SCOTTISH BACKING FOR OFFICIAL ' HAULAGE SCHEME " AM confident
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that we in Scotland are going to see that the scheme does not fall down, so far as we are concerned," said Mr. Archibald Henderson, Regional Transport Commissioner for Scotland, when he discussed the Government's* new haulage scheme at • a luncheon of the Edinbargh and East of Scotland area of the Scottish C.M.U.A.
Explaining why the plan was necessary when they had achieved so much success in Scotland with their schemes and methods of tackling the problem, Mr. Henderson said that, however fortonate they had been in the past in meeting all requirements, they could not be sure that they would have been equally successful had, Scotland been as unfortunate as some other parts of the country in the matter of air raids. Parallel with the scheme there' would be a trade scheme controlled by
operators themselves. The divisional road-haulage officers would collaborate with the men in the trade, and he hoped that they would demonstrate to the Ministry that the hauliers' side of the scheme would work just as smoothly and effectively as the Ministry side of the scheme: LONDON'S WINTER BUS SCHEDULE TN FORCE
. COMMENCING October 29, a inter
timetables were introduced on London Transport road services in
. Central London. The change has involved the adjustment of over 900 schedules. Many improvements and 'additions have been made which, with the convenience. atiorded by the scheme for 'the staggering of working hours, provide more adequate accommodation for essential movement._ On of the -main problems 'last winter arose from the contraction of the evening peak traffic from the two and a hall hoursof peak time to little more than an hour. In the interest of workers, therefore' London Transport strongly urges that all who can do their travelling at slack traffic times (10.0 a.m. to 4 p.in, and after .6.30 p.m.)* should do so. • From about 7 p.m., apart from special arrangements forwar workers, reduced black-out services operate.
A.R.O. PARTICIPATION 11%.1 S.J.C. ASSOCIATION?
, QTR°NP Yorkshire support for IJA.R.O. participation in the Road Carriers Association, Ltd„ the formation of which is projected under the Standing Joint Committee's scheme to establish one national organization for A and B licence-holders, was registered last week.at meetings covering A.R.O.'s Yorkshire Area. There were only two votes against participation, and four abstentions from voting.
On each occasion, the case for the A.R.O. National( Council's proposal that Associated Road Operators shall become constituent members of the Road Carriers, Association was put by Mr. J. A. Bright, of Selby, who represents the Area on the National Council.
BLACKPOOL'S EXPERIMENTS WITH GAS BUSES BLACKPOOL's Transport Committee recently discussed the project of introducing gas buses into the town. One converted experimental bus gave good results under a number of tests to which it was subjected, and needed enly minor adjustments to give com
plete satisfaction. If official sanction be forthcoming, the municipality iutends to adapt other buses to gas.
TRAINEES HAVE LECTURES ON BEARINGS THE first. of`a series of three lectures on ball and roller bearings was given last week by Mr. P. `A. J. Linforth, of British Timken, Ltd., to trainees at the Government Training Centre, Leicestershire, as a supplement to their normal training course.
U.S.A. OPPOSES MERGING OF HAULIERS"
THEJustice Department of the U.S.A.. recently announced that it was opposed to any merging of motor carriers' capital assets, but favoured development of the haulage industry along the line§ followed for decades by the American railways.
This opposition-was staled during the hearing of an application by Associated Transport. Inc., to acquire control of the stock of eight motor haulage services in the East under a plan by which the carriers concerned would voluntarily pooh their, capital assets and accept stock in the big company. It was stated that.the railways are becoming less a fictor in competition, whilst hauliers are growing, because of their fast services and lower minimum rates. The merger, if approved, would materially reduce competition, and the only way to equalize this would be to effect-additional mergers, but"no system of comparable size could be set up in the area concerned because of the extent of tlp intended organization.
FOOD V4■NS PRESENTED TO LONDON BOROUGH
LAST week, Mr. W. Harold Perry, chairman and managing director of W. Harold Ferry, Ltd., Invicta Works, North Finchley, London, handed over .to the Mayor of Finchley, Councillor Wilmot, two Ford emergency food vans, • which form part of a number being supplied by Mr. Henry Ford and his son, Mr. Ecisel Ford, to assist in emergency feeding efforts under war conditions.
Although the vehicles were presented to the Finchley authorities, they can readily be transferred to any other district which suffers through ,enemy action. The vehicles will bd". operated by the Women's Voluntary Services and will be maintained by the Perry concern free of,,,charge.
R.A.S.C. AND R.A.O.C. COMFORTS
FUND
SINCE the initiation of the joint Comforts Fund for the Royal Army Service Corps and the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, the motor industry has subscribed over_g8,000, whilst the officers and men of the two Corps have contributed almost this amount and are carrying on the good work..
At At a recent 'meeting of the Council of the S.M.M. and T„ the President, Mr. H. ShankIand, asked whether the industry should be requested to carry this Fund—which is essentially its own —through to the end of the war, and the reply was unanimous that this must be done.
The President, therefore, appeals to the industry and all connected with it to help in this most deserving cause. -He assures those interested that the money so far received has been conservatively expended, whilst the comforts , supplied have been greatly appreciated. The balance now available is small.
Subscriptions should be addressed to Lieut.-Col. D. C. McLagan, la, Wilton Street, London-, S.W.1, cheques being drawn in favour of the Army Transoort Comforts Filed