Ministry Gag
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rHAIRMEN of Traffic Commissioners and Licensing Authorities have been told by the Ministry of Transport that any information about themselves which they give to the Press must be factual and confined to personal particulars and a portrait photograph. A Ministry official has apparently been delegated to ensure that they do not overstep the bounds of Civil Service propriety.
I suspect that this rule has been introduced as a result of the splendid profile of Mr. C. R. Hodgson which Tom Walkerley wrote for The Commercial Motor on December 11 last year. We committed the unforgivable sin of photographing him getting on to a bus—a thing no Traffic Commissioner should ever do. We also presented him as a man with blood in his veins, and having human interests and aspirations. Naughty!
Changed Role
AMAN whose name used to be a household word in milk haulage appeared last week in what, to me, at least, was an unfamiliar role. He is Mr. Clive W. E. Windsor-Richards, a man of many parts. He was well known as a milk haulier in Hampshire, and as one of the leading figures in the Road Haulage Association.
He is now managing director of Elcctropol Processing, Ltd., and last week lectured on the development of electro-polishing of stainless steel. This is a far cry from haggling over rates with the Milk Marketing Board, but is all in the day's work to Mr. Windsor-Richards.
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