IS HE WHO WAITS BLESSED?
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nNE hears a great deal about the rights of ex-ServiceN-• men to be reinstated in their pre-war jobs, also of ex-hauliers and even " newcomers " being given some preference in the granting of carriers' licences, but no one, as far as I know, has taken up the cudgels on behalf of the ex-Serviceman who is struggling to make a go of things and finds himself hampered by an inability to secure new vehicles at current market prices.
Perhaps you would be kind enough to let me cite my own case as an example. Before the war I operated a successful haulage business which was built up from scratch between 1933-9. Early in 1939 I joined the supplementary reserve of officers, R.A.S.C., and served in various theatres of war from August, 1939, until 1 was demobbed at the end of 1945. During this period my business failed and was sold as a going concern. From it I received a sum equivalent to slightly less than two months' Army pay.
All this, however, I considered to be a hazard of war, and early last year I set about acquiring a new haulage business. After much search I found one which suited my pocket, and became the proud owner of three vintage trucks.
Straight away I ordered three new trucks, and 12 months later_ I still await a problematical delivery. In the meantime I struggle on and my three new trucks remain a hoped-for dream I do not ask for money, help, work or sympathy; all I want is the pleasure of being able to buy three new vehicles at current market prices EX-MAJOR, R .A.S.C. Enfield.