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Personal Para.
Page 91
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We referred in our issue for last week to the probability of Mr. George Munro, C.13.E., being elected' to 'the presidency of the Commercial Motor 'Users Association, and, as mentioned
in our "Loose Leaves," this honour has now been conferred upon him.
Mr. Munro was born in Hampstead Sri 1876 and was educatedat University College School. His first experience with road transport was about the
ear 1898„ when he ran a number of $tam vehicles. At that time this transport section had very little connecton with the main business of George Munro, Ltd., but, shortly after the beginning of the war, he started a roadtransport branch of this business, petrol vehicles being employed, and his .company now possesses some 30 Leylands, ranging from 3i-ton-nem to 10ton six-wheelers, RS well as smaller
vehicles. • Ire is joint managing director, with , his two brothers, of the business, which was founded 70 years ago by his father.
Mr. Munro was one of the founders of the Association and was appointed a vice-chairman in 1922. In addition, he is on the executive committee of the • Autorsobile Association, of which he was one of the first members. At the annual general meeting of the Commercial Motor Users Association held on Wednesday last at the Royal Automobile Club, Mr. A. Whalesby Windsor, M.B.E., was the recipient of an exceptional honour, being presented with the silver medal of the Association as a token of the regard in which he is held by the members and as a mark of appreciation of his work as chief marshal at the C.M.U.A. Parades held annually in London.
Mr. Windsor is very well known in the commercial-vehicle industry, both amongst manufacturers and operators, as the very energetic general sales manager of Leyland Motors, Ltd., with which company he has been associated for over 10 years. He will also be remembered by many as being for many years assistant editor of this journal, only leaving it for Government service during the war.
Use of the New Tyne Bridge by Buses?
The General County Omnibus Co., Ltd., which operates a network of services between Newcastle and various parts of County Durham, has just made an interesting offer to the Newcastle Corporation, namely, to make a payment of 12,000 per annum for the privilege of travelling to and from the city, via the new Tyne Bridge, instead of over the Redheugh Bridge as at present, and upon which there is a toll charge. No decision has yet been announced by the watch committee.
An Ambulance Department for Sheffield.
At a meeting of the tramways committee of the Sheffield Corporation the general manager stated that the work of the ambulance section was increasing. Referring to the large number of calls attended during the week-ends, he raised the question' as to the continuance of the work by his department. He had conferred with the chief constable on the qucestion of whether an ambulance department should be set up for the wholecity and that official bad agreed that this was desirable. It was said that the total number of calls for ambulances during the past year was 30,549.
Promoting Riding Comfort.
In connection with the development of certain typá of municipal vehicle we have, in the past, had occasion to draw attention to the merits of pneumatic upholstery. There is little question that this form of equipment provides considerable riding comfort, which makes it not only suitable for use in motorbuses and coaches but in motor ambulances. Another direction in which its merits should be highly appreciated is' in connection with sleeper coaches, and, if used in the construction of bunts, it should contribute towards restful sleep. David Moseley and Sons, Ltd., Chapel Field Works, Ardwick, Manchester, is stressing these points in connection with the Moseley pneumatic upholstery which, it claims, is entirely without rebound.
Result of an Important Bus-licensing Appeal.
With reference to the brief report on page 102 of our issue doted March 5th, the decision of the Ministry of Transport has now been given on, the appeal of South Wales Commercial Motors, Ltd. (now merged in the Western Wales Omnibus Co., Ltd.) against the decision of the Ogtnore and Garw Urban District Council on the question of an aciquiring company's right to ply for hire with vehicles for whichlicences were granted to an acquired concern.
The Ministry's decision is to the effect that the•company making the purchase should be allowed full benefit therefrom, and the Ogmore and Gam authority has been instructed to regard the licences in question as having been transferred to Soutb Wales Commercial Motors, Ltd.
Safety First Awards to Bus Drivers.
Out of a total of 9,300 drivers employed by the London General Omnibus Co., Ltd., in 1928, 5,320 (or 57 per cent.) received awards in connection with the London " Safety First" Council's freedom-from-accidents competition for that year. The presentations were made yesterday at the Man. sion House by the Lord Mayor.