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Are Doing GOVERNMENT GIVING ROAD TRANSPORT A CHANCE.
We are prepared to allow the industry to put its own house in order and give it every chance, but jilt will not take the chance, we, as a Government, will do it." This remark by a high Government official (not a member of the Ministry of Transport) was related by Mr. J. L. Kinder, national organizer of the CAI:LILA., at a meet: ing at Doncaster, last week. He regarded the comment as perfectly fair.
Referring to the wages question, he said that he welcomed the Bailie Report, if it were only to build a new foundation for wages and conditions. The report would write a new chapter in the history of the road-transport industry, and its findings should be sufficient to compel every operator to belong to some national organization.
After the 1930 and 1933 Acts were introduced, there was a stir in the country, and operators sat up and took notice, Mr. Kinder added. When, however, they had obtained their first claimed-tonnage licences, they thought there was nothing to worry about. The operators who believed they were sailing in calm seas suddenly found that they were in the fiercest of storms.
B.R.F. Issues Two New Propaganda Weapons.
.A new publication entitled " Basic Road Statistics, 1937 " is being circulated by the B.R.F. to its various affiliated organizations and to bodies and individuals carrying on road propaganda work. The object of the publication is to provide a standard reference for all information essential in road propaganda. It deals, among other matters, with taxation, road finance, vehicle registrations and accidents.
The Federation is also issuing another publication entitled " National Motor Roads," in which the case for special motor highways is strongly pressed.
Incidentally, it is interesting to note that Lanes County Council has approved a scheme for the construction
of a road for the exclusive use of motor traffie, from the north to the south of the county. The scheme has, of course, yet to receive the sanction of' the Ministry of Transport,
C.M.U.A. Gives Free Defence.
Free legal defence is a prominent feature of the benefits conferred upon members of the C.M.U.A., particularly in the North-Eastern and North
Western Divisions. Legal assistance has been afforded for many years.
Free legal defence is provided in every police court in the country, without any fee additional to the yearly subscription. The panel of solicitors numbers 500.
Maintenance Lectures for Manchester C.M.U.A.
During the autumn and winter a series of lectures is to be arranged, in connection with the C.M.U.A. Manchester Area, by Mr. E. F. Topham, area chairman. The talks will deal with maintenance and other topics appertaining to the industry, and will probably be given at various centres, so as to allow members from branches throughout the area an opportunity of attending,
Big A.R.O. Rally Next Month.
A.R.O. West Midland Area is to hold a rally and conference at Trenthara. Gardens, Stafford, on September 25. An attendance of at least 500 people is expected. Mr. L. Patrick has been appointed organizer.
Traders' Prerogative of Choice.
Several associations have notified Liverpool Chamber of Commerce that they are in favour of the resolution of the C.M.U.A. North-Eastern Division, urging " that the absolute and unrestricted power of the trader in his choice of transport should be preserVed at all costs."
The general trade committee of Liverpool Chamber has decided to express itself in -favour of the following amended resolution : "That the power of the trader in his choice of transport should be preserved." NATIONAL ROAD TRANSPORT CONFERENCE PROGRAMME.
The Fourth National Road Transport Conference, organized by the Commercial Motor. Users Association, which takes place from September 18-22, will have its headquarters at Seabank Hotel, Portlicawl. The programme is as follows :— S6ptember 18: 11 a.m., Conference office opens; 8.30 lona., dance at headquarters hotel. September 19: 4 p.m., Channel cruise, returning 6.30 p.m. September 20: 10 am., coach visit to Barry, return noon, or to Mumbles and Swansea; 2 p.m., visit to LlandarCY Oil Refineries; 8 p.m., civic reception and dance, Grand Pavilion, at the invitation of chairman and members of Porthoaw/ U.D.C. September 21: 10 a.rn., civic welcome; paper, "Current Legislation as It Affects Commercial Motor Users," by Mr. D. I. Sandelson, 0.B.E.. MA.
(Solicitor. N.E. C.M.U.A.).; 2.30 p.m., (Solicitor. N.E. C.M.U.A.).; 2.30 p.m.,
paper, "Pt:, cts„ oifiyR3:iroaadv,,Saale !a, f6oc;igi, Godfrey, 0.B.E. (Chief Constable of Salfordl; 7.30 for 8 p.m., official conference banquet. September 22: 10 a.m., paper, "The Comparative Advantages and Disadvantages of Petrol and Other Types of Engines, for Commercial Motor Purposes,by Captain 4. B. Walton, M.I.T.A. (chief mechanical engineer, Unilever, Ltd.); 2.30 p.m., paper, "Some Problems of the P.S.V. Operator," by Mr. Raymend W. Birch, M.Inst.T., A.M.1.15feeb.E. (Birch Bros., Ltd.); 8 p.m, dance, headquarters hotel.
N.A.F.W.R. Centres to Discuss Rates Schedule.
A suggested scale of rates for longdistance furniture removals has been drawn up by Mr, A. N. Blackwood, of John H. Lunn, .Ltd., Edinburgh, and the National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers proposes to circulate it to the centres for discussion. The schedule shows the charges that should be made to private C ustomers.
Terminal charges are tabulated separately. The figures for transport are b&sed on one-way mileage and take into account all allowances, garage fees and overhead expenses. They are computed on the basis of 100-cubic-ft. units.
Final Plans for German Trip.
Plans are now well advanced for the visit of the delegation to Germany, next month, to study the new German road system.
This week Mr. R. Gresham Cooke, secretary of the B.R.F., with Mr. Allen, of the Automobile Associatitin, flew to Germany to make the final arrangements..