Cotton Commission to Dismiss R.H.E.?
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NDIRECT reference to a dispute between the Raw Cotton Commission nd the Road Haulage Executive was lade in the House of Commons, last
riday, by Mr J R. Bevins. "The lmost unanimous opinion in Lancahire is that the services of the R.H.E.
the transportation of yarn and cloth Lancashire are completely deplorble," he said.
The Commission has approached the 4-orth Western (Western) Area of the load Haulage Association with the !quest that free hauliers should take ver the traffic handled by British Road ervices. Nearly 50 hauliers have een asked urgently to undertake the pork. One hundred vehicles would robably be required each day to carry oods from ships to warehouses and rom warehouses to mills. Deliveries (mild also be required to be made to lolton, Manchester and Macclesfield. Mr. T. S. Jacks, secretary of the Jorth Western (Western) Area of the l.H.A., told "The Commercial Motor" his week that he had asked for a -teeting to be arranged with the Cornlission, but at that time no reply had een received.
It is understood that the dispute etween the Commission and the :.H..E. concerns the Executive's increase f 10 per cent, in rates.