INSURANCE COMPANIES AND NIGHT-RUNNING RISKS A T the 70th annual general
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meeting of the Liverpool Cart and. Motor Owners' Association, at Liverpool, Mr. W. J, Harper, who presided, referred to the unique achievement, in conception and execution, of the Port of Liverpool Road Transport Control. But, owing to the Government's Road Haulage Scheme, it had to go
In general discussion, the question was asked how could hauliers respond to the Government's appeal to operate their vehicles for longer periods, such as by night running, in view of the attitude of the insurance companies which, in some cases, had refused to accept , vehicle risks when night running was involved. In other words, where the Insurance had been accepted, the companies had fixed a high excess margin to discount the amount of potential risk.
In view of the Government's scheme, there is a strong feeling in Liverpool !haulage circles that there should be some official intervention to free the haulage industry from this impediment for full operation of vehicles, RETURN CEMENT BAGS FOR RE PULPING
THE cement industry uses some
75,000,000 bags in a year. Of these, only about one-third find their way back to the mills. This means an annual loss of 15,000 tons of most valuable pulp, and as shortage of paper for them is becoming so acute, the distribution of cement may soon be seriously affected.
Bags should not be mixed with local waste, but sent only to those mills .-which °produce the special Kraft paper of which they are made. Their addresses can be obtained from Harding and Pegg, Ltd, 52, Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.1.
HEAD-LAMP MASKS AVAILABLE FROM STOCK
nUR issue dated January 2 contamed a letter from a well-known .ihaulage company, expressing the view that there was considerable delay in obtaining. suitable masks for head lamps. Accordingly, the East London Rubber Co., Ltd., Warton Road, • StratfOrd, London, E.15, which has branches in a number of provincial centres, draws our attention to the fact that it is able to supply the Kerry regulation-pattern mask from stock. It is available only with a 9-in. diameter, but it can be cut to suit all
sizes of head lamp. It is of heavy gauge and good quality, and sells at Sc., special terms being quoted for quantities.
WHY GOVERNMENT SCHEME , SHOULD BE SUPPORTED
, DDRESSING a mass meeting at .1-1.Burton a few days ago, Mr. W. G. '
Cooper the chairman of the Burton I and South Derbyshire Sub-area of
gave two main reasons why the Governinent's haulage scheme should receive.the support of the roadtransport industry. Support was sought on patriotic grounds, and if operators did not want to see nationalization and
the requisitioning of their vehicles it was up to them to ensure the success of the scheme.
In the absence of a national policy, and framework it was difficult for operators to adjust their own businesses to fit in to the best advantage of the country, and there was a natural tendency for individuals to' fix priorities largely in accordance with the convenience of loads and distances.
LANCASHIRE HAULAGE BUSINESS CHANGES HANDS
VUE are advised that the old-estabVV lished Lancashire haulage business of the Lake Carrying Co., of Littleborough, which for Many years has
operated a service between Manchester
and Hull, has changed hands. The new owner is Mr. William McClean, whose portrait appears on this page. He is the managing director of H. Swain and Co., Ltd., of Manchester, which also operates a service on the same route. The two companies had been competitors for years, and the take-over will eliminate any overlapping on this route.
The new owner is a well-known roadtransport personality in the Manchester area, being a practical man of long experience.
SCOTTISH BUSINESS TRANSFER
WE learn that Wilson Bros. (Carriers), Ltd., 10, Canal Street, Johnstone, has taken over the oldestablished business of Downer and Co., 29, High Street,, Johnstone.
BID TO RESERVE TRANSPORT DEPOT CLERKS
THERE is serious concern in Glasgow because of the possibility of clerks at Carriers Quarters being called up for military service, thus adding to transport difficulties. The Scottish Carriers Association, however, has advised its members that the Standing Joint Committee has taken up with the Ministry of Labour and National Service the position of senior depot clerks in the road-transport industry and, we understand, that there are hopes that the situation may be relieved.
UNITED SERVICE TRANSPORT CO. HAS HIGHER PROFIT
IN the year. ended. September 30, 1941, /the United Service Transport. Co. made a profit of 222,917, compared with 216,661 in the previous ' yeir. Depreciation takes £9,366 and wardamage contribution 23,781. The total participating preference dividend amounts to 10 per cent., and on the ordinary shares 13.614 per cent, is being paid. The amount to be carried forward is £101.
INDUSTRY BEING SHATTERED, SAYS M.A.A. PRESIDENT "
Laof OOK at the Government Depart ments 'which are controlling us. When you shatter industry by that, control, and remove from industry every scrap of the initiative which made the industry of this country the envy of the world, you ought to replace that initiative with something better than a multiplicity of forms." With these outspoken comments, Mr. G. W. Lucas, president of the Motor. Agents' Association, recently addressed the East Wales division of the Association, at Cardiff.
He went on to say how many appeals had been made, in vain, to the Ministry of War Transport, and he asked the Transport Commissioner for South 'Wales to mobilize the motor industry in his area.