Rise in R.H.A. Subs.
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ON January 1 next year, the subscription rates for Road Haulage Association membership will be increased; the national council has approved a recommendation from the R.H.A. executive to this effect.
The basic subscription will go up from £3 to £4 and the overall minimum from 4 gn. to 5 gn. Up to 1,000 tons, the tonnage rate will be increased by 7+ per cent, but over 1,000 tons and up to 1,500 tons, the rate will go down from 2s. 3d. to 2s., while for tonnage over 1,500 it will come down from 2s. 3d. to ls. 6d.
Associate members will pay 5 gn. instead of 3 gn. as at present.
Black Smoke
FIRMS operating commercial vehicles should list black smoke in the same category as faulty brakes and faulty steering. said Mr. J. R. Lena-Jou, group transport manager of Watney. Mann Ltd., at a meeting at Isleworth on Monday.
Speaking to members of the T.R.T.A.'s Surrey and South Middlesex area, Mr. Lemmer added: "Drivers should be instructed to telephone the depot immediately if smoke is emitted during a run, and not wait until they have returned to base. Only in this way can responsibility be properly shared between driver and owner."
Mr. Lemmer, whose talk embraced many points arising out of the choice and replacement of vehicles, said, on the latter subject: "Many people still hold the view that it is good policy to run vehicles into the ground, and it is only then that the vehicle really begins to show a profit. This is a very out-dated view and one which leads to the gradual deterioration of .a transport fleet."