Western C-licensees to Organize
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THE need for an organization to champion the interests of C-licence holders was emphasized by Alderman Solomon Stephens, J.F„ in presiding over a meeting of ancillary users at Plymouth, last Friday.
He pointed out that C-licensees were rendering a public service, and declared that it would be hard on those who were really only part-time employers of motor drivers, if they were obliged to pay the same wages as Aand B-licence holders. Ald. Stephens, who is head of a large bakery and confectionery concern, said that, in his own case, it cost 1id, to call on each customer.
What C-licensees were asking was that the maximum of 11 hours a day for driving should be liquid. He complained also that the period of six months for which records must be kept was too long, and declared that three months would be sufficient.
Two suggestions were put forward by Mr. R. W. Sewill, A.R.O. national director. One was that an independent association be formed, under some such title as the Devon and Cornwall Tradesmen's Transport Association, which could affiliate to A.R.O., thereby enjoying the services of that organization. The other suggestion was that C-licence holders should become individual associate members of A.R.O., and subsequently form an ancillary users section.
A further meeting is to be held.