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Topical Subjects.
Lack of space prevents our publishing leading articles to the usual extent this week. Those which we do publish will be found on the first page of the issue.
Manchester Show.
An exhaustive Show Guide will be found on pages 530-539. We have included various helpful information, in addition to descriptive matter and illustrations.
Held Over.
We are obliged to hold over numerous usual features, inclusive of " Opinions from Others," by reason of pressure on our space in connection with the claims of the Manchester Show.
First Publication.
Our reputation for the first publication of illustrated particulars of new models is again maintained by this issue. People are now accustomed to look to THE c A1MMERCIAL MOTOR for first information of this class, and they are not disappointed.
Special Articles.
Articles which are of special interest to new and old readers in the Manchester district, and which will be found is this issue, include the following : " Ten Years Ago and Now " (By the Editor) ; " Booked Times for Regular Traffic " Lancashire's New Lighting By laws and " Shoolbred's Vans Reach 4,700,000 Miles."
Nottingham's Departure.
The decision of the Nottingham City Council, which we reported last week, to spend &}000 on heavy road-motor plant, and to raise the money by loan, over 10 years, has now been modified to this extent : the Council prefers to repay the money over five years. Plans submitted by the Commercial Cars, Ltd., for additions to their premises in Bisect Road, Luton, have been passed by the local council.
We are asked to notify our readers that the M.A.L.D.A Motor Association has changed its head offices from Finsbury Pavement House to 31, Finsbury Square, E.C.
The "W. and G." Carriers.
The W. and G. people are, we learn, about. to. embark upon a parcel-carrying scheme of their own, and for this purpose 16 of the oldtype Napier cabs are now being converted tomotorvans. Wa understand that assistance has already been acquired by the engagement of some of the old-established carrier companies' staffs, and a bold bid will be made for the express delivery of parcels in London.
After Seven Years.
An important point, which again arises from our article on Messrs. Shoolbred's fleet, is that a. sevenyear-old-van, if it has been well looked after and always overhauled at its proper time, does not cost more for repairs at that age than it did in its second year. We do nor wonder that Mr. Leyeester .Barwell writes, " I am really pleased about this fact." Of the Shoolbred fleet of 61 vans, the last 13 were built at Letchworth, and all have been supplied by the Lucre Motor
Car Co., Ltd. The first. 48 have chassis of Albion manufacture,
More Motor Mails,
The Postmaster-General notifies his desire to receive tenders for motor-mail services between Bolton and Manchester and Rochdale and Hebden Bridge. The date for the commencement of neither service is yet fixed. The maximum load in the Bolton-Maneheeter case is announced to be 30 cwt. of mails, compared with an average of 17 cwt. at the present time: the maximum load in the Rochdale-Hebden Bridge case will be 10 cwt. of mails, compared with an average of 5 cwt. at the present time (7 cwt. on Sundays). The new contracts will remain in force for a period of two years, and inquiries should be addressed to the Surveyor, G.P.O., Southport. A spare vehicle will have to be kept in reserve in respect. of each service.
_ The Army and Navy Auxiliary Go-operative Society's fleet of Napier vans is, we hear, fitted with Dunlop solid tires.
The Blackpool tramway authority has accepted the tender of Halley's Industrial Motors, Ltd., for a motor tower wagon.
Inquiries are being made by the L.C.C. as to the practicability of arranging a contract for the purchase of one or two motorvans, in view of the fact that a contract for the hire of vans and horses, etc., expires on the 31st March.
The Result of a Fog.
During the fog which prevailed in the Metropolis in the early morning of Tuesday last, one of Pickford's large Cornmer Cars ran off the road in Hart Street, Bloomsbury, and by a curious coincidence crashed across the area into the front of offices which are but a little way from those occupied by G.C. Vaporiser, Ltd. The coincidence was, of course, noteworthy on account of the fact that many of the extensive tests with this interesting paraffin-burning device have been conducted under the auspices of Pickford's running department.
Bradford's Extensions.
-.W.,dford City Council has accepted the offer of the Yorkshire Commercial Motor Co., to supply, for use in the Cle.ansing and Destructor Department, two patent steam wagons with tipping gear operated by the engine, at £540 per wagon. The tramways authority have under consideration quotations for the supply of a chassis for a new motor tower wagon, whilst, as a sequel to a recent trial run of the Daimler Co.'s omnibus, the clauses in the Bill of the Bradford Corporation, to be considered in the next Session of Parliament, relating to trolley vehicles on certain routes, are to be extended to authorize, alternatively, the use of motorbuses.
We observe that Mr. Buxton, in a recent reply in the House of Commons, on the subject of preference to French or German manufactures, about which we wrote a week ago, stated that. " the benefits of reduced rates are not accorded to similar manufactures of the United Kingdom in the absence of any
treaty_or agreement which would seeur;' most-favoured-nation treatment to our goods,"
K.T. Tires for Fire Engines.
The undisputable non-skidding properties of K. T. treads were, in the early days of their development, emphasized by us in these columns, and we at the same time recorded our opinion that K.T.s would in all probability prove to be exceptionally useful for employment on fire-brigade models. Mr. L. Fenner now sends us a copy of an interesting letter which he has received from Mr. Thomas Breaks, Superintendent of the Nottingham Fire Brigade. In the come of this cmmm uni cation , the superintendent says : " During the recent stormy weather our three fire engines, fitted with K. T. tires, behaved splendidly. It is estimated that in. of snow fell in Nottingham on the 10th of January. The engines
made several trips whilst the snow was on the ground, and they performed with the same efficiency as if the weather had been summerlike in condition."
New Registrations.
Two new companies have recently been registered, one under
the style of the South Indian Commercial Corporation, with offices at Madura, Madr.a.s, to run motor services, and the other, under the style of the Visalatchi Motor Service Co., with offices at Sattur, Madras. Their respective capitals nre 100,000 and 60,000 rupees.
G. Beaton and Son., Ltd., with an authorized capital. of £23,000 in El shares, by Morton and Patterson, 10, Old ewry Chambers, E.C., to take over the busineSs carried on at St. James's Square, Notting Hill, W. First directors : S. G. Beaton and G. H. Beaton.
E. W. Jackson and Son, Ltd., with an authorized_ capita] of E15,000 in El shares, by Jordan and Sons, Ltd., to take over the business of manufacturers of motors and body builders, etc., carried on at 51 and 52, French Gate, Doncaster. First directors: E. W. Jackson, E. A. Jackson, P. S. Brightmore, R. H. Hepwoith, A. (1. Sykes, and R. H. Hodgson.