New Shell Detergent Oil : Old Grades Go
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A HIGHLY: refined mineral oil .1-1. blended with . a petroleum-based additive which Makes it detergent, stable and proteeti* Shell X-101) motor. , nil is introduced' to-day on the British 'market. Current 'grades of Shell engine oil retailed by garages are to he withdrawn.
Speaking at a. Press conference at Thornton research Centre on Tuesday, Mr. C. M. Vignoles, managing director of Shell-Mex and BP.; Ltd.; •aaid: "In experiments which have been carried out in the doielopment of this new oil some of the results achieved have been most striking. For example, in tests Of oxidation stability, Shell X-100 motor oil, compared with a high-quality straight oil, has reduced by a factor of
four the corrosion of beatings. • " Again, in a test under high load conditions, the time taken for valves to fail has been measured and the new oil has shown its superiority by trebling valve life."
RAILWAY OF STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE
THE railway line between Inverness and the extreme north. of Scotland. Was of strategic importance, and it was essential that it be kept open. In 1938, 8,000 passengers were carried front Thurso. but in 1940 the figure was 174,000.
Mr. Henderson Macrliarihid, assistant I:raffle superintendent of the.Railway_ : Executive. Inverness. made ' this statement before the Scottish Licensing . Authority, last 'week, when Messrs. Peter Burr, Tongue, and Messrs. Dunnet Motors, Wick, applied to run
weekly services to Edinburgh and Glasgow during the summer.
Besides the Railway Executive, the Highland Transport Co., Ltd., James Sutherland and Co., David Mac Brayne, Ltd., W. Alexander and Son, Ltd., and Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., lodged objections. Decision was reserved.
ZEBRA RULES AMENDED
IAA MENDMENTS to the pedestriancrossing regulations came into force on Wednesday, and are mainly concerned with markings. Their disci is that if a crossing does not comply strictly with the provisions of the regulations • about the layout of the tines of studs, or about black-and-white striping, it will still be valid, provided that the appearance of the lines and stripes is not materially impaired. The first stripe at /each side of a zebra crossing is no longer required to be black.
. BROWN BROTHERS' NEW DEPOT
THE new depot of Brown Brothers. Ltd., at Marsh Lane, Southampton, which will be opened on Monday, -has a floor space of over 22,000 sq. ft.
There are three main floors. A tyrefitting station and stocks of components, accessories and garage equipment are located on the ground floor; radio and electrical goods are stored on the first' floor, whilst the second floor is devoted to offices.
R.11 E. ACQ( IRES DEPOT
PREMISES Irthlingborough, Northants. which have been used during the past 10 years by Eastern Coach Works, Ltd, have been taken over by the Road Haulage Executive as a repair depot.
C-Hiring Offence : £10 Fine
AFN of £10 was imposed on Messrs. J. J. Cameron, Dumbries Road, Liverpool, at Liverpool Magistrate's Court, last week, for contravening the conditions of a C-hiring margin.
It was stated that Messrs. Cameron had a C-hiring arrangement with Stimpson Bros., Ltd., Northampton, A represeniative of the latter company informed the court that it was ignorant that it was responsible for supplying the driver, completing log sheets.and insuring the vehicle.
Evidence was given in respect of a ,load of raw hides believed to be going to Glasgow. The defendants told an investigating officer that the load was destined for Stimpson Bros., Ltd.. but upon inquiry it was found that it was going elsewhere. The consignment was being carried for another concern on a normal hiring basis.
EAST KENT'S TOURS PROGRAMME
DESPITE increases made to cover higher hotel charges, the East Kent Road Car Co., Ltd., is still able to offer an attractively priced 1952 tours programme. Seven tours are scheduled at home and three on the Continent.
The shortest home tour is a five-day trip to Blackpool that will be run during the illuminations period in October. This is advertised at £16 16s. An eightday tour to North Wales costs £24 3s., and the company's longest home tour, a 12-day run to Scotland, is priced at £35 14s.
Amendments have had to be made to the foreign programme. The Black Forest.and French Riviera tours have been cancelled, • and the Swiss and Austrian Tyrol tours curtailed from 14 days to 12 days and 11 days respectively. The Normandy and Brittany tour, which is of seven days' duration, is advertised at £33 12s. from London.
"SMOKING" CHARGE DISMISSED CCHARGES against an Exeter coach Norman Gordon Stephens, 44, Well Street, for "smoking while driving and failing to wear his badge in a conspicuous position" were dismissed by Launceston 'Magistrates.
In defence it was denied that Stephens had been smoking, as the cigarette was not lit, and that when interviewed by a police officer, there was no need for him to be exhibiting a badge. The coach was in the charge of a car-park attendant, the passengers had left the vehicle, and the driver himself was about to join them for refreshment.
DRIVER DRENCHED PEDESTRIAN
A CHARGE under an Act of 1835 was made against a Stockton Trans port Department bus driver recently for causing a "fountain of slush" to drench a woman walking on the pavement.. The defendant told the magistrates that he had had to pull-in to the side of the road to make way for an overtaking car.
The case was dismissed.