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S.T.R. Eclipses His Own Records
A.R.O. and the C.M.U.A. are to merge. On Wednesday, the councils of the two organizations agreed to the principles of a complete amalgamation and soon they will work as on body. The road-transport industry will at last speak with one voice.
S.T.R. to Tour the North.
S.T.R., Tnrie Commercial Motor costs expert, is to make a brief lecture tour of the northern counties in the week commencing March 9. On March 10 he is to address a meeting of road-transport operators at the comity Hotel, Newcastle, at 7 p.m.
On.the following day the venue is the Green Bushes Hotel, Stockton-onTees, and the time of the meeting 7 p.m. On March 12 it is anticipated that S.T.R. will visit Carlisle, but the time and place are not yet fixed.
Trouble Ahead for A-licensees.
There was a large attendance of hauliers at an open meeting held by the Blackpool and District Road Hauliers Association, at the close of its annual meeting, last week. Messrs, T. A. Titchener and J. C. Wikl, members of the North-Western. Conciliation Board, reported on the wages question, and said that every possible step was being taken to effect a settlement.
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The tour (undet the auspices of the C.M.U.A.) opened at _Hull, on February 17, with a particularly large audience. Mr. C. E. Douthwaite, A.M.Inst.T., of British Oil and Cake Mills, Ltd.. was in the chair, and there was a Ink sprinkling of ancillary users or their representatives present.
The address evoked a keen discussion, during which one of those present, in exemplifying the need for such lectures on costs and rates; told the story of a haulier in the district who was new to the' business, and who, on being called upon to make out an account for his first. job, set it out as follows:
"To carting bricks for Mr. - ' Two comes and two goes.
" To wants at 7s. 6d. a went, 15.s."
Mr. H. Hardman, secretary, strongly condemned the 1933 Act as an oppressive measure. Protection for the railways mean.. the restriction of roadtransport progress.' Mr. Hardman declared that the railways' attitude towards applications for the renewal of B licences gave an indication of what might happen to A-licence holders.
Officials elected for the ensuing year were:-Mr. Titchener, chairman; Mr. Wild, vice-chairman; Mr. Hardman, secretary; Mr. F. W. Knott, treasurer; Messrs. Hodgson and Smith, auditors; Messrs. 13amber, Peet, Brewer, Whiteside, Leavesley, Stubbs, Hancock and I lodgson , committee.
C.M.U.A. to Extend.. in Wales.
Three meetings of the C.M.U.A. were held in South Wales, last week, at Llanelly, Neath and Newport.
Further meetings are to be held at the three centres mentioned for the purpose of establishing sub-areas of the Association. This was the first public meeting of the south-eastern section of the NorthEastern Division of the C.M.U.A.
At York, on the following day, the attendance was fair. Mr. A. E. Whiteley, the newly appointed secretary of the south-eastern section, took the chair. After S.T.R.'s address, in which he outlined first a simple method of arriving at actual operating costs and then an equally simple scheme for calculating reasonable rates based on those costs, some discussion arose as to whether hauliers should base their charges on a flat rate per mile or per. hour. The obvious difficulties in the way of this system are that, in most classes of haulage, the daily mileage varies within a wide range.
Eventually, Mr. H. W. Gill, of the local branch of the Yorkshire Stage Carriage Operators Association, voiced the opinion that another meeting in York would be appreciated. Mr. S. H. Everingham supported the suggestion.
At Doncaster, Mr. Earnshawi was chairman. Here, again, there was a fair attendance and keen discussion.
There was a .good meeting at Sheffield last Friday. The C.M.U.A. linked up with the Sheffield Horse and Motor Owners Association. Mr. Booth, of the latter body, being in the chair. A strong point was made, in tile course of the discussion, of the favourable attitude of the Licensing Authorities towards the railway, companies, which could cut rates as they pleased with apparently no hope of any, useful objection by road-transport operators. In the views of those present this abuse should be remedied immediately.
600 Members for Midland Body'.
The Midlands Coach and Transport Association now has over 600 members, according to the report presented tu the fifth annual meeting of the Assia-.elation; on Monday, by the secretary, Mr. W. H. Perry. He described 1935 as a very successful year for the body: Mr. W. Lindsay Everard, M.P., was re-elected president, Mr. A. M. Lyons, K.C., M.P., and Mr. Harold Meolson, M.P. were elected vice-presidents. Mr. J. E. Clarke was re-elected chairman and Messrs. H. Cleaver and IL Rs Hipwell, vice-chairmen.
Muth Activity in Cambridge Area.
The Cambridge Sub-area of A.R.Ct. will hold a supper at the Dorothy Café, Cambridge, on Saturday, March 21. A committee meeting of this subarea will be held at the Lion Hotel, Cambridge. on March 10, whilst the annual general meeting, at which the election of new committee men will take place, will be held in the near future.