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"Honour Your Pledge," Says Haulage Officer

6th February 1942
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Keywords : Leuchars, Rail Transport

TN his capacity as chairman of the 'Road Transport Section of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, Mr. R. 13. Stockdale, divisional road haulage officer for the North-western area, asked the haulage industry, at the recent meeting of the Conned of the Chamber, to honour its pledge to support the Government. Haulage Scheme.

Reference 'having been made to the fact that Of the vehicles so far offered in the area to form the " hard core" • two-thirds come from Mandhester, Mr. Dan Tohey, who presided, suggested that probably there was more work to be done by Liverpool than by Man-.

• chester vehicles. Perhaps the Liverpool man was more puspicious of Government control.

Mr. Stockdale declared' that the • Government must have 2,500 vehicles from the industry, with which it had entered into a partnership. Meetings A16 of operators held throughout the 'country pledged support for the scheme; they were now asked to honour that pledge.

Mr. Tobey said that possibly some people would prefer to see the vehicles requisitioned than given voluntarily. Certain trades in this' country had bitterly regretted going into partnership with the Government.

Another member of the haulage business questioned whether it, was ever intended that Liverpool should give a lead to the country in the offer of, vehicles for the chartered fleet. They should be obtained from centres where the density of traffic was not so great. Many vehicles were already engaged on work of national importance.

Mr. StockdaIe remarked that such operators, who were not able to offer vehicles on that account,' should come forward and state the facts; it might not be necessary to interfere with them. INDUSTRIAL SPIRITS ILLEGAL • FOR 1,C. ENGINES

INDER S.R. and 0. No. 2127„the %..).Seeretary for Petroleum issues a general licence to any person to furnish or acquire any benzole (other than motor benzole), special boiling-point spirits, white spirit, and rubber solvent without the surrender of coupons; but under S.R. and 0. No. 2128, -the use in i.e. engines of any " industrial !' spirits covered by the licence and obtained without the surrender of ration coupons is prohibited.

WAGES INCREASE: FOR MUNICIPAL BUS EMPLOYEES• ABOUT 65,000 employees of municipal passenger-transport undertakings in the provinees are likely to benefit if a wages recommendation of the National Council for the passenger road-transport industry be endorsed. The Council has agreed on an increase of 4s. per week for male employees over 21 years of age, and 2s. per week for those under 21, as from February 1,

GRANT TO KEEP RAILWAY ROAD OPEN?

D EPRESENTATIVES of Fife County Ft Road Board, the Ministry of War Transport, the Air Ministry, and the L.N.E,R. Co. met recently to discuss the railway company's decision to close to vehicular. traffic ' Station Road, Leuchars. This road has been used as an alternative route for traffic since the closing of the main road. Although it has been closed to ordinary traffic since the outbreak of war, Service buses on the'Newport-St.' AndrewsLeven route have been allowed to use it; this concession is now to be with'drawn. Under existing conditions the effect will be that bus services will bypass both Leuchars and Guardbridge.

In view of the new restriction proposed, the Government departments concerned are prepared to consider giving a grant towards the cost of making Station Road suitable for modern traffic. Meantime, the railway company will not enforce its cloture.

TRIBUTES TO A.R.O. EAST LANCS. SECRETARY

AS briefly reported in last week's issue, a presentation has been made to Mr. B. Winterbottorn, who has been secretary to the A.R.O. East Lancashire Area for almost nine years. The gift took the form of a gold watch, the inscription recording that it was presented by the East Lancashire Area as a token of its appreciation of Mr. Winterhottom's services to the roadtransport industry.

In snaking the presentation Councillor A. Allen, sub-district manager for the Stalybridge district, paid tribute to Mr. Winterbottorn's efforts, not only for East Lancashire but for the industry as a whole. It will be recalled that Mr. Winterbottom recently prepared and presented to the Inland Revenue Authorities the case for an increase in the wear and tear allowance for commercial vehicles operated for hire or reward, with the result that there was an increase of 6 per cent., making 30 per cent. in all, for A-liCensees and a similar increase for B and C operators where they can substantiate the need.


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