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FRACTION of a penny per packet of detergent—or about one-fiftieth of the 'ertising cost of that packet. . that was proportion of transport costs in the x of articles, said RHA chairman Mr. P. R.. Turner at the annual dinner on Wednesof the Association's West Midland area. We give too little publicity to the extreme ipness of the efficient service provided by road age", he said. "We provide this service in the of many difficulties brought about by the -ference of successive governments and by si direct taxation intended to balance competiin favour of the railways.
Even on such matters as the provision of upon which to park our loaded vehicles night we are more hindered than helped, Nigh there are recent signs that some authos, as in Hull, are anxious to discuss the )1em."
Ir. Turner said he was "still hopeful of a satis)ry outcome" of the RHA-BR-THC talks iland transport.
In the meantime, we have it from Mr. Stanley mond's own lips that, in the long run, he . not want British Railways to own or run own road transport. Under those conditions would be no lack of support for the ghtliner by road hauliers. In fact, the extent ie support might easily prove embarrassing. "In these circumstances it is difficult to understand why the restrictive practices of one trade union are being allowed to hinder the progress of the entire transport industry; and perhaps even more difficult to understand why BR are apparently seeking to extend the problem by making applications in the licensing courts to expand their road fleets_ This in spite of the fact that there are adequate vehicles available for hire."