THE CONFERENCE OF THE INSTITUTE OF QUARRYING
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The annual conference of the Institute of Quarrying was opened at Brighton on Tuesday of last week by Sir Henry Maybury, the president. Sir Henry, in the course of his annual presidential address, mentioned that the demand for the materials supplied by quarrying undertakings of Great Britain had not in the past year been nearly equal to the possibilities of the sources of supply.
He went on to say that "road and transport problems are ever with us, B36
and I think it may be voicing general public opinion when I say that it is essential, in the interests of the travelling community as a whole, that our main arteries of traffic should be enlarged, bridges strengthened and improved, railway crossings abolished wherever possible and populous villages and towns by-passed. . . Many thousands of miles of our important roads are still only sonic 16 ft. or 18 ft. wide."
He thought that the increase in the number of road accidents was a factor
which might retard the progress of motor manufacture and, in this connec. tion, he urged all those who in any way contributed to the improvement of roads to have regard to the necessity of making them strong, straight, safe and durable. Sir Henry Maybury is chairman of the London Traffic Committee, and, of course, has unusual opportunities for studying accident statistics.
following Sir Henry's address, the members of the institute decided to hold the 1930 conference at Searborough.