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THE SEARCH FOR STANDARD CONDITIONS OF CARRIAGE
nNE of the difficulties confronting IL/the haulage industry is the differences between the various conditions of carriage which exist. The Ministry of War Transport, in connection with its Road Haulage Scheme, took the bull by the horns and produced its own set after consultation with some of those people most intimately concerned, the hope being expressed that these conditions would eventually become the standard for the industry.
Apart from minor alterations, the Ministry's product remains unchanged. However, there was still a certain atriount of disagreement with it in other sections of the industry, and another set of conditions has been prepared by the Road and Rail Conference for use, as is obvious, with both means for transport, in so far as haulage by road is concerned.
Previous to this the National Conference of Express Carriers had their own conditions, issued in 1938. Now, at the suggestion of this body,
the through an appropriate subcommittee, is to take steps to co-ordinate these varyingconditions with a view to instituting a set which it can. recommend for adoption by the road-transport industry generally.