Mr. Gough Relinquishes Chair in Wales
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AFIER several highly successful years as chairman of the Motor Omnibus Proprietors Association and, later, of the C.M.U.A. South Wales Division (in which the former body is incorporated), Mr. W. E. Gough has relinquished that position. At the division's annual meeting on November 26, Mr. E. V. Ralph, of Abertillery, was appointed chairman. Mr. H. Aubrey Taylor (Swansea) is vicechairman.
Members of the executive committee are as follow:— '
Messrs. Rowell M. Davies (Abercynon); W. E. Gough (Cardiff); Guy Bows (Chepstow); J. D. EVIL118 (POrt Talbot); Valdar Jones fSkewen); A. E. Brewer (Maesteg),• David Jones (Tieharris); Jack Williams (heath); T. J. Jones fBrynmawr); Theo. T. John (Gorseinon); Col. R. G. Llewellyn (Neath).
The Joint Conciliation Board for the bus industry in South Wales comprises the following:
Messrs. W. E. Gough, Guy Bows, Howell M. Davies, Valdar J02103, E. V. Ralph, T. J. Jones; Messrs. David Jones, J. D. Evans, A. E. Brewer and Jack Williams are on the reserve panel.
At the annual dinner, which followed the meeting, Alderman Herbert Hiles, B22 M.B.E., J.P., Lord Mayor of Cardiff, referred to the fact that 725,000 workers were engaged in road transport. Although, he said, £71,000,000 a year was contributed by motor users in taxation, the roads were still far from safe.
Col. Arthur Jerrett, national president of the C.M.U.A., stressed the fact that the door was wide open to an amalgamation with A.R.O. He expressed the hope that the fusion would still be carried out. He agreed that it was extremely difficult for road-transport operators to unite, because of their widely divergent interests.
Col. jerrett declared that the limits of equity in restriction had been far exceeded and he described the licensing system, which deprives an operator of all security of tenure, as "scandalous."
Mr. Trevor M. Williams, F.I.S.A., announced that nearly 200 new members had joined the South Wales C.M.U.A. since the beginning of the year. Road transport, he added, had Provided rural. dwellers with town
amenities. He also paid a warm tribute to Mr. Clifford Thomas, divisional secretary.
Mr. Thomas strongly criticized the penalties imposed upon road-transport operatives and operators by some South Wales magistrates, and called for the establishment of special motoring courts. He declared that South Wales
operators would be ready to use oil from -coal so soon as it became a com
mercial proposition, and he called for Government assistance in the development of this new phase of industry. He also drew attention to the need for a bridge over the River Severn.
Stressing the importance of belonging to an association, Mr. Thomas pointed out that the subscription to the C.M.U.A. was lower than that paid by some workers to their trade unions. Other speakers were Col. R. G. Llewellyn, 0.B.E., J.P., D.L.: Mr.
W. E. Richardson, M:I.E.E.,A.M.Inst.T., general manager of Aber-, dare transport department ; Mr. E. v.. Ralph and Mr. J. L. Kinder.