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B.T.C. FORMS COMPANY TO TAKE OVER TA GROUP
ANEW private company, in which all the shares are held by the British Transport Commission, has been registered to take over the road-haulage interests acquired by the Commission from Transport Services, Ltd.
Mr. C. Barrington, who was managing director of Transport Services, Ltd.. and is now 'a full-time member of the Road Transport Executive, is chairman of the new company. Mr. F. C. G. Mills. chief executive officer of Transport Services, Ltd., is managing director. Mr. Andrew Black and Mr. A. Henderson (formerly Scottish Licensing Authority and now a full-time member of the Road Transport Executive) are also directors.
It is expected that the new company will become the administrational head of a large group of haulage undertakings acquired by the Commissidn. The 13.T.C. is apparently to adopt the policy of forming parent companies, to which smaller units will be attached.
RADIO FOR WALL'S DRIVERS
TO relieve the monotony for driver, on long-distance runs, T. Wail and Sons, Ltd., the well-known ice-cream manufacturer, is installing radio sets in its vans. Eight vehicles have already been equipped. They are BedfordScammell articulated outfits and Bedford 2-3-tonners, engaged on runs from London to Southampton, Bristol, Clacton. Norwich, B.,:rnstaple, Birmingham. Brighton and Lowestoft. The wireless sets are standard Philco models.
AUSTIN STARTS " SWEEP " SCHEME r't
A BALLOT incentive scheme for
employees was announced by Mr. L. P. Lord, chairman of the Austin Motor Co., Ltd., in London, on Monday. Five prizes will he awarded each week and will be paid in every week in which dispatches of cars and commercial • 22
vehicles reach 1,700. The first prize will be £75, and will rise to £712 10s. when 3,400 vehicles are dispatched in a week.
Those qualified to take part in the prize scheme must have been with the company for at least three consecutive months, must have qualified for a goodtime-keeping bonus during that week and must, in the opinion of ay!. supervisory staff, have contributed fully to the output.
LA. STOCK TRANSFERRED
(IN March 1, London Transport
4i• per cent. L.A. stock was converted to British Transport 3 per cent. Guaranteed stock, 1978-88, calculated at the rate of £128 10s. of the new stock for each £100 of the old stock. The value of the stock for conversion has been agreed between holders and the Ministry of Transport at 128i per oent.
OF 10,000 concerns asked to make arrangements for unloading goods which arrived on Saturdays, only 1 per cent, replied, said Mr. S. W. Broadhead, at the annual meeting of the council of Bradford Chamber of Commerce, last week.
Speaking of delays to road haulage vehicles, particularly at docks, MT. Broadhead cited the case of a Yorkshire textile manufacturer who sent 38 cases of goods by road for shipment from Birkenhead. The lorry arrived at the docks at 1.30 p.m., but was not unloaded until 6.30 p.m. on the following day.
Complaint of delays to road transport at open-cast coal workings was made by Ald. Charles Holdsworth, Mayor of Halifax and chairman of the West Riding (Leeds) Area of the Road Haulage Association, at the annual meeting of Halifax Chamber of Com merce. He suggested that there was need for a better method of allocating loads, so that vehicles could be turned round more quickly.
BRITISH JEEP FOR FARMERS
DETAILS are expected shortly to be announced of a new British vehicle which is capable of working on the land as well as on the road. It is being developed by a famous Coventry manufacturer of medium-priced ears, and is of the Jeep type. It has four-wheel drive and is understood to be semisubmersible.
The Jeep has become extremely popular in agriculture in America, and many British farmers have bought exArmy models.
ROYAL PATRONAGE FOR JUBILEE CONFERENCE
QUEEN MARY has consented to bestow her patronage on the Jubilee Conference of the Institute of Public Cleansing, to be held at Margate from June 14-18. Full details of the programme of the conference are at present being discussed, but the following papers will be presented:—" Human Engineering," by B. Misselbrook; "A Layman Looks at Public Cleansing," by Coun. D. Kaherry; "Snow Clearance' by J. R. Cowan; "Problems and Methods of Refuse Collection." by J. Forton; and "Refuse Disposal: Present• day Problems," by Colin Clegg.
ST. HELENS NOT TO CARRY "PARCELS b; the A N eobjection laid Road Haulage Association in the House of Commons has caused St. Helens Corporation to withdraw from its Bill a clause seeking power. to collect and deliver parcels. The R.H.A. pointed out that unfair competition with local parcel carriers would be created, and that the corporation would be able to subsidize its services from the rates.
ACCESSORY PRICES REDUCED
SUBSTANTI AL reductions in the selling prices of some of the. accessories which it markets are being made by Wingard (M.A.), Ltd., Kingsham Road, Chichester. An interim price list is being prepared.