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• in 40 Years"
THE Transport. Act was the Worst piece of legislation he • had encountered in .40 years' experience, Mr. • J. Foley Egginton, former West . MidlandDeputy Licensing Authority, said at the annual dinner of Hereford , sub-area of,the Road Haulage.ASSocia. tion, last week:
Mr. R. N. Ingram, chairman Of the West Midland Area, said that the R.H.A. was disappointed at the Govern..ment's delay in taking action to denationalize road haulage. The only criticisms from the •industry •about denationalization etnanated' -from tire trade unions, but • he felt that road haulage workers in both State and private-enterprise undertakings were patriotic and would not try to influence the Government by directaCtion.
HAULAGE WAGES: MEETING ON TUESDAY
THE Road Haulage Association told "The Commercial Motor,", this week, that an application from , the workers for a substantial ..incicase in .wages,:was to be heard next Tuesday (April 8) by the Road Haulage • Wages Council. •
The question of raising certain towns from Grade 2 to Gradel has been referred for discussion" lyy the area Organizations of the Wages Council, which will Make their recommendations to the central body. for ratification. It is thought unlikely that the matter of .up-grading will have been settled in time for consideration at next week's meetitig.
This new application comes at a time when the Wages Council hal riot yet: given effect to increases in overtime and other rates for road haulage workers, which have already been agreed between the two sides of the industry. . • ..
NO ALLOA.EDINBURGH SERVICE
A LTHOUGIL ay.:cording to CHI% riT. R. Miller,. there had been a " public outcry " in Alloa. for a direet service to Edinburgh, the ScottiSh Licensing Authority refused a licence . to Seols Gray .CoacheS, Dunfermline; to -provide it, because a sufficiently. *streng case had not been made out. Objections to the firm's proposal came from Scottish Omnibuses, Lid., W. Alexander and Sons, Ltd., and the Railway Executive. For the applicant; Mr. I. It. Wilson said that the direct service would take 1 hr. 40 mins., compared with some -21 hours under the present arrangements.
, LEYLAND'S BIG ORDER
A N EW £250,000 order has been received by Leyland MotorS, Ltd.. from Brazil, for 100 long-wheelbaSe goods vehicles and some 30 dump trucks, all in the Comet 90 range. The machines will be shipped fully erected as chassis and cabs to Goodwin Cocozza, S.A., Rio de Janeiro, where they will be fitted with • locally built bodies and distributed to various• operators: "•