What the Associations Are Doing
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ROYAL PATRONAGE AT C.M.U.A. LUNCHEON.
The principal guest at the C.M.U.A. 's annual luncheon on Wednesday, April 6, will be H.R.H. The Duke of Kent. The Duke will propose the toast of the Association. This function is to be held at the Savoy Hotel, London.
Concessions to Users of Mersey Tunnel.
The Liverpool area committee of the C.M.U.A. is continuing to bring pressure to bear, on the Mersey Tunnel joint committee to secure concessions for vehicle owners who regularly use Queensway. The tunnel committee has intimated to the C.M.U.A. that consideration of the question has been postponed until May. In the meantime, the C.M.U.A. is putting forward a case for the payment of a discount or rebate to big users of the tunnel.
No Time for Apathy.
Speaking at the annual general meeting of the Southern Sub-area of A.R.O.. on Monday, Mr. Rusholm Brown, chairman of the sub-area, reminded those present that although the period for licences had been extended, it did not behove any of them to sit back and think their work was finished. He went on to say that there were many questions that remained to be tackled before the industry gained due recognition.
Mr. J. F. E. Pye, chairman of the Metropolitan Area, after dealing with the question of wages and the Baillie and T.A.G. Reports, said that "the apathy of the past must never be allowed to creep into our work again."
The Keynote of Future Road Policy?
" Segregation of various types of traffic Should be one of the keynotes of all future road policy. It is plain that the solution of the traffic problem for Great Britain must be a compromise between our present methods and those of the Continent." These were the words of Mr. Gaston Vincent, of the B.R.F„ in a speech given by him to the Maidstone Rotary Club on Friday last, February 18.
Mr. Vincent mentioned how encouraging it was to note that the Association of British Chambers of Commerce had passed a resolution urging the Government to build a number of special motorways and that Mr. Burgin was giving his serious attention to the recommendations of the German Roads Delegation.