EMERGENCY FOOD TRANSPORT
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6 PLANS READY' REPLYING to a Parliamentary question by Mr. Groves, Major Lloyd George said last week that detailed plans for food distribution under invasion conditions had been worked out with the Ministry of War Transport.
GROUPING SERVICE PROVES ITS MERITS
CONSISTENT and growing support has been. glven to the scheme to expedite traffic for export, which was originated by Groupage, Ltd., Universal House, Southwark , Bridge, Lon don, S.E.I. In three months -this concern has despatched as many as 170 loads of goods from its depot mainly to Liverpool steamers, but including deliveries for sailings from London, Manchester, Hull, Swansea, Newport and Bristol. In no case has any of the goods failed to make the connection.
A widely appreciated feature is the facility given for,the reception and free storage of goods awaiting shipment.
A new activity is the arrangement of a cartage collection service in the London area through the company's associated firm, Messrs. Beck and Pollitzer. The export packing department also continues to offer skilled service to those faced with depleted personnel and difficulties with timber.
WOMEN NOW LOADING HEAVY LORRIES
cOLLOWING an article by Collie Knox in the " Star " describing his experiences on the footplate of a locomotive, Mr. F. G. Bristow, C.B.E., in his capacity as honorary secretary of the British Road Federation, arranged for .him to travel from London to Bradford throughout the' night on one
of the Bouts-Tillotson lorries. The article appeared in the newspaper concerned on November 1.7!
One particular point of interest in it was the reference to the fact that the vehicle, an eight-wheeled 14-tonner, was loaded inainly by women. It may be remembered that in a recent leader we referred to a question we put to Lord Leathers as to women being employed to a larger extent for such work. His answer was to the effect that the Government did not encourage this, but rather that women should replace the men on lighter work. The success in this case, however, seems to show that their capacity has been under-estimated.
BUS LIGHTS CAUSE CONFLICT AT CARDIFF , BUS drivers and conductors in the Splott district of Cardiff have been granted police protection as a result of a " war" that has broken out between the men and a small section of /the residents of the area. The trouble, which has resulted in the men being assaulted, arose out of objections made by certain persons against the lights in buses during air-raid alert periods. Although the lights arc approved by the police authorities and conform with official requirements, drivers and con
ductors have been ordered by irresponsible persons to " put them out. '
The trouble became so acute a few days ago that drivers and conductois asked to be transferred to other routes, refused to run buses during air-raid alerts, and appealed to the city transport committee for protection. Uniformed police, officers will now ride on the buses in certain " danger
districts." , In the meantime the transport committee is to conduct a thorough investigation into the whole affair.
Trouble similar to that at Splott, but on a smaller scale, has also been reported from two other city districts --Grangetown and Ely.