STANDARDIZING I.F.S. ROADTRANSPORT RATES.
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The Railway Tribunal. Dublin, has received schedules of the proposed classification of road-transport merchandise from the Great Northern Railway Co., the Great Southern Railways, the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway, the Co. Donegal Railways Joint Committee, the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, and the Grand Canal Co. These schedules are supplied under Section 38 of the Irish Free State Road Transport Act, 19:33.
Under the terms of the Act, the Court of the Tribunal, having heard all parties concerned, will determine in each case the classification of merchandise. Upon the classification being fixed by the Tribunal, each of the companies concerned shall submit a schedule of charges, and the Tribunal will finally determine the minimum rates. The charges fixed by the Railway Tribunal apply only to the individual companies mentioned above. The rates and classification for the transport of goods by individual hauliers may he prescribed at the option of the licensing authority.
Fire at Vauxhall Factory.
It is estimated that £20,000 damage was done in the Ere which occurred last Monday in the bodybuilding shop at Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., at Luton. By a coincidence, the fire-engines employed against the outbreak were Bedford machines from this factory.
Rebuilding of the destroyed shop, which involves two floors, has been commenced, and, fortunately, there is available the partially constructed new factory addition, comprising 61acres, a portion of which is being utilized as a temporary bodybuilding shop. The 1,600 workmen affected will probably return to the works on Monday.