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Suicidal Tendencies

31st March 1961, Page 24
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Keywords : Thomas Tilling, Oad

ROAD haulage is not the only industry with problems of subnormal tenders. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Nottingham and District Association of Building Trades Employers, the president, Mr. T. Bow, said that some building firms were submitting suicidally low tenders. He added: "It inevitably weakens the profitability of the industry and leads to a lowering of quality standards, restriction of training facilities, deferment of mechanization programmes, inadequate plant replacement, inferior welfare provision, and the tendency to disregard safety precautions."

Rings a bell?

Publicity Conscious

TIOUGLAS MUIRHEAD, the Tilling Group's publicity man. tells me that our feature on his activities in the March 17 issue has produced a surprising and gratifying am.unt of comment, both from within the Tilling Group and from other sources. He was especially tickled by an operator of three coaches who rang up "to talk publicity."

But of Course . . .

ATOP Leyland executive bought his wife a new car the other day. It was, I am glad to report, a Triumph Herald. There's nothing to beat keeping it in the family!

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Slightly Humid

L'OOTNOTE to a newspaper article on plans for pipeline transport across Britain:

"Solids can be carried through a pipe by reducing them to powder form and mixing them with liquids." Darling; pour some more coal on the fire.

Successor

EW tasks can have been more diffictilt, yet less appreciated, than that of Mr. J. H. Brebner, who retired yesterday from post of public relations adviser to the British Transport mmission. The B.T.C., in what I think must be an unpreceited move, said they "wish to place on record their deep veciation of his valuable services over the past 14 years." dr. Brchner spent his earlier public relations life with the 'Al, Ministry of Information and London Transport. His ; been a colourful career. Among his many honours is horary Life Membership of the Association of American rrespondents—an honour he shares with General Eisenhower I the American Ambassador.

n. all this, I spotted an ominous note. Headed "note to tor," it reads: "Because of the pending changes in British insport Commission organization, it is not proposed at this te to appoint a successor to Mr. Brebner."

uess Who ?

TEITHER as a motorist nor as one who serves a nationalized industry does he find large lorries "welcome lfellows." Ugly, noisy and dangerous, is his description of .m. In fact he-goes further "1 am very definitely against ivy freight traffic being on the roads."

'Es name? Mr. T. R. Summerson, chairman of the Northstern board of (as if you didn't guess) British Railways. added: "Nor am I against road transport in its proper place." "ice of him. But we know our place, don't we—on the roads.


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