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We are officially informed that the Congress, in Dublin, of the Tramways and Light Railways Association has been postponed until further notice.
Owing to extreme pressure upon our space in this issue, we are obliged to hold over the account of an interview with Mr. A. Green, the general-manager-designate of the Compagnie Generale des Autobus, of Brussels.
The Vanguard Motor Bus Co., Ltd., has been registered as a private company, with a capital of £100, hr W. Joynson-Hicks, Lennox House, Norfolk' Street, W.C.. and J. C. Mitchell, 9, Grosvenor Road, Westminster, S.W.
In the city of London last quarter, 290 street accidents occurred, as compared with 296 in the corresponding period of 1909. Twelve accidents were caused by horse-drawn omnibuses, 155 by other horse-drawn vehicles. 5 by tramcars, 71 by motorcars, and 44 by motorbuses.
Our Cartoons.
Our fourth cartoon, of the " London Traffic Quotations " series, caricatures the ridiculous lack of eonsis-Laney with which noise is suppressed on motorbuse,s and, yet, is entirely ignored on tube railways and in many other directions, for the matter of that. The drawing is reproduced on page 200.
In Shakespeare's Country.
Twice daily, a regular motorbus service is now maintained between Shipston-on-Stour and Stratford-on-Avon. This regular passenger and parcel service is greatly appreciated along this picturesque route in the Avon Valley. Mr. F. J. Smith, the Garage, White Horse liotel, Church Street, Shipstonon-Stour, is responsible for this facility.
Public-service Licences.
We have received a communication from Mr. W. Oscar Pritchard. the managing director of The Autocar (Tunbridge Wells) Co.. Ltd,. in which he confirms the announcement in our last issue that the local Watch Committee had agreed to accept Scotland Yard's licence as evidence of a motor driver's capabilities and of his suitability for public-service work. It is to be presumed that the previous requirement of the Committee, viz., that each driver must. produce either the M.U. or the R.A.C. public-service certificate, was promulgated in ignorance of the actual conditions under which licences are granted in London. New Scottish Services.
A public motor service is to be established between Kirkcudbright and Gatehouse; this should open up a pot'• tion of Galloway, which, at present, is not well served by the railway.
Between Dalkeith and Lauder, the facilities for communication by railway are the subject of much unfavourable cOmment in the locality. A motorbus service is proposed.
"Commer-Car" Sales.
Recent sales of passenger vehicles of " Commer-Car " manufacture are: A Norfolk country-house car to Mr. H. C. B. Underdown, of Buckenham Hall, Mundford, Norfolk ; a countryhouse and station car, of 30-cwt. capacity, to Col. Warner, of Cadogan Square, W.; and a 22-seated char-a'banes to the New Peverell Road Car Co.. Ltd., of Devonport.
Sublime Ignorance of London Delegates.
The Standing Committee of the Conference of Delegates of London Municipal Councils is considering a resolution which suggests that, " having regard to the fact (sic) that motorbus and motorcab companies pay rates only on their garages," a road tax should be imposed, and the revenue therefrom should be proportionally allocated to each borough for road maintenance. This Committee is, indeed, a" standing " one, in more senses than one: it has certainly stood still with regard to information, for it seems to know nothing about the Road Board ; its proceedings also threaten to become a standing joke.
Institution of Automobile Engineers.
The monthly general meeting of the Incorporated Institute of Automobile Engineers was held last night (the 11th inst.), at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Storey's Gate, Westminster, S.W. Mr. R. K. Morcom presented a paper on "Forced Lubrication," in which paper technical arguments were advanced to show that forced lubrication is less likely to fail owing to faulty application than any other system. A number of curves and a long table were included in the paper, but, as the farmer dealt chiefly with large bearings-4 in. in diameter and upwards-on steam engines, and the table was lamentably incomplete, we fear they will not prove of great value to automobile engineers. Mr. Morcom spoke of the trough system of constant-level splash lubrication as having elaborate oil grooves, etc., hut we fail to follow that such oil ways are anything like so complicated or elaborate as are those necessary for the correct operation of the forced lubrication system. Both systems have their advocates, and both give excellent results, if intelligently applied.
We cannot find that Mr. Morcein advances any convincing argument in favour of the forced system.