Take Provisional Payments"
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NfiEMBERS of the long-distance cenIntral panel of the Road Haulage Association, at a meeting on September 22, were advised by Mr. R. Morton Mitchell, the Association's chief executive officer, to accept provisional payments offered to them by the British Transport Commission, provided it was made clear that their 'acceptance was without prejudice.
It was reported that, as a result of ihe R.H.A. memorandum to the Minister of Transport, calling attention to delays in payment of compensation, the B.T C had overhauled the procedure and was now endeavouring to speed-up payments of at least part of the compensation due.
The panel stressed the fact that these provisional payments represented only one step in the process of compensation. Numerous points of contention remained on which discussions, and in some instances test cases, were likely to take many months. Throughout this time, the services of the Association would remain available to all members who had paid subscriptions up to the date of acquisition.