Haulier's Appeal for Acquisition
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AN Aberdeen haulier, who claimed substantial interference with his business because only four out of 10 long-distance permits applied for had been granted, appealed to the Transport Arbitration Tribunal, in Edinburgh, last week. He asked that he be granted permits or that his business be acquired.
Mr. J. N. B. Ferguson, Burnett Place. Aberdeen, said that half of his work had been beyond the 25-mile limit, but the Road Haulage Executive submitted that he had failed to prove it. Mr Ferguson replied that his records were destroyed during the war,
Decision was reserved.
On Monday, at 10.30 a.m., the Transport Arbitration Tribunal will sit at 9, Belgrave Square, London, S.W.1, to hear an application for acquisition by Ernest Transport, Ltd. The Road Haulage Executive is the respondent.
T.R.T.A. GROWING STRONGER VIGOROUS growth by the London V and Home Counties Area of the Traders' Road Transport Association is disclosed in the area's annual report. Last year, 429 new members were enrolled, three -local sections were formed and 12 open meetings were held in various towns.
The report says that the number of prosecutions handled has risen slightly. Offences which have occurred most frequently have referred to brakes, tyres, steering, excessive noise, use of horn, excessive weight, security of loads, drivers' hours and records, and trailer brakes, markings and plates.
CONDUCTORS' 114 A WEEK WHEN Mr, G F. Wraith, of the W Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board, begins recruiting conductors in this country, he will offer a 40-hour week, annual holidays of 20 days, non-contributory retirement and death benefits, and other attractive conditions of work. With average overtime, he says, Melbourne conductors receive about £14 a week.
He needs 1,000 conductors and hopes to recruit a substantial proportion from Scotland.
"KEEP FREEDOM OF CHOICE" I T was not right to try to preserve rail way facilities by denying people their freedom of choice, said the Northern Licensing Authority when he granted Messrs. Wilkinson's Motor Services, Sedgefield, permission to increase the number of vehicles on the SedgefieldBlackpool express service. The Railway Executive had opposed the application.
COUNCIL BACKS SMALL MEN AN application by United Automobile Services, Ltd., to run extra tours from Newbiggin is being opposed by Newbiggin Urban District Council. The council contends that parties wishing to go on tours should make arrangements with small passenger transport undertakings. If the application were granted, small operators would be harmed.