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By The Hawk
Bird's Eye View
I HAVE been impressed by the genuine pleasure which Mr. T. W. H. Gailey's appointment as director and general manager of the Western and Southern National companies has given his friends. He is one of those men of whom everyone speaks well. • lie has a gift for talent-spotting and, I am told, several leading executives in passenger transport were set off on the right road by I imagine that with the Western and Southern National companies he will have to deal with rather different problems from those he has tackled as assistant general manager and traffic manager of the Bristol Omnibus Co., Ltd: He will he operating in a scattered area with a high proportion of seasonal traffic, and no city of the size of Bristol to provide a concentration of steady loads. But there is no doubt that he will make a success of his new post.
A Fourpenny One
XAMINING the cost records of a C-licence holder Who is meticulous in allocating transport charges to using departments, I noticed that one department had been debited with 4d. for a month's transport. I suspect this was a charge for filling somebody's lighter.
Back in the Trade.
THE last person I expected to meet on entering a little bar 1 in Bristol, last week, was Mr. Clifford Bower, who until a year ago was manager of Wadham Bros., Ltd., at Southsea. I thought he was safely tucked away in his ancient inn, "The George," at Reforne, Portland. But he and his wife decided that the licensed trade was not for them and they had surrendered the tenancy of the inn the previous day. He is now corning back into the motor trade, but his new appointment cannot yet be made public. I was gratified to learn that my paragraph (The Commercial Motor, December 7, 1956) announcing his departure to Reforne, brought him 16 letters of good wishes, including one from a haulier with whom. about 15 years ago, he was taken prisoner by the Japanese.
Wry Humorist
HE had, not been without encouragement to re-enter the commercial-vehicle industry. He had been offered the post of transport manager and chief engineer of a large concern by its managing director, who entered "The George" just before closing time one afternoon and announced that he knew all about Mr. Bower through reading The Commercial Motor. He invited Mr. Bower to look around his works and the pair departed. "You drive," said the managing director, and slipped into the passenger seat of his car. As they were approaching the works, he said' " I expect you have been wondering why I asked you to drive. Well, when we go in through the gate. all my men will say: The old man's got drunk and the landlord of "The George" has bad to bring him home!'"
Artistic Authority
LIKE some other busy men of affairs, Mr. S. W. Nelson, the Western Licensing Authority, finds relaxation with a canvas and brush or palette knife. The pictdres that adorn his airy office show a high degree of artistic skill. I am particularly attracted to his latest work, which is a sunny street scene in Lyme Regis. It includes some C-licence vehicles as a reminder of Mr. Nelson's professional occupation, although I am sure that was farthest from his mind while he was painting.
Then He'd Know "
IT strikes me the parties are directing their attention in 1 multiplying the documents and multiplying the costs. People in a humble state of life cannot afford litigation like this," said a county court judge. He ought to attend a Traffic Commissioners' hearing of an application for higher fares. A33
Then He'd Know