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Road Hauliers as Sacrifice to Railways

25th November 1939
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

HAULIERS in Holland (Lines), 'meeting at Spalding, protested against the petrol ration allowed them, and against a ban on carrying potatoes beyond a radius of 35 miles. It was decided to ask the M.P. for the Division (Mr. H. W. Butcher) to discuss the matter after he had brought it to the notice of the Minister of Transport.

Mr, C. P. Simpson (Holbeach), who presided, said they were all prepared to make sacrifices, but there was no reason why one industry should sacrifice everything to put increased business in the way of any other industry or person. That appeared to be the object of the present scheme. There should be an alternative form of transport to the railway available at any time to meet any emergency that might arise.

Moreover, how could increased wages be paid to drivers if petrol rationing curtailed Iausiness? This matter had been brought to the notice of Mr. Ernest Bevan, who had promised every assistance in the matter for all concerned, and for his members in the Transport and General Workers' Union.

The meeting should strike while the iron was hot. If hauliers waited and let the railways complete their tasks of shifting coal and beet, they would be playing right into their hands.

Mr. A. Battley (Spalding) referred to delay catised in the transport of foodstuffs by rail. He gave as an example the fact that he had forwarded 19 boxes of tomatoes by rail to a Midlands market at 1.30 p.m. one afternoon, in time for the opening of the market at 6 a.m. the following day, but the tomatoes did not arrive until noon the following day, after the market had closed.


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