MOTOR UNION

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 230, 27 August 1938, Page 15

MOTOR UNION

ADOPTION OF REMITS. DOMINION CONFERENCE PLAN. o- Per Press Association. Ee HAWERA, Aug. 26. t- A proposal to establish a Dominion r- motor conference was discussed at the ie annual conference of the North Island i- Motor Union to-day. The matter is to i© be referred to sub-committees of reprei- sentatives of the North Island Motor 3 " Union and South Island Motor Union, “ which are to report to the half-yearly ** meeting. A report presented by Mr A. lt R. Grayson, of Auckland, and Mr-G. I 1 Laurence, of South Taranaki, recom--11 mended a scheme to enable motor S' unions to speak with one voice oil ! national affairs and to provide op- , portunities for representatives of all " associations in the Dominion to develop consistency on objects and outlook. ! It was suggested that the conferences at present held in each Island be jj replaced by an all-New Zealand meete ing to be held alternatively in the . North and South Islands, and that this s conference not have executive powers . but that its decisions be in the nature e of recommendations, also that the reY spective unions of the New Zealand e Motor Conference be limited to two. The following remits were adopted : That the union make representations x to, the Government for the inaugurat--1 ion of compulsory education in schools - with regard to safety-first (Welling--1 ton). That for a free legal defence ser- - vice each association appoint a solicitor in those centres where a Magistrate’s - Court sits and notify the union of the i names of and addresses of such' apb pointees, and that each solicitor so ap- ■ pointed fi o instructed by his association ■ to employ as his agent, where tho ser- ■ vices of an agent are required, the ! solicitor appointed by the Automobile 1 Association (Taranaki). ■ That, as ordinary plate glass is being J used in the xvindscreens of certain cars ( assembled in the Dominion, the matter * be referred to the Commissioner of ’ Transport (Wellington). The election of officers resulted: President, Dr E. E. Porritt (Wanganui) ; vice-presidents, Messrs A. R. Grayson (Auckland),- and J. H. Edmundson (Napier) ; executive council, Messrs F. G. Farrell (Auckland), W. T. Guild (Taranaki), C. R. Honeyfield (South Taranaki), A. S. Burgess (Wanganui), W. H. Brown (Manawatu), J. W. Roydhouse Wairarapa), E. Palliser (Wellington) find Dr W. . D. Fitzgerald (Hawke’s Bay) ; delegates to the South Island Motor Union, Messrs Batt and Grayson. CAR CONVERSIONS. SERVICE STATION HOURS. Per Press Association. 1 HAWERA, Aug. 26. 1 Representations to the Government 1 to be stricter in its measures for the c apprehension and punishment of con- t verters of motor vehicles will be made 1 according to a decision reached at the a North Island Motor Union Conference. £ It was reported that 786 cases of cars . being converted had occurred in 1937. ' Of these 718 cases had been debited to members, who considered increased I penalties were necessary to meet the p situation. v

The provision of facilities for the purchase O.f petrol after ordinary hours received the attention of the conference, it being decided to seek assurance from reselling bodies that motorists’ interests would be safeguarded.

The Petrol Resellers’ Association advised that the hours service station employees should work had not yet been fixed. It was suggested that where local schemes could be worked out there should be applied no drastic curtailment of the houi-s contemplated. It was stated by a delegate that, with the opening of emergency stations after the closing of petrol stations at 8 p.m. pending, the union should watch this development to insure a Dominion-wide application.