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That was the year...
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CM was launched in 1905; tor our centenary year we're bringing you stories from years gone by. This week we're back in 1922 and 1972.
1917 1922 1918 The Irish parliament ratifed the Anglo-Irish treaty — the
1919
British government released the remaining Irish political prisoners and Michael Collins became head of the Irish Provisional Government. In June the Irish Civil War broke out; in August Michael Collins was killed.
Picking up speed
New transport laws proved potent. In a prelude to road friendly suspension, CM reported: "It is recommended that the minister shall have power to authorise a greater speed limit than 16mph for heavy motorcars fitted with pneumatic tyres and exceeding four tons.., when he is satisfied that pneumatic tyres adequate for this purpose are available."
Useless French... railways
C'M quoted figures from French magazine l'Auto showing that since 1914 the number of freight vehicles on French roads had risen from 8,000 to 93,000. CM said:"This fact accentuates the fiasco of the French railway goods traffic." saying hauliers benefitted from its "decrepit service at exorbitant rates", which no doubt allowed road transport operators to scoop up the loads.
Grateful Swiss
One CM scribe had the onerous task of journeying to Switzerland to report on developments in motor transport: The coming of the motor vehicle has effected an even greater revolution in the lives of the Swiss villagers than among those who live in countries where transport is comparatively easy."
1972
Nolan Bushnell founded Atari and, with his employee Al Acorn, invented Pong, a video game with a liquid crystal screen that grossed $11m within a year and spawned generations of game-obsessed teenagers. In New York the twin towers of the World Trade Centre were completed and the last US ground troops pulled out of Vietnam. In the UK dockers launched a national strike.
What's in the back?
CM reported on the government's crack down on overloaded trucks, quoting an official from the Department for the Environment: "In the past some unscrupulous operators have overloaded in order to obtain illicit financial gain." It proposed a £50 fine offending drivers would have to offload goods before being allowed to continue their journeys.
Value for money?
MPs planned an in-depth examination of value for money in transport.The eight-man team was to look at whether the public was fully repaid for its investment in roads and public and commercial transport. It wanted witnesses to report effects of transport on pollution, road pricing, parking and traffic planning.
Kill it now!
Ken Jackson,Transport & General Workers Union national secretary for commercial road transport, continued his campaign for a dissolution of the industry's Wages Council, saying it "only serves the interests of mean-minded, pennypinching haulage bosses. Let's bury it and bury it deep."