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What the Associations Are Doing
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A.R.O. YORKSHIRE GOODS COMMITTEES SET UP.
The goods committees for the four new divisions of A.R.O. Yorkshire Area have now been set up. Offices have also been opened at Hull and Sheffield, to supplement the area headquarters offices in Leeds. The Hull office, at Oberon Chambers, 45, Queen Street. is . . open on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays; and the Sheffield office, in Change Alley, on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Both offices are under the charge of Mr. M. C. Vickers.
The four new divisions, each with a city as its centre, have been named as follow, the divisional centre being indicated in parenthesis:—
North-Eastern (York), South-Eastern (Hull', Central (Leeds) and Southern (Sheiliel,d). The divisional goods committees' are composed of the following members:— North-Eastern: Messrs, A. Bank's, F. Wright, C. B. Hockley, H. W. Gill; J. W. Sutcliffe, A. C. Bell, H. E. Barker, a Oliver, M. Petch. .f. D. Dennis, W. H. Carr and 1'. Wright. Central: Messrs. Stador, H. Pickard, AH. Butterwiek, W. H. Hoyle, sear., 11. Wilkinson, J. M. Bright, T. Balmer, F. Crowther, W. Storey, T. Forder, H. Smith and J. Keeling Southern: Messrs. A. Beresford, T. Rodwell, H. Redgard, A. Boyle. O. E. ,Dalton, W. Slater,
IL Williamson, G. W. Thompson,
C J. Booth, H. Brown, Tinker and F. Whitley. South Eastern: aptain G. H. Marshall, and 'Messrs_ E. S. Annison. R. • E. Britton, T. H. Langdale, S. Bayes, G. Hunter, H. Y. ,Marshall, W. Wilkinson, H. Shores, W. GrasbY. W. L. Dees, and J. IV. Stephenson.
C.M.U.A. Branch Fornied at Barking.
Following a meetingl held at Barking on Monday, it was decided to form a' sub-area of the C.M.U.A, for Barking and district. The following were elected to the committee : —Messrs. H. Wright, H. H. Crowe, F. Rix, A. Gillam and A. Davis.
Public Backs Road Transport.
In the past few months there has been a definite turn of the public towards road transport, said Mr. R. W. Sewill, national director, at the annual meeting of A.R.O. Cambridge Subarea, last week. The fact that Sir Assheton Pownall's Bill had received a second reading had surprised even its c24 supporters, and showed that the House of Commons had altered its views.
Speaking of beet haulage, Mr. Sewill said that the Association had undertaken to carry 4,000,000 tons in three months. This was the first time that road transport had ever offered to handle a commodity on a national scale. " I have the assurance of the Sugar Commission," he continued, " that before it makes any long-term agreement . . . for 1938 and future years, it will come to A.R.O."
Mr. G. W. Irwin, sub-area hon. secretary, referred to the dangers facing the owner-driver. NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR C.M.U.A. LONDON DIVISION.
Additions have been made to the committee of the London and Home Counties Division of the C.M.U.A., and the following have been elected:— Major J. B.. Elliott, Miss C. Culverhouse, Messrs. A. H. Bourne, J. Brittain, W. J. Eggleton, F. A. Min, F. F. Fowler, J. S. Nicholl, S. D. Oddy, G. Nowell, F. J. Speight, T. R. Sanders, W. A. Simpson and G. Valli.
Mr. H. G. Sweetland has been appointed assistant divisional secretary. P.S.V. MILEAGE UP: ACCIDENTS DOWN.
Although between 1933 and 1935 public-service-vehicle mileage increased by 69,000,000, fatal accidents in which coaches and buses were involved dropped by 331 per cent. This striking fact was revealed by Mr. J. H. Stirk, chairman of the East Midland Traffic Commissioners, at the seventh annual dinner of the Lincolnshire Transport Association, at Lincoln, last week.
He added that, during the past five months, it had been necessary to bring only 36 prosecutions against passenger operators in the East Midland Area, whereas proceedings had had to be instituted in 996 cases against goodsvehicle owners.
Referring to the repercussions frtm the breakdown of the Association merger, Councillor C. B. Ablett, chairman of the Lincolnshire Association, said that it had resulted in the failure to function of the East Midland Joint Conciliation Board. That organization had not met for six months. The Lincolnshire Association had been able to do better than the national bodies.
A.R.O. " Exceeds Wildest Hopes."
Mr. R. W. Swill, national director of A.R.Q., met members of the new divisional committees set up in the Yorkshire Area, at a luncheon, in Leeds, last Saturday.
He said that since January 1, A.R.O. had recovered to an extent which had exceeded even the wildest hopes of its friends. The financial position was good, the membership was increasing and, generally, the organization had entered upon a new lease of life.
Mr. J. M. Bright, of Selby, presided, and other speakers included Captain Marshall, of Hull; Mr. A. H. Butterwick, of Leeds; Mr. Studor, of Goole; and Mr. C. Oliver, of York.