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What the Associations are Doing
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DEPUTATION ON CONTAINER TAXATION.
On Thursday of last week, Capt. Hudson, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Transport, received a deputation of Members of Parliament and representatives of the B.R.F. The deputation explained the circumstances in which containers are carried on road vehicles and voiced certain apprehensions regarding the likely effect • of Clause 7 of the Finance Bill of 1937.
The deputation was introduced by Capt. W. F. Strickland, and Capt. Hudson promised to consider the representations before the Report Stage of the Finance Bill was reached.
Increasing Dissatisfaction with Road Plan's.
Following an address by Mr. R. W. Sewill, national director of A:R.O., at Grays Rotary Club, dissatisfaction was expressed with the Government's road plans. Mention was made of the inadequacy of the Southend road, which is quite unable to deal with week-end traffic in the summer.
Similar views were expressed when Mr. Sewill addressed the St. Austell and Truro Rotary Club, and, in• this instance, the Tamar Bridge scheme was discussed. It Was pointed out that a new trunk road has, been :scheduled to Plymouth, and unless the Tamar Bridge scheme be 4troalitlitide. with, , traffic continuing to..CeiriiW211I will haVe to make use of, a -ferry which is 'subject to the Vagaries of the weather.
The importance of Cornish ports in times of emergency was stressed, and, it was claimed, a new bridge joining Devon and Cornwall should be an important part of the national defence scheme.
Two Yorkshire Protest Meetings.
Two mass protest meetings have been arranged by A.R.O. Yorkshire Area. The first will take place at the Grosvenor Hotel, Hull, on July 6, and the second at the Y.M.C.A., The Fargate, Sheffield, on July 7, both meetings commencing at 7.30 p.m.
Major the Hon. Eric Long and Mr. R. W. Sewill will be the speakers at Hull, and Mr. Sewill 'and Councillor F. G. Bibbings at Sheffield. Mr, J. A. M. Bright, chairman of the area, will take the chair in each case. The purpose of the meetings is to protest against the present legislative and administrative interference with road transport.
Port Communications Come First.
Improvement of road communications between the ports and inland towns should have first place in the road programme in this country, suggested Mr. Robert Barr, of Leeds, in an address at Harrogate Rotary Club, last week. Mr. Barr, who spoke under the auspices of the British Road Federation, urged that this priority was necessary both in the interests of c56 trade and as a provision for requirements which would arise in case of war.
Mr. Barr suggested the construction of new roads, rather than costly improvement schemes to existing ones, floodlighting, which would render headlamps unnecessary, robot signals for pedestrians as well as for vehicular traffic, and the elimination of cross roads by the construction of overhead bridges.
C-licensees and Baillie Report.
The Baillie Committee's report was considered at a mass meeting of C-licensees held in London, yesterday, under the auspices of the C.1VI.U.A. Many well-known transport managers were present, New Council Members for B.R.F.
At a meeting of the National Council of the B.R.F, on Monday, the following ere elected as members of the council:—Messrs. A.. F. Palmer Phillips, S. Kennedy, J. W. Loudon, C. W. Rhodes, W. A. Winson, J. Davidson Pratt, Major L. A. Leech and Major T. R. Grigson.
The following members of the committee of management retired and were re-elected by the meeting:—The Earl Howe, Lt,-Col. D. C. McLagan, Major G. W. G. Allen, Messrs. S. E. Garcke, N. A. Hardie, R. W. Sewill, G. N. Wilson and:]. I. N. Johnston, A.R.O. NATIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS COMPLETED: At a meeting of A.R.O. National Council, on Wednesday, the following were elected as members :—Comm, j." Havers, Messrs. T.. Gordon, J. J. Granter, T. Lawrenson, W.. G. Brigham, C. H. Thomas, W. G. R. Hawke, S. F. Robson, K. G. -Foster. The new members are additibnal to those named in our issue of June 18.
Mr, Anthony Todd was elected chairman of the council, with Capt. J. W. Jones as vice-chairman. The vice-chairman of the ancillary users' section will be Comm. Havers. Mr. R. Hindley was elected hon. treasurer ofthe Association.
Presidential Remarks at Portsmouth Conference.
Considerations of space prevent us front referring other than briefly to the presidential address by Mr. C. Owen Silvers, M.I.E.E., M.Inst,T before the Portsmouth Conference.
He dealt with the remarkable increase in the popularity of the trolleyhus, the prevention of interference with broadcasting, changes in the systems of road passenger carrying, municipal transport finance, the National Joint Industrial" Council for the tramways industry (including the bus industry); traffic congestion and the heavy taxation of public-service vehicles.
More Addresses to Rotary Clubs.
The B.R.F. announces that arrangements have now been made for wellknown figures in the commercial-vehicle world to address meetings of rotary clubs, additional to the list published in Our issue dated June 18.
On July 26 Mr. Gibson Martin will address the Kendal Rotary Club, and on July 29 Col. D. C. MeLagan will speak before Luton Rotary Club.