HIGHWAY CONDITIONS.
INTERNATIONAL SCHEME. WASHINGTON. Mr. Alfred H. Swayne, vice-president of General Motors Corporation, has accepted the chairmanship of the International Chamber of Commerce Committee on highway transport. The committee is launching a united drive, backed by business organisations in all principal countries, for improvement of highway conditions throughout the world. The committee will meet in Paris on October 20 to perfect its plans. As chairman of the committee Mr. Swayne takes the place held for many years by the late Mr. Roy D. Chapin, former United States Secretary of Commerce. The work will be carried on with the co-operation of the motor car manufacturing and highway construction industries of the principal countries.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 183, 4 August 1936, Page 16
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113HIGHWAY CONDITIONS. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 183, 4 August 1936, Page 16
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