Socialists Will Not Restrict Removers
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'T HREE assurances that the furniture I remover as such would not be affected by renationalization were given by Mr. Ernest Davies, Labour M.P. for Enfield East, on Tuesday, at a meeting of the Metropolitan Area of the National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers.
In discussions within the Labour Party on the future of transport, said Mr. Davies, he had at no time heard it suggested that there should be any change from the principle established under the Transport Act. 1947, whereby furniture removals were classed as an excluded traffic. Only to the extent that furniture removers carried other traffic would there be any question of the curtailment of their activities.
A joint committee of the 1.abour Party and the T.U.C. were discussing the future of transport and the details had not yet been worked out. It was certain that some haulage businesses would be taken over or restricted, although it would be a mistake to assume that the pattern laid down in the 1947 Act would be followed.
There would have to be some control over the C-licence holder. With certain exceptions, he would have to prove that his goods could be carried most economically in his own vehicles.
In reply to a question, Mr. Davies expressed the opinion that it had been a mistake to exclude British Road Services from licensing under the 1947 Act.
Mr. Davies, who is chairman of the Labour Party Parliamentary Transport Committee, • emphasized that he was giving his own vieivs.
NEW DUMPER FROM LEYLAND
AN addition to the Leyland range is a short-wheelbase Super Comet dumper with a gross rating of 14 tons. The vehicle, known as the 14SC.5R and L (in rightand left-hand-drive forms), has a wheelbase of 9 ft. 10 in. and an overall length of 16 ft. 41 in. The dumper is powered by an oil engine developing 110 b,h.p. The transmission includes a five-speed gearbox and a twospeed axle is offered as an alternative to a hub-reduction axle.
Designed for quarry and site work, for which application no purchase tax is payable, the dumper has a short, stiff frame, with tipping angle of up to 70 degrees. The steel body has a scow end and a cab-roof protecting canopy. For high-angle tipping the body can be lowered hydraulically.
EASING EASTER CONGESTION
TO help avoid traffic congestion at Faster, the A.A. and R.A.C. will report trouble spots to the police so that action can be taken immediately. Reports will bc made as soon as jams occur, or when traffic begins to slow up.
The A.A. will use spotter aircraft besides mobile radio patrols, and will make special observations so that alternative routes can be suggested when jams begin to build up.