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Mr. Barber Replies to, Mr. Walker
Page 74
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REPLYING to charges made against him by Mr. H. L. Walker in a letter published in The Commercial Motor on April 22, Mr. John Barber said this week that it was completely untrue to suggest that he "took no prominent part" in the fight against the nationalization of haulage.
In fact, said Mr. Barber, he addressed 28.meetings arranged by the Road Haulage Association, chambers of commerce and the two leading political parties. He took part in two public debates, one in the Isle of Wight and the other in Swanage. He also collected some 800 signatures for the R.H.A. petition against nationalization.
During the period when the battle was being waged, Mr. Barber was a member of the natibnal council, executive committee and public relations committee of the Association. '
"INEFFICIENT BRAKES" CHARGE UPHELD
THE Queen's Bench Divisional Court last week held that Chelmsford magistrates were wrong in dismissing charges against Herbert Elcock, and his employers, Chas. Farnham, Ltd., East Horndon. Essex. corn and forage merchants, alleging that they had used a four-wheeled trailer without efficient brakes.
The magistrates said that the trailer was used as a living van by hay trussers and was a land implement exempted from the regulations stipulating an efficient braking system. The trailer was being drawn by a lorry driven by Elcock.
Lord Goddard, the Lord Chief Justice, stated that to come within the exemption, the living van had to be a land implement used with a land locomotive or tractor. It was not being so used, and the case would be remitted to the magistrates With an intimation that an offence had been proved.
Mr. Justice Hilbery and Mr. Justice Pearce agreed that the police appeal should be allowed, with costs.
OBITUARY
WE regret to record the deaths of MR. ARTHUR DEAKIN, M. W. F. BISHOP and MR, W. CHINN.
Mr. Deakin, who was 64, had been general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union for the past 10 years, and was due to retire in November. He was among the distinguished guests at—The Commercial Motor Golden Jubilee luncheon in
London in March. • Mr. Bishop was a director of W. T. Henley's Telegraph Works Co. Ltd., and Henley's Tyre and Rubber CO., Ltd. He joined the organization in 1895 and became a director in 1933. He was 75.
Mr. Chinn was the managing director of the Widney Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Maidenhead.