Haulage Association Decides Against Merger
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THE Sheffield and South Yorkshire Hauliers Association has decided not to merge into R.H.A. This. was decided at a committee meeting held last week to consider the mis'atisfactory outcome of negotiations with the Perry Committee. As an alternative it is proposed that (1) the Sheffield Association shall remain ,independent and autonomous; (2) it shall levy subscriptions on the same scale as R.H.A. ; (3) it shall pay to R.H.A., as an affiliation fee, the same portion of subscriptions as other areas; (4) it shall observe the same rules and, so far as possible, propagate the same policy as R.H.A. ; (5) in return for the above considerable payments, Sheffield would expect to be treated as an area under R.H.A., to haVe the equivalent number of seats on the National Council and to receive such services and literature as R.II.A. will provide for its own areas and/or members.
In an accompanying statement, the Association emphasizes that it subscribes to the ideal of one body for all hauliers and considers this method of linking independents would further the ideal. It dislikes the proposed Federation, considering that 50,000 hauliers can, and should, stand on their own, and suggests the same applies to ancillary users and bus owners, If the above offer be not accepted, Sheffield will remain unattached and without any national link, which, it is stressed, is a situation to be deplored, but' preferable to relinquishing independence. '
The Sheffield and South Yorkshire Hauliers' Association was founded in 1911, and represents all the larger and most of the smaller operators in Sheffield, Rotherham, and adjoining areas. It has a membership of 350 hauliers, -operating some 1,300 vehicles, plus 40 associated members with 200 vehicles,