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iatcher had a rather startling answer question. What would she do with she became Minister of Transport d me some buyers!"
quip from one of the members vas wrongly interpreted as meaning :re was no place for women in the rt world, Mrs. Thatcher replied: ; a woman's world, and the sooner :n appreciate that the better.Hearty
e from all the wives present.
stressed that as transport manage ment requirements became more complicated, intellectuals and "practical men" must come together: practical men had to realize that those entering the industry today had not the time to learn things the hard way, while the academically trained must understand that their qualifications needed the blend of experience before they could achieve success in their chosen field.
The dinner was presided over by the new chairman of the London area TMC, L. F. Hand, who has an impressive string of letters after his name: MIRTE, MInstBE, MITA, AMIMI. He did a splendid job of chairmanship, too, keeping some of the passionate questioning on the future of transport managers and their licences well in hand.
tales of self-made men. The latest to come to my attention is an Aussie who has obviously "made it" in a big way. He—Reginald Myles Ansett is the name—started in business 40 years ago with one vehicle. Now he is said to be the biggest road transport operator in Australia. Other interests? He owns a chain of hotels and motels, a tourist coach business, an internal airline and his country's most successful commercial television station.
That television station is to screen the Rudk in v. Rose world bantam-weight title fight on March 8. It's bound to, really, since the boss took it into his head recently that he'd promote the fight. He didn't like the idea of Rose (he's the champ—from Australia, of course) being forced for reasons of mere money to keep defending his title in foreign'parts.
And it all started with one lorry!