Door to Door Not Enough
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ROAD transport has always prided itself on door-to-door service, but according to Mr. R. E. G. Brown, secretary of the London and Home Counties Division of the Traders' Road Transport Association, the idea of transport starting at one point and finishing at another is outdated. It is, he maintains, a continuous process from the factory floor to the retail outlet. He made this point in a vigorous talk on the Association's survey of C-licence transport at a divisional luncheon in London last week.
I wonder how many of the transport managers present took his advice and told their directors how little their efforts were appreciated. Even more to the point, what was the result? "C-licence transport is like water out of a tap," he said. "As long as it runs it is taken for granted."
Flag of Convenience
AR. BROWN gently twitted his chairman, Mr. E H. Layton, 19/11 transport manager of W. H. Smith and Son, Ltd., on the use of a flag of convenience for part of the company's fleet. Mr. Brown was, of course, referring tp the A licences under which the vehicles of W. H. Smith's transport offshoot are run. But W. H. S. (Transport), Ltd., had to go to appeal in 1947 to establish the right to the flag. The Metropolitan Licensing Authority had refused an A licence, and suggested an application for a B licence. The Tribunal's judgment in favour of the company established case law.
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Charged to Entertaining
ACCORDING to "U.K. Trade with Scandinavia and /-3Finland," published by the Federation of British Industries, selling to Norwegians can be expensive. Apparently income tax in Norway is even more ferocious than in Britain and there is little point in a man earning more than £1,400 a year. Moreover, the amount he can spend on business entertaining is limited. Foreign salesmen are expected to provide the entertainment, and the Germans are lavish with it. Mr. Gaitskell, please note.
Moscow-bound
BBOYS from Great Yarmouth Grammar School arc likely in 1961 to join the coach pilgrims to Moscow. The school aims to buy a 29-seater next September and the handcraft department will install sleeping bunks during the winter. The cost of the trip is estimated at £25 a head.
The Real Thing
SIMMS stole the Smithfield Show with a replic of an old English country inn, which they managed to tu into their stand. It was perfect in every detail, even to a rofessional barmaid, hand picked from a short list, and old ad ertisements for livestock sales. Mr. Alan Hess, whose idea it was, aimed to make English farmers feel at home, but it was e overseas visitors who were particularly captivated by the tmosphere. "The Simms Arms 'S is likely to be a topic of conversation in Canada for some time.
The Week's Thought
IF you are going to brzak a regulation, never ask permission to do so first of all, otherwise you are heading for two punishments instead of one.—Lord Brobazon of Tara.