Haulier Ignored £41,500 Offer
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-1-1 A PERTHSHIRE haulier who was
offered £41,500 in compensation for his business, which was nationalized in 1949, did not reply to letters sent to him and failed to send in certain accounts. This was stated in evidence by a chartered accountant, Mr. William Lawson, at a sitting of the Transport Arbitration Tribunal in Edinburgh on Monday when the British 'Transport Commission asked that the compensation be fixed at £41,500.
The haulier, M. Murray-L. Thomas, Gowanica, Meigle Road, Alyth, did not attend the hearing.
Mr. G. C. Ernslie, for the Commission, said that the respondent had stated in a letter that he would not come to Edinburgh, but he was willing to discuss the matter with a member of the Tribunal at a time and place acceptable to himself.
Mr. Thomas had never repudiated the compensation figures, but had never agreed to them.
" Mr. Thomas wants his business back and the Commission want to pay him what' he is entitled to," added Mr. Emslie.
The Tribunal reserved judgment.
N.C.R.T.C.H. TO HOLD CONGRESS
THE annual luncheon of the National Conference of Road Transport Clearing Houses is to be held on March 29, at the May Fair Hate!, London. The president, Mr. F. J. Erroll, M.P., will be in the chair and the principal guest will be the Minister of Transport. The annual general meeting will follow the luncheon, and on the same day the annual dinnerdance will be held.
On March 30 there will be the first annual congress of Conference members. Matters of interest to clearing houses and long-distance hauliers. together with resolutions from Conference areas, will be discussed.
VIEWS ON .SPEED SOUGHT
QPIN IONS on the 30 m.p.h. speed limit on roads of traffic importance in London have been invited by the special sub-committee set up by the London and Home Counties Advisory Committee. The sub-committee are to review the incidence of the limit with the object of removing inconsistencies, and to examine the case for differential speed limits on main routes.
CUTTING PANEL-REPAIR COSTS
EXPERIMENTS are being conducted by Halifax Transport Department to reduce the costs of painting and repairing the lower pan* of buses. The department is using light-alloy sheets with a stucco finish, but the effects of dirt and weather on the panels are not yet known –neither are the views of the public on the appearance of vehicles with such panels.
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