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B.R.F. Report Records Steady Progress
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The Annual Report of the British Road Federation Clearly Points to the Value of this Important Organization
FrIE annual general meeting of the 1 British Road Federation was held at 83, Pall Mall, London, S.W.1, on Monday last, when Earl Howe, P.C., C.B.E., chairman, presided over a gathering which included representatives of the majority of the 32 national organizations comprising the membership of the Federation.
The secretary. Mr. F. G. Bristow, C.B.E., summarized the annual report of the Committee of Management, covering the various activities of the Federation, including Parliamentary work, propaganda, and the giving of addresses and the reading of papers at a number of conferences and meetings of various bodies.
Since the report presented at the general meeting, held in March, 1933, four further national organizations have been enrolled as members and, as a result of certain alterations in the Articles of Association, including the making of provision for enrolment of associates, 19 national organizations have become associates.
The Committee of Management records its appreciation of the services rendered by Mr. Norman A. Earths, Mr. Frank Pick and Mr. George N. Wilson, who successively occupied the position of acting chairman, and it acknowledges its appreciation of the services of Mr. R. J. Armstrong, Mr. W. H. Birch, Mr. K. C. Holloway and Mr. E. H. Soubry, all of whom found that special circumstances necessitated their resignation from the Committee.
In the report mention is made of the setting up of an Operators Committee, 64
consisting of those members of the Committee of Management representing organizations concerned with the operation of road motors, of which committee Mr. S. N. Horne has been appointed the first chairman. It may be recalled that the functions of this committee include those previously undertaken by the Standing Joint Committee of Mechanical Road Transport Associations. The report contains references to the Parliamentary activities of the Federation, and mention is made of the deputation received by the Minister of Transport from the Operators Committee, which made representations upon the classification of vehicles and speed limits, laden weights, attendants and the consolidation of regulations. It is mentioned that the first schedule to the Road Traffic Bill, 1934, provides for the majority of the amendments sought in relation to speed limits.
Brief reference is made to the activities of the Federation in connection with the Road and Rail Traffic Act, 1933, the Finance Bills of 1933 and 1934, the Road Traffic (Compensation for Accidents) Bill, etc.
One of the most important of the Federation's activities has been in relation to weak bridges, and work in this connection, by way of deputations and conferences, is referred to. The result of these activities has been to emphasize the importance of the problem and the considerable difficulties involved; It is stated that the interests of trade and industry and, indeed, the economic well-being of the country as a whole, require the withholding of the enforcement of Section 30 until such time as a programme of bridge reconstruction has not only been framed, but has actually progressed to an extent which will ensure that no undue impediments will arise from the operation of this section.
The report concludes with a reference to the vast amount of propaganda work that has been carried out.