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Strong Criticism of Salter Report at Halley's Meeting.

23rd September 1932
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In the absence of the chairman of the company, Kr. G. Wingate, Mr. H. G. Gilchrist, managing director, presided at the fifth annual ordinary general meeting of Halley Motors, .Ltd. After dealing with the accounts for the past year (details of which were given in our issue dated September 9th last), Mr. Gilchrist went on to say that the Etoad Traffic Act struck a staggering Mow at the commercial-vehicle industry. The purchase of passenger-carrying vehicles has been seriously discouraged and there is relatively little or no business being done in this section. Illustrating this point, he said statistics show that, for the muirter ended June, 1930 (that is to gary, prior to the pass

ing of the Act), 2,3E17 new vehicles with seating capacities exceeding 24) were registered, as against 1,287 for the corresponding period of 4932.

Furthermore, he strongly criticized the Salter Conference Report, and added that if the recommendations were put into force, they will have an even more injurious effect on the goodscarrying section of the industry than on the passenger side.

Pursuing his criticism of the report, he said that the railways are to benefit by severe penalties placed on road transport connected with the heavy industries, existing haulage contractors are to have licences granted without question, and large private traders who possess fleets of their own rre to have absolute liberty to add to them. The development of road transport by newcomers is to be prohibited, except at the pleasure of Commissioners with arbitrary powers to grant or withhold licences.

Mr. Gilchrist mentioned that, in view of the Salter Report, the fate of the oil engine is in the balance, but that the board of Halley Motors, Ltd., is fully alive to its development.

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