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' The B's Have No Real Defence Against the Mirtes' I
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RRESPECTIVE of the outcome of the efforts towards achieving a Royal Charter, the institute of Road Transport Engineers is getting on with its training and examination schemes, and the Industrial Training Act is a spur which makes this a high priority. This was stressed by Mr. E. B. H. Elsbury, president, at the Institute's annual dinner on Wednesday. He said that co-ordination with the Ministry of Labour over training was being developed in much the same way as it had been with the Ministry of Transport over other matters,
Mr. Elsbury said there was a feeling, particularly amongst the younger members, that the Institute's structure should be broadened and, if necessary, its mandate adjusted to achieve a wider balance of practical and academic membership: this, he said, would need urgent and serious contemplation.
The toast of "The institute" was proposed by Mr. B. F. Caunt, managing director, Atkinson Vehicles Ltd. Mr. Caunt remarked that guests should appreciate the delicate situation they found themselves in: at least two undercover groups were present, he said. Neither of them went about with long hair or flick-knives but there were the Mirtes, whose main weapon was the spanner or grease gun (or lack of them), and the Britmas, "those poor misguided manufacturers (like Sir William Black and B. F. Caunt) who have no real defence against the Mirtes who, despite anything the B's do to make good trucks last longer, make up their minds at the outset that anything the B's do, won't do!"
Mr. Caunt said that, nevertheless, the B's would always accept that perfection could be improved upon. The Britmas, in fact, seriously endeavoured to make the best possible vehicles for the Mirtes, but only the latter could in the long term provide the Britmas with assurances of success, or otherwise. He assured the president that the Institute would have all necessary support from the manufacturers.
During the evening Mr. Elsbury presented to Sir William Black, past president, a silver tankard to mark, the gratitude of the council and the members for all that he had done for the Institute.
T.R.T.A. Campaign Backed: Full backing of the Newcastle upon Tyne Chamber of Commerce and other organizations has been given to the northern division of the Traders Road Transport Association, which is undertaking a survey to ascertain whether a loading and unloading ban on goods vehicles in Newcastle is justified. In a circular to hundreds of local firms, the T.R.T.A. asks, among other questions, if the ban is necessary or reasonable.