CONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF NEW HAULAGE PLAN T East Midland Area Committee
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of A.R.O., meeting at Leicester under the chairmanship of Mr. W. G. Cooper, considered the Government's plans for the control. of long-distance road haulage.
It was felt that the committee had no alternative but to accept the declaration of the Minister of War Transport that the scheme was vital to the national interest. This acceptance was, • however, made conditional upon the implementation by • the Minister of his assurance that the control was solely a war-time measure, and would terminate with the cessation of hostilities. In addition, the committee, realizing the urgency of obtaining modifications of certain of the operational details of the• scheme, is arranging to submit constructive criticism through the appropriate channels.
BENEVOLENT FUND'S LONDON MEETING
rrHE a.g.m. of the Motor and Cycle 1 Trades Benevolent Fund, Loudon Centre, will be held at 2.20 p.m., on December 1, at the Euston Hotel. Figures will be given relating to membership and successful efforts to arrest the decline in this.
B.B.C. TO GIVE THE LORRY A SHOW
A HEAVY lorry is to form the backe't ground for a short musical show to be given on November 25 in the B.B.C. Forces programme, when E. Longstaffe will produce " Hitch Hike," written by Clifford Lewis. The cast will include Syd Walker and Charlie Chester.
COMBINING MAINTENANCE WITH PLEASURE
A FEW days ago we paid a brief .1"-% visit to the premises of Godfrey Davis, Ltd., Coombe Road, Neasden Lane, London, N.W.10, and must confess that our first call was at the Neesden Motor Car Club, of which the secretary is Mr. W. Little, chief production manager of the aforesaid company. This chib is becoming quite a venue for many personalities, apart from those in the motor industry proper, and the interest is enhanced by evenings during which members are entertained by experts in various fields, one forthcoming gathering being to mark a speech from Mr. Quentin Reynolds, himself already a member.
Mr. Little also conducted us around various shops, which are most busily engaked in the overhaul and maintenance of Ford and Fordson vehicles, as the company is a main distributor of this make. The service is most comprehensive, and the stocks of spares, etc., surprisingly large and complete.
We referred last week to the death of Captain P. W. Hattersley, R.E., but we should have added that he was one of the most promising of the younger members of the staff of C.A.V., Ltd. In a letter to us from that company, attention is drawn to his great popularity there and the distress which is felt at his loss.