WHEELS of INDUSTRY
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"The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which it runs. "—John Beanie Crozier.
The Institute of Transport Dinner.
The 12th dinner of the Institute of Transport was held recently at the Connaught Rooms with Mr, Frank Pick, President, in the chair.
The loyal toast was proposed by the President, after which that of "The Institute of Transport" was given by Mr. P. J. Pybus, Minister of Transport, who mentioned that it was significant that the first holder of his office WAS also the Institute's first President. He had been warned not to indulge in controversy, but must refer to the major problem which largely baffled the Royal Commission on Transport—the question of the relationship which should prevail between rail and road. There is not a civilized country in the world which does not find itself faced with economic difficulties arising out of mal-adjustment in its transport system.
Mr. Pick replied, and following this the toast of "The Guests" was given by . Colonel Sir Joseph Nall, D.5.0., a Past President, the responses being made by the Rt. Hon. Lord MacMillan, P.C., and Major Walter E. Elliot, M.C., Financial Secretary, to the Treasury. • Our "Here's One."
Humour often occurs at unlikely times and in uncertain places, as is borne out by the picture which is published this week in our "Here's One" feature on page 157. Someone in the employment of R. W. Watkinson, Ltd., a Leeds transport concern, possesses a ready wit, for on the back of a 10-ton Lancashire boiler comprising the load carried by an A.E.C. Mammoth Major six-wheeler run by this company the appeal " Stop me and buy one" has been scrawled. It is a quaint adaptation of a slogan which has won a front place in modern advertising methods.
A Fitting-out Number of "The Motor Boat."
All who are interested in motor boating—whether they be beginners or old hands—should not miss the Special Fitting-out Number of The Motor Boat, to be published on Friday, March 18th. Apart from articles dealing with the fitting-out of all types of craft—motor boats, auxiliaries, and outboard launches and cruisers—this issue will contain a number of contributions specially helpful to novices. The subject of accessories will also be comprehensively covered. The Fitting-out Number of The Motor Boat, price 4d., will be on sale at all bookstalls and newsagents.
Complaint About Dock Facilities.
At a meeting of the Manchester and Liverpool section of the Institute of Transport Mr. Norman E. Box, of Norman Box, Ltd., the well-known heavy-haulage Concern, of Manchester, spoke of the inadequacy of the loading and unloading facilities at Liverpool in connection with the transport to and from the docks of heavy goods such as machinery.
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Sir George Beharrell to be President of the F.B.I.
At a meeting of the Grand Council of the Federation of British Industries -held last Wednesday, Sir George Beharrell, D.S.O., was nominated to succeed Sir James Lithgow, Bart., as President of the Federation 'for the coining year. Subject to confirmation, Sir George will enter upon his new office some time next month.
He was born at York in 1873 ami was educated at Almondbury, Yorks., and Leeds University. Entering the service of the North Eastern Railway, he became assistant to the general manager, and later commercial agent.
He occupied many important positions during the war, such as Assistant Inspector of General Transportation and, later, Director of Statistics at the Admiralty. From 1919 to 1922 he was Director-General of Finance and Statistics at the Ministry of Transport. He is now managing director of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., and a director of Imperial Airways, Ltd.