HAULIER'S DEATH A BIG LOSS TO YORKSHIRE
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BY the death of Mr. Harry Denison Pickard, head of Messr§. H. Pickard and Sons, haulage contractors, Scout Hill, Dewsbury, the road-transport industry in Yorkshire has lost a staunch and active supporter of the principle of mutual aid among operators. Chairman of the Heavy Woollen District Transport Association, Mr. Pickard had held that office since the Association's formation a few years ago. He was also chairman of the Dewsbury Sub-Area of A.R.O., a member of A.R.O.'s Yorkshire Area Committee, and a member of the Council of the Federation of Yorkshire Road Transport Employers.
Mr. Pickard, who was 62 years old, had been in the carrying business since 1915.
In addition to his Association activities, Mr. Pickard was a group organizer under the petrol rationing scheme. He was also a member of the West Riding Wool Transport Pool, Ltd., and the pool for long-distance haulage of wool—Yorkshire and Lancashire Hauliers, Ltd.
MR. GARCKE JOINS BOARD OF DENNIS BROS.
MIR. SIDNEY E. GARCKE, C.B.E., MM.I.Mech.E., has accepted an invitation to join the board of directors of Dennis Bros., Ltd. In view of Mr. Garcke's many connections with pas-. senger road transport, covering a long period of years, this is a particularly interesting announcement. • BUS CONTRACT-TICKET BAN BRINGS PROTEST
BY 26 votes to one, Keighley Town Council adopted at its meeting, last week, a resolution protesting against the withdrawal of bus contract tickets by the Keighley-West Yorkshire Service, the joint Keighley and district undertaking in which the corporation is a partner with the West Yorkshire Road Car Co., Ltd.
Alderman M. P. Cryer, chairman of the finance committee, said that the West Yorkshire Co, did not want to withdraw the contract tickets, but had been compelled to do so by the Regional Transport Commissioner. The corporation representatives on the joint directorate of the Keighley-West Yorkshire undertaking did not like the withdrawal either. The principal object is to try and stop the practice of travelling home for mid-day meals.
The resolution, suggesting that, the withdrawal of contract tickets on the Keighley-West Yorkshire buses was not likely to curtail unnecessary travel and was not in the public interests, requested the corporation representatives on the directorate of the joint undertaking to press for their early restoration.