Sympathetic Hearing for Tax Cases
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DELEGATES from the National Road Transport Federation who went to the Treasury on Monday to make representations on taxation were particularly impressed by the sympathetic reception accorded them by Mr. Anthony Barber, Economic Secretary.
As the associations of passenger transport operators are meeting Mr. Barber today, the Federation confined their case to goods transport. They made a modest plea for a reduction in fuel tax. As purchase tax was removed from goodsvehicle chassis. in last year's Budget, the question of a reduction in vehicle excise duty was not broached.
The Federation's case was put by Mr.
R. N. Ingram and Mr. N. T. O'Reilly, of the Road Haulage Association, and Mr.
S. Rattan, of the Traders Road Transport Association.
R.H.A. SUPPORT BEDFORD APPEALS
THE national licensing committee of the Road Haulage Association decided last week to recommend support for appeals against the Eastern Licensing Authority's grant of 33 vehicles and 12 trailers to British Road Services at their Bedford base. Some of the 52 objectors have already decided to appeal.
The licensing committee last week discussed various complaints about the licensing system, and they are understood to have in mind the preparation of a list of anomalies for submission to the Minister of Transport.
DEATH OF A PIONEER WE regret to announce the death last VT Sunday of MR. CLAUDE BROWNE, at the age of 79. He was one of the pioneers of the British commercial vehicle industry, hiving founded the Long Acre Motor Car Co., Ltd., in 1902. The company began as agents, but in 1909 started to build vehicles under the name " Lacre." The business eventually became Lacre Lorries, Ltd., and the production of commercial-vehicle chassis continued until 1938. Since that time the company have concentrated solely on road sweepers.
1,000 COMMER MEN IDLE
THE productionof Rootes commercial vehicles was affected this week by the strike by 132 drivers of fork-lift trucks and material handlers at the Acton works of British Light Steel Pressings, Ltd., a Rootes subsidiary. About 1.000 men at the Dunstable works of Commer Cars, Ltd., were idle on Monday.
Four thousand workers at the Coventry factories of the Rootes Group and 3,000 at the plant of the Pressed Steel Co., Ltd., at Cowley, Oxford, were laid off.
75 MILES TANKERS FOR SHELL A REPEAT order for 75 A.E.C. and /—k Albion 4,000-gal. road tankers has been received by Alfred Miles, Ltd., a member of the Hawker Siddeley Group, from Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd.