Why Tenders Were Thrown Out
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QPEAKING at the annual luncheon kJ of the Central London Sub-area of the Road Haulage Association, Mr. C. W, H, Sparrow, a vice-chairman of the Association, said that it was not difficult to understand why so few tenders for transport units in list No. I had been acceptable. The list was experimental and many of the vehicles were in bad condition or otherwise unsuitable.
It was possible that the unsold vehicles would appear again in later lists, together with other better vehicles. As a director of Transport Unit Finance, Ltd., Mr. Sparrow was able to reveal that requests for the company's help in purchasing units from list No. 2 were already double the total of requests received in connection with list No. I.
Commenting on the report that the West Midland Licensing Authority would require details of the operation of vehicles and the type of work proposed before granting special A licences, Mr. Sparrow said that the British Transport Commission were not selling goodwill or traffic. Members should report to the Association any trouble on this point, he added.
It was understandable that the Commission should wish to retain as much traffic as possible, but it was not desirable that they should set up a gigantic clearing house. "We are asking for the whole-hearted support of trade and industry to see that traffic comes back to free enterprise," stated Mr. Sparrow,