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TRANSPORT WAR AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
The meeting had been made an open one, because both the travelling public and the trading community were vitally interested in the railway companies' " square deal " campaign, said Mr. Frank G. Bibbings, licensing and propaganda officer to the Yorkshire Area of A.R.O., addressing a meeting, last week, at Chesterfield. Mr. Bibbings remarked that although the railway companies' exploitation of 'their statutory right to oppose licence applications had proved burdensome and obstructive, the results had fallen far short of railway expectations, With their usual arrogance, the railway companies were demanding that Parliament should immediately introduce further legislation in their favour.
If the railway companies really thought that the British public was going to be bled in order that the railways could pay dividends on an inflated capital of £1,000.000,000 to £1,200,000,000, then they were lamentably out of touch with presentday public opinion, Mr. Bibbings con
tinued. Road transport had contributed to commercial success and the convenience and comfort of the general public, and should not suffer.
Other speakers were Mr. J. J. Granter, chairman of the Yorkshire Area of A.R.O., and Mr. J. I,. Kinder, of A.R.O. headquarters. RAILWAYS "TRYING TO HOLE IN
ONE "E " The railway companies are like the golfer who is driving a tremendous distance and tries to bole in one," said Mr. A. Mycoe, of Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., at the annual dinner of the Manchester Traffic Association, last week, He hoped the campaign of the railway companies would finish in a square deal for everyone, traders as well as companies. Mr. Francis J. Grundy, J.P., president cf the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, condemned rate-cutting.