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At the last meeting of the committee of the Motor Van and Wagon Users' Association, held at i to, Piccadilly, London, W., there were present : Col. R. E. Crompton, C.13., M.I.C.E. (in the chair), Messrs. W. Worby Beaumont, J. L. Farmiloe, W. G. Lobjoit, Lt.-Col. Mark Mayhew. Messrs. Douglas Mackenzie, George Monro, jun., E. Shrapneil Smith (hon. treas.), and W. Rees Jeffreys (secretary).
The following letter was read from the secretary of the Automobile Club in reference to the van trials :-(` I send you herewith, by instruction of the technical committee, a copy of the regulations for the entry and conduct of the light delivery van trials. They have now been completed, and the whole of the points to which your committee drew attention have been considered, and, it is believed, embodied in these regulations. The time left before the necessary circulation of these regulations is so short, that it is hoped that they are in every way satisfactory, and that no occasion now remains for any further conference concerning them." After some discussion, during which the preliminary suggestions to the club were read, and various points gone into, the regulations were f u 11 y considered by the meeting, and, on the proposal of the chairman, it was agreed to recommend to the club that the judges should be eight in number, and that during the trials the judges should meet every evening for the purpose of receiving the observers' reports and dealing with the various matters that would arise; also that the quorum of judges should be three, and further that the appointment of the judges should be made at an early date, so as to enable them to meet together to come to a decision on the points which would arise in connection with the trials.
A revised statement of smoke prosecutions was submitted and considered. After some discussion, it was suggested that a letter might be written giving advice as to the best method of dealing with cases, having regard to the results of previous prosecutions. It was resolved that the Motor Union should be asked to make a grant towards the expense of the first most promising case, and this was agreed to The points to be determined are :—(a) The boundary line between registering under the Traction Engine or Motor Car At:ts, and (b) a definition of " temporary," as applied to any emission of smoke or steam. A list of questions to be filled up by members receiving claims for Extraordinary Traffic damages was considered, and revised, in order to be printed.
The reply of the Yorkshire County Council, enclosing a copy of the order restrictive of heavy motorcars on certain bridges, was read. It was resolved to write to one or two members in the district, asking them whether the restric.. tions were in the nature of a practical inconvenience to users in the locality. A letter was also read from the Aberdeen County Council, stating that they had not yet closed any bridges to heavy motorcars. "The commercial motor
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THE MOTOR VAN. . & WAGON USERS' ASSOCIATION, . . 16, Down Street, W.
The Organisation tor an users anti Persons Interested In Commercial Motors of every type.
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W. PEES JEFFREYS.