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Piece
Representations from Road Haulage Wages Board
Catalogue reference: MT 55/207
What’s it about?
This record is about the Representations from Road Haulage Wages Board dating from 1939-1940 in the series Emergency Road Transport Organization. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 55/207
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939-1940
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Description (What the record is about)
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Representations from Road Haulage Wages Board
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- ZV 7/13/21
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2212853/
Series information
MT 55
Emergency Road Transport Organization
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