Railways Out for C-licence Traffic
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"THERE are a great many firms who are sending their goods by road in their own C-licence lorries and who would be better advised in their own interests to send them by rail," Sir Brian Robertson, chairman of the British Transport Commission, told members of the Tees-side and South-West Durham Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday.
"We are now making a very special effort to get into touch with such people and to convince them of the rightness of our assertions," he said.
Whilst emphasizing that the B.T.C. were a Transport Commission, and not a railway board, he declared that it was In the general interest that more freight traffic should go by rail. The railways were rapidly increasing the number of scheduled freight trains run at passenger speeds. Sir Brian urged users to discuss their problems with railway officers before building up large fleets of lorries.
INCREASES AT WARRINGTON PARE increases designed to yield I £19,425 a year are to be introduced by Warrington Transport Department on Sunday. There will be a 2d. minimum rate, and all other fares will be raised by Id.