T.R.T.A. Reply to B.T.C. Complaints
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EFERRING to complaints by the British Transport Commission about the carriage of goods in C-licensed vehicles, the annual report of the Traders' Road Transport Association says the Commission " should continue to concentrate upon providing as soon as possible rail freight services of such efficiency that they will attract the traffics for which they are best suited, and in sufficient volume, to the ultimate benefit of all concerned.
" In the meantime, it is suggested that the present situation does not justify the continual criticisms of those traders and industrialists who, in the full knowledge of their transport needs, dispatch their goods by road instead of by rail."
The Association's annual meeting will be held at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London, S.W.I, on May 5.
ALL TRADERS' TRANSPORT OUTSIDE SOVIET IS FREE
D EPLYING to a proposal by the• National Union of Railwaymen that ",there should be some geographical limitation and proof of need' applied to C-licensees, Mr. C. E. Jordan, West Midland divisional chairman of the Traders' Road Transport Association, said in Birmingham on Monday: " No country this side of the Iron Curtain has imposed any geographical limit on traders' own transport. The main deficit in B.T.C. finances arises in respect of rail passenger train traffic. Does a Socialist Government propose a restriction in the use of private cars or motor coaches?
"The Licensing Authority for the West Midlands has told me verbally that should C-licence holders have to prove need, it would be necessary to quadruple his staff. There are 127,000 goods vehicles in the West Midland Traffic Area.'
EMPLOYEES SHARE PROFITS
APROFIT sharing scheme for employees has been introduced by Martin Walter, Ltd., Folkestone, designers and builders of Utilecon and Dormobile dual-purpose bodywork. The amount payable to each employee is calculated on his wages. and payment will be made every year after the company's annual meeting.
The first pay out will be this year, when employees will share £25,070. This is equal to 6.5 per cent, of basic wages. or about 3iweeks' pay. Existing incentive and bonus schemes will not he Faceted.