Hauliers Still Wait For £4,270,000
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UP to February 28, £13,685,175 had been paid in compensation to road haulage concerns acquired by the British Transport Commission. On that date, a balance of £4,270,000 was outstanding in respect of provisional ascertainment& of compensation computed on the basis of information supplied by transferors.
Some £2.500,000 of this sum will be paid in the next issue of Transport Stock in April. The remainder will be settled when legal formalities arecomplete.
Completion of further provisional ascertainments of compensation depends on the receipt of information and accounts from transferors. The speed with which this is effected and the number of cases to be dealt with by the Transport Arbitration Tribunal, will determine the date by which all payments will be completed.
The Minister of Transport gave this, information in a written answer to Mr. Lindsay. this week.
In another reply, the Minister stated that he did :lot propose to issue a direction to the B.T.C. that nationalization proposals should not be included in area passenger transport schemes.
R.H.E. FINED: BLAMES FORMER HAULIERS
FOR owning and permitting the use of a lorry which, said a police official, at Dudley Magistrates' Court last week, "emitted thick, dirty, black smoke" and obscured the view of other drivers, the Road Haulage Executive was fined £5.
A representative of the Executive said that among vehicles taken over there were probably some which private operators had not maintained, knowing that they were to be nationalized. Many vehicles, he said. would have to go through the garages for attention.
N.A.F.W.R. JUBILEE CONFERENCE
rIS year's annual conference of the 'National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers will mark the Association's 50th anniversary. It will be held at the Park Lane Hotel, London, W.1, on May 3 and 4. The following are the provisional details of the social and business programme:— May 1 annual conference (first session); presidential reception; dinner. May 4, annual conference (second session); luncheon; annual general meeting of benevolent association; annual conference (final session); buffet-dance.
SMALL ATTENDANCE AT LOT. DINNER
THE annual dinner-dance of the Institute of Transport, held in London on March 17, was most enjoyable, but the attendance of under 300 was lamentable for an institute of its size and importance. Some members claimed that a reduction of resources resulting from nationalization was the cause. The president, Sir 1-1. Osborne Mance, K.B.E.. was in the chair.
B2 TWELVE MORE ACQUISITIONS
TW.ELVE more haulage undertakings were transferred to the Road Haulage Executive during the week from March 12-18. They are as follows: Louis Wake (Unit D.325). KnottingleY: H. Gittens. Ltd. (Unit E.389), Nottingham; Woodbridge Bros. (Unit F.I901. Brierley Hill: British Road Services (Unit .E.391).. North Malvern:
Willie Bragg (Unit DM). Batley; A. L. Weight (Unit A.317). London. S.E.8; J. Sutton (Unit A.325), Kingsnortb; G, W. Cade and Son (Transport). Ltd. (Unit D.25). Bradford; C. I. Brammer and Co., Ltd. (Unit E.400), Edwinstowe; British Road Services (Unit D.25), Eeeleshill; Rostherne (Unit E.392), Trowell; Nunn's Garage (Unit E.393). Bloxwich.
THE PASSING SCREEN (IN view at Birmingham Trades 'L./Exhibition last week was a 32-seater coach fitted with a television aerial and 14-in. screen. Built into the bulkhead, behind the driver's cab, the screen can be watched by all passengers, and road tests to date have indicated that television transmissions can be received at a range of 30 miles from Sutton Coldfield. Particularly valuable on night journeys, the set will provide entertainment on runs between Birmingham and London.
FIRE-ENG1NE GREEN
ADEVICE which picks up the warning notes of approaching fire engines and ambulances and automatically changes traffic-light signals to allow the vehicles to proceed, is to be fitted to traffic lights in Johannesburg. The equipment has undergone tests in Los Angeles.