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N°progress on the question of the speed limit for heavy goods vehicles was reached at last week's meeting of the National Joint Industrial Council for the road haulage industry. The principal•stumbling block appears to have been the union's demand for higher pay in return for an increase in the limit of 30 m.p.h.
This the employers refused to concede, although they were willing to ensure that no driver suffered financially as a result of working at a higher legal speed.
As forecast in The Commercial Motor on March 11, the union also pressed for statutory control of running schedules and for stricter supervision of maintenance.
It is understood that the meeting was reasonably amicable, but no common ground could be found between the employers' and employees' representatives. Finally, both sides decided to adjourn and re-examine their cases.
"PRIOR CONSENT" CONDITION: ORIGIN OBSCURE WHEN Priory Garage and Coaches, IT Ltd., 38 High Street, Leamington, applied to the West Midland Licensing Authority last week to renew their excursion and tour licence, Mr. B. Bush, for the company, asked for the removal of a condition that coaches could not run to Portsmouth or Skegness without the prior consent of the Authority. The origin of this condition was obscure, said Mr. Bush. The Authority, who renewed the licence and removed the condition, said that there must have been some good reason why the condition had been imposed years ago, but he could see none for it today.
WEIGHT CUT IN NEW 150-TON TRAILER
ANEW type of Cranes trailer, with a capacity of 150 tons, was delivered last week to Robert Wynn and Sons, Ltd., Newport, Mon. The unladen weight of the 24-wheeled pneumatic-tyred vehicle is 40 tons. which is claimed to be a third lower than that of types previously employed.
After delivery the trailer was sent immediately to the MetropolitanVickers plant, Trafford Park, Manchester, to transport a giant transformer to the Midlands. Pacific and Diamond-T. tractive units were employed.
JOINT SERVICE dRANTED E Yorkshire Licensing Authority has granted W. Smart and Co., Ltd., Greasborough, near Rotherham, and Mr. Cecil Riley, Westgate, Rotherham. a licence to .run a joint express service from Rawmarsh to Yarmouth. Pick ingup points will be at Parkgate and Effingham Square. Each operator has been allowed to use one vehicle, with an extra vehicle during Rotherham holiday week.
The hearing was reported in The Commercial Motor last week.