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Tell M.P.s : " Hands Off " —Mr. Kennedy

25th December 1953
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Keywords : Thomas Tilling, Politics

THE question: "Is the transport industry today suffering from an overdose of politics?" was posed by Mr. S. Kennedy, chairman of the Tilling Group Management Board, at the annual luncheon of the South Western Section of the Institute of Transport at Exeter last week.

He said that the Transport Act, 1947, was quite honest in its purpose to attempt to solve the problem of road and rail competition by creating common ownership under public control.

Common ownership "having been tried, another Government said that it was wrong and produced the 1953 Act.

"Where is this leading?" Mr. Kennedy asked. "We are conscious that the 1953 Act will be reversed by the Opposition when it comes back. Are we going to create a satisfactory transport industry by that policy?"

Mr. Kennedy continued: "We, as transport men, should warn our M.P.s where they are going, and warn them in no uncertain terms."

Mr. Geoffrey Wilson, M.P., vicechairman of the Conservative Party Transport Committee, said he amid assure Mr. Kennedy that Members were united in believing that some form of control over transport was necessary.

Sir John Carew Pole, chairman of Cornwall County Council and a member of the Central Transport Consultative Committee for Great Britain, appealed to public groups in Devon and Cornwall not to make representations at present for a road bridge over the River Tamar.

Sir John said he had written to all Members of Parliament for the South West, and had gained their support for the project. He had, however, asked them to hold their, hands whilethe Minister of Transport was making his inquiry which, he thought, would go on until next spring.

IN A LINE OR TWO

Wilmot-Breeden (Australia), Ltd., has been registered. The nominal -capital is £A100,000.

Stockton-on-Tees Corporation are seeking permission to operate buses over additional routes in the Billingham area.

The Institute of Transport had a net gain of 115 'members in the year ended September 30, bringing the total membership to 9,022.

Northumberla• nd Health Committee are to install radio apparatus in 30 ambulances. They expect to save more than the capital cost of £6,880.

Nearly 20 Northumberland local authorities are to ask the Northern Licensing Authority to raise the half-fare age on buses from 14 to 15 years.

The 6.50-20-in. tyres of 8-ply rating fitted to the Thames Cost Cutter 3-tonner with Perkins four-cylindered oil engine (The Commercial Motor, December 11) have a maximum load capacity of 17i cwt. at 65 p.s.i.


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