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What the Associations are Doing
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STEPS TOWARDS CAR-TRAILER LEGISLATION.
One of the points in C.M.U.A.'s road-transport policy is that the use of private cars drawing trailers, carrying goods for hire or reward, requires to be more effectively regulated. The C.M.U.A. urged the Minister of Transport to give serious consideration to this subject and as a result the Minister asked the T.A.C. " to examine the position arising out of the use cf trailers drawn by vehicles constructed solely for the carriage of not more than seven passengers, exclusive of the driver, and their effects; and to consider whether it is desirable to amend, in any respect, the present law regarding these trailers."
The T.A.C. asked for a memorandum to be submitted in the first instance, to be reinforced subsequently by oral evidence. A memorandum was submitted and Mr. E. F. Topham (immediate past chairman of the Manchester Area of the C.M.U.A.) and Mr. F. G. Bristow (general secretary) attended before the T.A.C. last weekend an -I gave oral evidence.
Transport Conference to be More National.
Arrangements have now been made for the holding of the sixth National Road Transport Conference, under the auspices of the C.M.U.A., at Scarborough from September 16-20. The organizations represented on the British Road Federation are being invited by the Federation to give support to the conference, and in conse • quence it is confidently anticipated that this year's conference will be mare national in character than hitherto.
Vital Need of Forth and Tay Bridges.
Industrial development in the northeast of Scotland could not take place unless new bridges were erected across the Forth and the Tay, was one of the points made during consideration of a resolution, reminding the Government of the public demands for these bridges, carried at the concluding session of the Scottish Trades Union Congress at Rothesay on Monday. The resolution called upon the Government to implement its election promises of 1935 by instituting an immediate and extensive programme of road and bridge reconstruction.
B.R.F. on the Budget.
Making the best of a '' bad budget" —bad for the motorist but needful for the nation—B.R.F. says:— " Now, more than ever, can it i.e said that special motor taxation provides a sum equal to all that is spent on the roads and a big balance besides for the general purposes of revenue.
c50 Now, more than ever, we urge that a proper share of the moneys raised ty this taxation should be devoted to the provision of an adequate road system —adequate for defence and adequate for civilian needs."
The statement is sound and irrefutable and further comment is not necessary.
The A.G.M. of B.R.F.
The date of the annual general meeting of the B.R.F. has been fixed for 11.30 a.m. on Monday, May 22, at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London, S. W .1.
Road-rail Agreement Clarified.
Addressing Skegness Rotary Club on Tuesday, Mr. J. L. Kinder, of A.R.O., described the road and rail agreement in detail, and explained its likely effect.
Evacuation and Our Inadequate Roads.
Major H. E. Crawfurd, president of A.R.O., addressed Leeds Luncheon Club on Monday. He said "There is not a single great city where, in the event of a national emergency making it necessary to evacuate large parts of the population, there would not be a horrible blockage because of the inadequacy of the road system. The money which should have been employed to make the roads adequate has been used for other purposes."
Britain Needs National Road Policy.
The need for a constructive national road policy was urged by Mr. C. Boyd Bowman, of the B.R.F., addressing Dundee Rotary Club, last week. From the beginning there had been a mistaken policy which had marred dealings with road transport. Efforts to provide roads capable of dealing with modern traffic had been puny and ineffective. This had resulted in a ghastly toll levied upon life and limb and in an enormous burden of damage and delay,
Rail I-las Not Learnt Its Lesson.
Speaking to Glasgow Publicity Club on Monday, Mr. T. Worsley, secretary of the Scottish Federation of Road Transport, said that the development of the roads was not prejudicial to the development of British industry. There was no reason for suppressing the internal-combustion engine because somebody said it would spoil what they had.
Recent railway advertising, said Mr. Worsley, showed that the railways had not learnt their lesson. They had no plan. Transport should not be considered as a private question. Public interest was the first consideration, and the amount each form of transport could contribute to the nation's welfare should be paramount. CRITICISM OF THE CENTRAL CONFERENCE.
The annual meeting of the Scottish C.M.U.A. was held in Glasgow last week-end, Sir John McDonald, chairman, presiding. Dealing with the " square deal" demand by the railways, Sir John said they wanted some assurance that the position of roadusers in the country would not be further aggravated.
Mr. T. Worsley, dealing with the question of rates and wages, said the Liaison Committee would have been foolish to deal further with this matter when the railway companies were not to be tied to any scheme. A central consultative committee had been set up, said to be representative of both rail and road-transport industries. He doubted if it had the right to speak for the road-transport industry. Since it met it had turned itself into a road and rail conference. The road industry, said Mr. Worsley, should not be tied to a system already operated by the railways.
Office-bearers for 1939 were eleoted as follow:—President. Sir John McDonald; vicepresident Sir W. J. Thomson; general secret y, Mr: John W. London; hen. _ treasure Sir ilajtv.td Mason; area chairmen: (Edinburgh and East), Mr. G. S. Vickery; (Glasgow and West), Sir John McDonald; (Northern). Mr. T. W. Watson; (Inverness sub-area). Mr. C. W. Robertson; national organizer, Mr. T. Worsley.
New M.o.T. and A.R.O. Luncheon.
We learn that Capt. Euan. Wallace, new Minister of Transport, has accepted an invitation to attend the annual luncheon of A.R.O., at Grosvenor House, London, on May 15, and he will speak at that function.
Doncaster C.M.U.A.'s 1939 Officials.
Mr. G. E. Earnshaw was re-elected chairman of the Doncaster branch of the C.M.U.A. at the branch's annual meeting, last week. Mr. C. If. Oakes was re-elected honorary secretary, and the following were appointed to the branch's c.ommittee:—Messrs. Ashe, H. W. Jackson, F. Marshall, L. Maleham, H. Chambers and A. D. S. Brice. The chairman, the honorary secretary and Mr. Maleham were nominated as the branch's representatives on the north-eastern divisional committee, and Mr. Chambers was nominated to represent the branch on the membership and propaganda committee.