FROM OUR HOST OF GOOD WISHES.
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THE HON. ARTHUR STANLEY, M.P.
I consider the time ripe for such a journal as "THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR," and congratulate you on your having „taken up the Editorship of a paper which will be so useful to the industry.
MR. SIDNEY STRAKER, M.inst.Mech.E., President of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
I shall always be pleased to assist you and Mr. Shrapnell Smith in giving information concerning trade matters from time to time, and I wish you all success with your new enterprise.
SIR DAVID L. SALOMONS, Bart.
I observe that another journal has entered the ranks of the Motor Car Press, under the name of "THE ComMERCIAL MOTOR." The nature of the publication fills a gap in this class of literature, Under your Editorship the journal should meet with the success it deserves. Few Editors have been gifted by Nature like yourself, and this advantage has been turned to account by the study and work you have passed through. I trust, therefore, that all your expectations may be realised.
The City Engineer of Liverpool, MR. JOHN A. BRODIE, Manst.C.E.
The present appears to be a very suitable time for the introduction of a paper in connection with the interests of commercial vehicles, such as "Ton COMMERCIAL MOTOR," as, to those who have followed the movement, it is apparent that a period of great activity in connection with motors for commercial purposes is at hand. It cannot be doubted that within the next few years the number of such vehicles will be largely added to, particularly in those classes which include delivery vans, motor omnibuses, and motor wagons.
COL. H. C. L. HOLDEN, R.A., F.R.S., Chairman Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland.
I hope that a few lines from me to wish you success in your new venture will not be out of place at the present moment, when you are entering upon the Editorship of a new journal devoted to the Heavy Motor Vehicle. No one in my opinion should be more capable of dealing with the questions connected with the Commercial Motor Vehicle than yourself, owing to the practically unique experience you have had, and your long connection with the movement, dating back to the earliest days of the Liverpool Self-Propelled Traffic Association. I am quite confident that with your ability and energy to guide it, "Tim COMMERCIAL MOTOR" will not only meet a want, but will gain success and universal support from all those interested in this portion of the Automobile Industry, whether as users or manufacturers of Motor Vehicles.
THE HON. C. S. ROLLS.
I am not one who would hasten to welcome the appearance of another motor paper of the stock kind, for we are flooded with them already, and I doubt if any business man ever has time to read them all, but yours certainly hits the one opening, because the rush for pleasure vehicles, and the interest therein, has been such that no paper that I have noticed has yet felt justified in giving to the commercial motor the space and attention which this branch of the industry really deserves. Great as the motor industry at present is, I believe it is a mere nothing in importance compared with the magnitude of the movement as applied to the motor van and wagon for commercial purposes, when fully developed. No merchant or tradesman can afford to scorn a mode of conveyance which will practically double the range for delivery of his goods and of taking orders, which will do his rounds in half the time at present occupied, which will not tire by day or night,. and which will cost nothing when out of use.
I wish you and "THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR" all suc• cess, which I am sure, with your experience of commercial automobiles, you will have little difficulty in attaining.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.
Notice is hereby given that the annual general meeting of the Motor Van and Wagon Users' Association will be held at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, London, N., on Tuesday, March 21st, for the transaction of the undermentioned business.
The chair will be taken at 5 p.m.
AGENDA.
(I) To confirm the minutes of the previous general meeting.
(2) The consideration and adoption of the report of the executive committee.
(3) The presentation and passing of the statement of accounts and balance-sheet for the year too+
(4) To elect an auditor.
(5) To amend the rules of the Association so that 3 (1) shall read as follows :— " To furnish each member, if thought desirable, with a copy or copies of any periodical or periodicals dealing with matters of interest to members of the Association."
By order of the Executive Committee.
* * * The commemorative luncheon, which has been announced for Tuesday next, promises to be a most interesting function. It is to take place at the Hotel Cecil, at 1.15 for 1.30, when the chair will be taken by Lt.-Col. R.E. Crompton, C.B., who is to be supported by the Chief Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis, the Chairman of the Automobile Club and the Motor Union of Great Britain and Ireland, the Chairman of the Liverpool Self-Propelled Traffic Association, the General Manager of the Great Western Railway Company, the Chairman of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Sir John Wolfe Barry, and many others interested in the problem of road traffic.
The secretary will be pleased to hear from any new members who may wish to be present. Tickets are 15s. each, including \sines.
The annual general meeting of the Association was originally announced to precede the luncheon, but, owing to the expressed desire of member's to attend the Agiticultural Hall Show, which is under their patronage, the hour hai been changed to five o'clock in accordance with the formal notice above. This alteration should be noted to avoid the waste of half an hour at the Hote: Cecil.