What the Associations Are Doing
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. COVE RNMENT ROAD-TRANSPORT REQUIREMENTS.
Representations have been made by the C.M.U.A. to the Government to give serious consideration to the submission that any enquiries, in relation to the road-transport requirements of Government Departments, should be made through the national roadtransport organizations.
The Association has in mind the recent instance when it was invited by the Home Office to furnish a list of road hauliers who could be invited to tender for the transport of A.R.P. respirators from the Home Office Regional Stores to municipalities and other depots throughout the country, and the further instance, last autumn, when the C.M.U.A. was invited by the Post Office to furnish a list of road hauliers who would be prepared to enter into hiring arrangements for the conveyance of Christmas mails by motor vehicles.
There has repeatedly been expression, on behalf of Government Departments, of the need -for road hauliers being organized through membership of some recognized national roadtransport organization, and the Association has submitted that if the Government Department co-operated on the lines suggested, it would further emphasize the necessity of road hauliers to belong to a national organization.
An Imminent Open Meeting.
An open ineeting for road-transport operators will be held under the auspices of the London and Home Counties Division of the C.M.U.A. on September 27, at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, at 8 p.m.
The principal speaker will be Mr. W. A. Winson, the immediate pastpresident of the C.M.U.A.
Licence Protest Disallowed.
With regard to the proposed new scale of licences, as suggested by the Minister in the Draft Regulations, the Minister has informed the British Road Federation that he could not accede to the protests which were made, and that he proposed to bring in the new scale on August 31, as originally suggested.
On the same subject, the National Road Transport Employers' Federation says: " It is to be regretted that our representations failed to convince the Minister of the injustice involved in requiring, in fees, six times as much for a vehicle authorized under an A licence as one operated under a C licence."
Lectures to S.M.T.A. Centres.
From the British Road Federation comes the information that Mr. C. Boyd-Bowman is about to make a special expedition to Scotland, in order to lecture to certain centres of the Scottish Motor Trade Association, with the need for better roads as his subject. RENEWED CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER ROADS.
Last August Bank Holiday week-end, the B.R.F. instituted a poster campaign, the purpose of which was to direct the attention of motor users to bad roads and to persuade them to write to their local M.P.s.
Now, the Federation has renewed its activities in this direction, but the poster wording has been altered. New posters show the words "To End Congestion, Build Better Roads—Write to Your M.P.," and these are being erected at Southwater, on the LondonWorthing road, facing towards Worthing, and at Rofley, on the CrawleyHorsham road.
Wages Act in a Nutshell.
As a ivay of putting the provisions of the Road Haulage Wages Act, 1938, in a nutshell, the National Road Transport Employers' Federation has now issued a leaflet containing a brief résumé of that Act. The summary is set out clearly under the headings " Constitution and Functions of Boards," "Procedure for Fixing Wages," " C Licence Holders," " Workers to Whom the Act Applies" and "Enforcement." The address of the Federation is 17, Water Lane, Great Tower Street, London, E.C.3.