1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152 
What the Associations are Doing
Page 110
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
Lack of Justification for Rail Pleas
DID they think the railways were entitled to cry for help—help that would mean disadvantage to their competitors—because they had one bad year, asked Mr. E. F. Topham, at the annual dinner of the Amalgamated Horse and Motor Owners' Association and C.M.U.A. South-East Lancs Area, last Saturday? Lord -Stamp had said the railways wanted to start from scratch, but did they want to pay•taxaticn and endure restrictions on the same scale as the road operator? New wages legislation would. raise many questions, particularly with regard to what men were to be classed as transport workers. He foresaw a great deal of litigation.
Defence committees in Manchester and South-east Lanes were over 75 per cent. organized and in a few weeks they would be practically complete.
Haulage was the most honest trade in existence; hauliers could not dilute anything and could never expect to obtain payment for more than they did, said Mr. William Patton (chairman). Advantages of the associations were not always appreciated but they had to think what troubles they might have experienced without them. He paid tribute to the work of Mr. J. S. Howarth, secretary of the organization for 29 years.
Councillor David Halliwell, Deputy Traffic Commissioner in the Northwestern Area, said their defence organization was in adVance of that of any other part of the country. On behalf of the Commissioners, he would say support had been splendid. Mr. R. McKay Walker felt they should work towards the development of a united area for the north-west.
Over 200 members and friends attended the function.