WOMEN PROMISE TO HELP • TRANSPORT. INDUSTRY
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AT a joint meeting convened at. the House of Commons by Mrs. Leah Maiming, M.P , and Mrs, Christine Taylor, chairman of the Women's Traffic Club of Great Britain, it was aiteed that women should be encouraged to make an ever-increasing contribution to the efficiency of British transport. Members of Parliament said that it would be helpful if a register of women traffic 'administrators could be compiled. The Women's Traffic Club proinised to meet this request.
:Women 'holding administrative and executive rank in any branch of -transport arc invited to-send full details of their qualifications to Miss Winifred Taylor, honorary secretary of the Women's Traffic Club, at the offices of the Val de Travers Asphalte Paving Co., 21-22, Old Bailey, London, E.C.4.
OBITUARY
WJE regret to announce the death on YY March 24 of AID. 1. GRAHAM RECCE, a leading figure in the motor industry in the North of England. He was for many years head of J. Blake and Co., Ltd:, and was responsible for that company's development from 'a small coachbuilding business into a large motor concern.
He was among the founders of the Liverpool Self-PropelledTraffic Association, said to be the first motoring organization in the country. In the early days of the Century Aid. Reece tan what is said to be the first charabancs trip and in 1906 was responsible for the Blake company's commencing to operate a G.P.O. mail van contract, which continued for 25 years and was extended over a wide area,
The Rally of the Scottish Motor Trade Association will be held at Gleneagles from May 21-23