Original Permits : Now or Never
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IMO extension beyond July 31 will. be
I granted to applicants for original permits under the Transport Act. said Major General G. N. Russell. chairman of the Road Haulage Executive, in reply to a question asked at a Press conference last week. _ He said that his .expert' advisers thought that many applicants for original permits would not qualify, aecause the nature of their businesses
had changed since 1946. •
Where a change has taken place in the legal entity of a haulage business by the replacement of partners or directors, or in some other way, the right to an original permit is lost. Nevertheless, hauliers who find themselves in these circurnstartces are advised to apply for original permits in the hope that in hard cases, some sympathy may be shown by the Executive.
All voluntarily acquired companies had received acquisition notices to take effect on August 1, Major General Russell said. This, he.added, did not necessarily mean that the identity of the companies concerned would disappear. No hard-and-fast rule had been laid_ down about the continued use of trade names.
Small Units Disappear
He also said that t1p to June 1, 96 small units had been merged into larger ones and that it was expected that an equal number would disappear in June. Some small premises . that had been acquired were being given up.
Referring to the speeding up of pay meat for undertakings, acquired, Major, General Russell emphasized that tinder' the Transport 'Act, :the amouni to be paid on a provisional .assessment ,must be at least 90 per cent. Of thi filial compensation. Therefore,the provisional ascertainment, must be fairly accurate . and the problems involved-in making it
quickly were .great. . .
Replying to a question on compensa-: lion for loss of office Major •Gerieral, Russell said that the 'Ci6Verntrieht WiiSstill considering the matter.
Reviewing progress to date, he mentioned that 29 district managers and about 70 group managers had been appointed. ,Recruitment from within the industry continued , as far as possible.
1 he Road Haulage Executivewas beginning an advertising campaign, and was looking particularly for contract A business.
AGREED RATES FOR CARRYING SOFT FRUIT
THE Soft Fruit Merchants' Association and the Eastern Area of the Road Ha ulage Association are operating an agreed schedule of rates for the transport of fresh fruit, mainly strawberries, gooseberries and plums, from the Wisbech district to the main market's throughout the country. The rates a!low for empties being carried on retUrn. journeys at the same rate as the gross rate per ton for fruit.
• When More than five hours are taken in 'loading "strawberries or more than three *hours" in loading plums, the haulier is entitled to 'charge I Is. per hotiti WEARING OF THE GREEN
GRADUALLY the familiar creamnd blue colours of the buses of the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., will disappear, writes a Glasgow correspondent. and they will be replaced by green—the original colour of S.M.T. vehicles. Since the British Transport Commission took over the company, eXPeriments have been made* to find a durable colour for the buses, and it has been decided that green has the quality of long life.
Already a few green buses are being run on routes from Edinburgh. The S.M.T. sign, a familiar one in Scotland, will be retained.
It is understood that the Commission Will in the near future take over the S.M.T. Sales and Service workshops at Marine Gardens and that the S.M.T. eb. will 'move its equipment to Roseb urn.