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C.M.U.A. APPOINTS MANY NEW OFFICERS.
The following is a list of recent appointments and changes of officers in the London and Home Counties Section and Divisional Areas of the C.M.U.A. :
London and Home Counties: Mr. Raymond Birch is now a member of the Divisional Committee. Mr. H. G. Greenbury, district organiser. Mr. E. R. H. Davies to represent the Enfield and -District Area on the Divisional Committee. Mr. G. W. Wright to the Ancillary Sectional Board.
Bournemouth and District: Mr. A. W. Lisby, chairman; Mr. G. E. Edmonds, vice-chairman; Mr. S. .B. Lovell, hon. secretary. Mr. Edmonds is alsoon the Haulage Sectional Board, and Mr. Lovell is district organizer. Mr. A. W. Rogers is now on the Divisional Committee.
Grays and District: Mr. E. Harris is on the P.S.V. Sectional Committee.
C.M.U.A. Manchester Supper Plans.
Although it is not doe to take place until Tuesday, November 23, arrangements are already well in hand for the annual hot-pot supper held by the C.M.U.A. Manchester Area. The event is usually attended by about 500 members arid friends, and, as this means that the accommeidation is booked to capacity, the organizers appreciate provisional reservations being made as far in advance ais possible.
Easing the Lot of Plymouth Hauliers.
Several matters of considerable importance to local hauliers are being taken up by A.R.O. Plymouth Subarea committee. Mr. R. W. Fennarnore, hon. secretary, has written to the superintendent of the Great Western Railway Docks in the hope that something may be done to facilitate the collection of goods by hauliers from Trinity Pier.
Mr. Fetinamore has also written to the town clerk of Plymouth with reference to the waiting list of drivers kept by the Plymouth transport authority. It is felt that the authority should conform with the Government's request and obtain men through the Labour Exchanges, as most other employers do, for under the present system there is nothing to prevent an already employed driver from placing his name on the list and securing a job.
An entertainment committee, consisting of Messrs. J. Metcalfe (chairman of the sub-area), J. R. F. Bradford, K. G. Powell, Baker and the secretary, has been set up to .arrange a winter programme of lectures and similar events.
Public Bodies Back Tamar Bridge Plan.
Further support obtained from public bodies for the Tamar Bridge proposal was reported at last week's meeting of A.R.O. Devon and Cornwall Area.
The town clerk of Plymouth wrote that the Council would send a representative to a conference if one were called B24 by the Ministry of Transport. and a similar communication was received from the Cornwall Farmers' Union. The secretary of Plymouth Chamber of Commerce stated that that body would give wholehearted support to the project, for it considered that a road. bridge across the Tamar was a necessity.
On the suggestion of Mr. Humphrey Cooke, lion. secretary of the MidCornwall Sub-area, the committee decided to arrange a meeting with representatives of the Cornwall Meat Trades Association to discuss the insurance of livestock in transit. He pointed out that it was possible to insure only against collision.
C.M.U.A. Dinner: Apply Early.
Early application is necessary for the few remaining tickets for the C.M.U.A. London and Home Counties Divisional dinner and dance, which is to be held at the Park Lane Hotel, on November 10. The price of tickets is 17s. 6d. Application should be made to the divisional secretary., C.M.U.A., 50, Pall Mall, London, S.W.1. THEY HAVE TO PAY TO LOSE THEIR BUSINESSES!
Examples of how Ulster hauliers were expected to pay for the privilege of having their businesses taken over by the Northern Ireland Transport Board were 'cited at a meeting of the Provincial Hauliers Association, last week. A member stated that he had made a claim for £60 for his lorry; the Board had sent him an account for over £62 for repairs and depreciation. Another member, who had claimed £40 for his vehicle, received a bill for repairs amounting to nearly £58.
Representatives of the Association have recently met the committee set up to consider operators' grievances against the Act under which the Board had been established.
The Association arranged to hold a special meeting in Belfast yesterday (Thursday) to decide, whether to associate with Mr. W. j. Stewart's Progressive Unionist Party and to support it at the next general election.
Speaking at a demonstration in County Fermanagh, last week, Sir Basil Brooke, Bt., M.P., Minister of Agriculture, defended the working of the Transport Board.
C.M.U.A. Visit to Ford Works.
A second visit of members of the C.M.U.A. to the Ford works at Dagenham has been arranged for September 8. , Applications for tickets, which are complimentary, should be made to the London and Home Counties divisional secretary, C.M.U.A., 50, Pall Mall, London; S.W.1.