BRITAIN'S MOTORISTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 28, 1 August 1942, Page 6

BRITAIN'S MOTORISTS

Vanishing for Duration

(Rec. 1.15 p.m.) LONDON, July 31. The ordinary motorist disappears tomorrow from Britain's roads for the duration: of, the war. Today end's the month's grace for the use of the remaining basic petrol ration. tetrol restrictions have already profoundly affected the volume of traffic throughout Britain. London's once-jammed streets often are almost deserted and scarcely a dozen vehicles, including buses, are seen in Regent Street at 9 o'clock in the morning;. -

C. Hale, E. T. Norris, W. Duncan, and E. T. Porter. In addition to the members on the applications committee, the association had on its executive Messrs. H. R. Chalmers, G.B. Hull, C. S. Falconer, R. L. Macalister, H. W. Kersley, R, B. Gibbons, Dr. T. G. Gray, and Colonel C. H. Weston, K.C. Before an application was disposed of, the history of the applicant was gone into. The cases of single men were referred to the W.RjS.A. If the man (married or unmarried) was in hospital, the Red Cross and St. John organisations looked after him, but when he came out of hospital any applicatiofi was dealt with by the War Relief Association, and the W.R.A. always attended to claims on behalf of dependants. If the man was an Imperial soldier his claim was. referred, with a recommendation, to the New Zealand R.S.A. EACH CASE ON ITS MERITS. The experience of the War Relief Association was that it was impossible to lay down any hard and fast policy respecting maximum or minimum grants. Each. case had to be taken on its merits, but except in special cases, no cash was given but only orders. The W.R.S.A. had an invariable rule to give ho cash in any case.

If a disabled sailor or airman applied for relief; his case was referred to the New Zealand Sheep Owners' Fund (sometimes known as Flock House Trustees), which had funds set aside for their benefit.

There was no delay in dealing with any application to the joint committee, which met three days a week, and every application, good or bad, was placed before it.