A CHANGE OF MINISTER?
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It is believed in many knowledgeable quarters that there will be -an important change in the Ministry of Transport, which may be announced officially before this issue is published. The change suggested is for Mr. HoreBelisha, Minister of Transport, to become Minister of Health, his position at. the Ministry of Transport being taken by Dr. E. Leslie Burgin, at present Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade.
Dr. Burgin has been Member of Parliament for the Luton Division since 1631. He is a solicitor, and a member of the firm of Denton, Hall and Burgin, of Gray's Inn. He is a comparatively young man, having been born in 1887. He does not appear to have had any experience in transport matters, but that is the usual course followed in tonnection with the appointment of the head of an important Government Department.
Road Transport Report Nearly Ready.
The Commercial Motor learns that the long-awaited report of the Coordination Sub-committee of the Transport Advisory Council will probably be ready within a month. We gather that the recommendations may not be quite so drastic as some people in the industry have been inclined to think. If this be the case there will be a considerable feeling of relief.
M.P.s Protest Against New Regulations.
Members of Parliament associated with the Road Group and motoring associations met on Tuesday night, when more than 60 of their number signed a petition to the Minister of Transport for the annulment of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations, 1937. It is expected that a plea for the annulment will be debated shortly in the House of Commons.
A large number of detailed criticisms may then be ..stated in the House, but on Tuesday night attention was focused upon only three of the proposals.
B22 Members criticized, for instance, the proposal to require the compulsory carrying of a speedometer, and the regulations empowering a constable in • uniform, or a certified examiner, to inspect and test, either on the road or in any premises, brakes or steering.
Technical Journalists Required.
There are opportunities on several Temple Press journals for automobile engineers possessing certain essential qualifications. These are, chiefly, a world-wide knowledge of automobile engineering, practical experience of motoring, and an aptitude for writing lucid articles on technical and semitechnical subjects. The positions available are for a highly qualified senior (age 30-40) and for juniors (age 20-30).
Written applications (only) should be addressed in the first place to the General Manager, Temple Press Ltd., 5-17, Rosebery Avenue, London, E.C.1, mazked "Technical," with a brief statement of previous career. RAIL SPYING ON HAULIERS?
Allegations of railway espionage on road hauliers were the subject of a vigorous protest by Mr. F. G. Bibbings, secretary of 'A.R.O. Yorkshire Area, at an A.R.O. meeting in Bradford on Tuesday.
Mr. Bibbings said that complaints had been made to him of cases in which it was said that railway employees had been found in the garages of road operators, spying on vehicles, looking at licence discs, and so on. "In my opinion," added Mr. Bibbings, " it is a scandal which reflects the greatest discredit on the railway companies."