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and the district organizer, Mr. C. W. Lewis, was present.
Conditions of carriage were considered and recommendations made, and a committee of seven Was appointed 'to go into the question of rates thoroughly and report back to a further meeting 'on November i2, after which the committee will attend the meeting at Wolverhampton on November 18. At this meeting the principal speaker will he S.T.R., The Commercial Motor costs expert.
London C.M.U.A.'s Firestone Visits.
The London and Home Counties Division of the C.M.U.A. has received an invitation from the Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., Brentford, to visit its works on November 15 and 23, at 2.30 p.m. in each case.
Mr. Kinder at Two A.R.O. Meetings.
Two open meetings, organized by the A.R.O. East Lancashire Area, are to be addressed by Mr. J. L. Kinder. They will be held at the Victoria Hotel, Bolton, on November 14, at 7.30 p.m., and at the Roebuck Hotel, Chapel-enle-Frith, on November 17, at 7.30 p.m Mr. E. Nugent Linaker will also speak on each occasion. The Altrincliam Sub-area hot-pot supper is to take place at the United Services Club, Moss Lane, Altrincham, on November 16.
Aspects of Our Legislation.
The divisional organizer of the C.M.U.A., Mr. T. -W. Read, made an interesting statement at Worthing, last week, speaking at an Association meet-ing on "Transport and Business." He was dealing with the legislation, as existing in this country, and revealed. that there were 2,000 offences and 600 regulations to remember. He criticized the question of the need for a road operator in any district to be proved.
PROTEST ON EMPLOYERS' METHODS.
The Association of British Chambers of Commerce is seeking the views of constituent Chambers, as to contravention of statutes and regulations concerning drivers' hours and unauthorized use of vehicles, and as to the use of goods trailers behind private
cars. In a resultant discussion at' Dewsbury Chamber of Commerce, recently, Mr. W. E. Gundill (president) declared that the long hours which some lorry drivers were having to evork constituted a scandal. There was a use for road vehicles, he remarked. but long journeys and almost unlimited weights made the position scandalous.
Although he had no financial interest in the railways, he thought that, from a broad national point of view, the railways should be used for transporting many of the heavy loads which
were seen on the roads to-day. He agreed that the bigger concerns of road haulage operators made proper provision for the relief of drivers, but many of the smaller undertakings tried to compete by committing breaches.
Mr. C. S. Wooldridge said the Association required evidence in support of the contention that the regulations were not being observed, and suggestions as to how contravention could be prevented. Mr. Gundill said: " We cannot say we can give evidence, but we are of the definite opinion that the law is being evaded."
With regard to the use of goods trailers behind private cars, the feeling was in opposition to this practice.
Coach and Transport Association Function.
The seventh annual dinner and dant•e of the Coach and Transport Association (Midlands Area) will take place at the Bell Hotel, Leicester, on Monday, December 12, at 7 p.m.