O UR office has still to learn of one of our members holding an
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■ riginal permit or substituted permit for he carriage of foodstuffs. . . By aking this action, the Road 'Haulage ixecutive have, by inference, indicated hat British Road Services can underake the carriage of all foodstuffs. We now this is not the case.'!
Mr. James Walker, who presided, vide this statement at the annual ,eneral meeting of the Liverpool Cart nd Motor Owners' Association, last veek.
He cited the case of a carrier who vas granted a substituted permit to arty goods to a particular district, but irohibiting hint from handling return Dads, as he had previously done. The ustomer had no option but to pass the pods to the R.H.E. The haulier thus ast part of his goodwill and received io compensation.
Mr. Walker added: "There are some if our members who are assisting their liggest competitor and by so doing are winging nearer the day when that cornietitor will be able to concentrate more if its activities on the free ' areas." During discussion of delays to ehicles at the docks, Mr. Walker said hat negotiations had taken place with epresentatives of the master porters. he general manager of the Mersey Rocks and Harbour Board had sent a etter to the master porters stating that very endeavour must be made to see hat traffic was available when applied or, and that there would be no hesitaion in stopping the discharging of ships f the quays were not clear and ready or receiving.