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The Men Who Run A DAILY paper recently Our Main Railway published interesting
Systems figures concerning the rulers of our railways. In the case of the L.M.S., the number of directors is 20, their annual fees £25,000, and their average age 67, the oldest being 80. The L.N.E.R. has 21 directors, costing £21,000, with an average age of 57i; the G.W.R., 23 directors, who receive £23,713, and average 61 years,' including two of over 80, whilst the Southern possesses 16 directors, costing £17,860, their age averaging 651. Here, again, two are over 80.
Increase in Licence ik /I ANY readers of newsfees — Not in TaxIVIpapers must have been
ation considerably startled to learn of the 25 per cent. increase in goods-vehicle taxation. Actually the proposed increase applies only to the special carriers' licences, and not to taxation by unladen weight, which is already enormous, and which, incidentally, is not within the control of the Minister of Transport, but comes within the purview of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The new charges suggested were published in this journal many months ago, and are intended to coincide with the issue of extended-period licences.
Efficient Service that ryNE of the best afterMight Have Been •-•luncheon speeches of the
Better Used. . . past week, we thought, was that delivered by Mr. Arthur Coombe, at the function of the National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers. This one of his "cracks" certainly merits reproduction. Speaking of the efficient but unobtrusive way in which members of his Association had operated during the recent crisis, he said, "Whilst it has already taken Hitler four years to get the Jews out of-Germany, we got them out of Cricklewood in 48 hours." Such a service, he thought, could well be applied to work of greater importance. We agree.