalities concerned with the transfer of assets have been completed.
HIGHER RATES CRITICIZED QOCIALIST members of Jarrow
Works Comalittee Opposed a recent application by local hauliers to increase rates by 5d. an hour, to offset the higher fuel duty. Aid. I. B. Symonds said that he saw no reason why tax increases
had to be passed on, and contended that the companies were evading their responsibilities. The Committee decided that council officials should investigate the matter.
CANADIAN ROAD TRANSPORT FORGES AHEAD
WHEN the Trans-Canada highway VV is completed, ." The Commercial Motor " is.inf armed, a trans:continen. la]. haulage system will be started. This was' stated by Mr. John Magee, executive secretary of the Canadian Automotive Transportation Association, at the Transportation Conference' of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association. A particular demand exists, he stated, for transcontinental services.
Mr. Magee said that 70,000 Canadians were ernployed by the 'road haulage industry. During April, 7,511 commercial vehicles were dispatched from Canadian factories, making 30,918 for four months of this year.