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HOW HIRE CARS AFFECT COACH OPERATION.
The damaging effect of fleets of new private hire-cars on the work of coach operators was the subject of comment in the report to the annual general meeting of the C.M.U.A., South-East Lancs. Area. Enquiries with regard to the position in respect of paid holidays have been carried out with particular reference to the p.s.v. drivers, as it is considered that the position of the passenger vehicle Operator differs from that obtaining in goods.transport; it is felt that holidays with pay should not be compulsory so far as passenger drivers are concerned.
The following were elected on the area tomtaittee:—Messre. W. Patton, S. Kay, J. Brame.12, J. P. Etheridge, I. Smith, S. Berry, A. Sheldon, E. G. Buckley, S, H. Walsh, V. I, Morton, H. Berri11, 11. Alien, W. Denton, W. Seddon, R. Ifunt, T. Rathbone, G. Hoyle, F. Rudman, P. Stringfellow, J. Grindrod, J. Lomax end T. Wariyar ten.
In the course of the 29th annual meeting of the Amalgamated Horse and Motor Owners' Association (joint organization with the C.M.U.A. SouthEast Lancs. Area). it was reported that 1,021 applications had been submitted on behalf of motorcoach members of the association.
The constitution of the committee elected was the same as that for the C.M.U.A. South-East Lancs. Area, but with the addition of Messrs. J. G. Thompson and W. H. Butterworth.
Mr. Kinder Lets Them Know.
Confession by the Mayor of Exeter (Mr. R. Giave Saunders) and the Chief Constable of the city (Mr. F. T. Tarty) that they really went to the annual supper of Exeter Sub-area of A.R.O. (last week) to learn " something of the attitude of road-transport executives towards the railways' 'square deal campaign" was, to say the least, a frank admission. They had a good informant, however, in Mr. J. L. Kinder, of A.R.O.
Referring to recent negotiations, Mr. Kinder said it was impossible to put back the clock of road-transport progress. The sooner the railway companies realized this—that road transport was such a vital factor in the economic and industrial life of the country—the better. The railways must realize that they were servants of the public and the public not servants of the railway.
How C.M.U.A. Has .Functioned in Home Counties.
In the divisional annual report for 1938, the C.M.U.A.'s London and Home Counties Division states that the membership and propaganda department was completely reorganized in the middle of last year, and progress is being satisfactorily maintained. During the year 238 new members were secured and total income was increased by about 10 per cent.
The committee would continue to watch most carefully the progress of events in the road-rail question and A34 would endeavour to maintain equity. An active part was being taken in connection with the defence scheme.
The Association had interested itself in various committees which had been formed to deal with holidays with pay, so that road passenger transport might obtain the greatest possible benefit.
New articles of association and draft by-laws had been recently approved by the National Council and would be submitted to an extraordinary general meeting on April 19.
The committee paid tribute to the work of Mr. F. D. Fitz-Gerald (divisional secretary) and Mr. T. W. Read (divisional organizer).
Making Weight Law More Fair.
The B.R.F. has made a recorhmendation to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and to the Minister of Transport, to the effect that provision should be made in the Finance Bill, 1939, that the weight of a goods vehicle, as admitted and certified at the time of registration by a local taxation officer, shall be accepted thereafter for taxation or other purposes, subject to there having been no structural alterations.
Derbyshire Hauliers Associate.
• The constitution of the Derbyshire Road Hauliers' Association was approved, at a meeting at Chesterfield recently, when it was agreed that meetings should be held • at Derby, Matlock, Ilkeston and Ashbourne, with a view to the appointment of local committees and the enrolment of mem. hers. Alderman C. F. White, of Pinxton, the secretary, states that the Association at present has 70 members. ROAD'S DEFENCE PREPARATION MUST NOT LAG.
The vital importance of the roadtransport industry, in the contingency of war, was effectively emphasized by Mr. Peter Thornycroft, M.P., at Birmingham, last week, when he
• addressed (as president) the Road Passenger and Transport Association, on the occasion of a special meeting to consider the emergency scheme.
Mr. D. E. Skelding, manager of the Association, mentioned that there were 43,000 licensed vehicles in the area constituting the West Midlands, of which 33,000 were on C licences. He was told that the railways were adequately organized, in readiness for the fullest possible utilization in an emergency, and they,. as road-transport operators, did not want it to be said that they were lagging behind.
The meeting concluded with the presentation of a gold wristlet watch to Mr. A. L. Stallworthy. enforcement officer to the West Midland Licensing Authority, who leaves this month to take up a post in the Malay States.
New A.R.O. Sub-area in Midlands.
A joint A.R.O. sub-area was instituted at a meeting in Burton-on-Trent, last week, and the district organization has been given the title of the Burton and South Derbyshire Sub-area. Meetings will be held alternately in the East Midland and West Midland areas, the chairman on the East side being Mr. W. G. Cooper and on the West side Mr, T. Watson. A general committee was elected as follows :—Messrs. Watson, Cooper, Fearn, Ball, Lakin, Lloyd, Hutchby, Hollinshead, Whetton 4„nd Lord. The next meeting of the Sub-area will be held at the Granville Hotel, Woodville, on March 23, at 7.30 p.m.