ECONOMIESEFFECTED BY RATIONALIZING DELIVERY QOME 2,000 schemes for rationalizing retail deliveries are now in opera
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tion. As result certain economies have been effected. The number of traders' motor vans which have come off the road is8,317 or 8.3 per cent. There are other savings in horsed vehicles, electrics, hand-carts and cars. Ip nine -regions alone, from which figures are avilable, 9,829 workers have been released from retail delivery. Between them, those taking part have saved 181,000 gallons of, fuel a fortnight, equivalent to nearly 5,000,000 a year,
Other schemes, when brought into operation, will bring the total saving to well over the target figure of 10,000,000 gallons a year.
SUPPORT FOR MR. E. B. HOWES
FOLLO WING the publication last week of a letter from Mr, J. Brown, of Eelgrave,. Leicester, many members of the Metropolitan Northern Sub-, Area A.R.O. have sent protests. These have arrived too late for publication this week, but will be included in our next issue under our feature " Opinions and Queries."
PERSONAL PARS MR, Ewe R. L. FITZPAYNE has been appointed general manager of Glasgow ' Transport Department, in succession to Mr. Robert F. Smith, who retires next January.
Mn. H. P. HOUGHTON has been approved by the North-Western Regional Transport Commissioner as manager of Sub-district B5, Liverpool, in succession to Mr. H. p. Conies, who has resigned upon taking up other duties. No successor has been appointed to Mr. W. A. Makin, who resigned the managership of Subdistrict 134. The groups in this subdistrict have, we understand, been rearranged.
NOTES ON THE GOVERNMENT ROAD HAULAGE SCHEME
Supplied by the Ministry of War Transport and the Hauliers' National Traffic Pool, to keep the industry informed of developments, but not necessarily to be regarded as official pronouncements
Invoices and Receipt Notes.—There has been a tendency lately to submit invoices with confirmation or consignment notes instead of with receipt notes. Signed receipt notes, covering all items, must accompany the invoices, otherwise it is necessary to ieturn the invoices to the carriers.
Cargo.—The general traffic carried under the scheme continues to be well maintained and, together with meat, amounted in the week ended September 4 to 155,380 tons. In. the previous week the total dealt with was 158,540 tons.
Defence .—The strength of the Defence Lines laq„s now been brought lila to 43,000 vehicles. In the week ended September 5 enrolments numbered 761, nearly half of which were in the Midtand Region.