IS M.O.T. "GREAT WHITE SPIRIT "?
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"We country people do not subscribe to the view that the Ministry of Transport is the Great White Spirit, that it has ever done anything seriously for rustic England. It is an urban institution, with urban traditions and urban inspirations.'' This remark was made by Mr. C. B. Fenwick, counsel representing objectors at a Ministry of Transport inquiry, at Boronghbridge, last week, into a part of the Ministry of Transport's proposals for diverting the Great North Road so as to by-pass a number of towns and villages in Yorkshire. This inquiry followed one at Northallerton the previous day.
• Stepney Borough's Fine New Garage.
Magnificent new garage accommodation and workshops were opened by the Mayor of Stepney (Councillx J. J. A. Long, J.P.), for the borough's cleansing committee, last Saturday. The building, which is in Medland Street Limehouse, E.9, comprises a two-storey garage, 'machine workshops, battery-charging room, blacksmith's shop, mess-room and kitchen, etc. It is designed for the-garage and
repair of 80 vehicles., 72 being in use at present for public cleansing.
There 'are two underground petrolstorage pits, each containing a 1,000gallon tank connected to three pumps. A 200 lb.-pressure compressed air plant serves vehicle-lifts, greasing and spraying apparatus, and provides air for tyre inflation.
Inside the spiral ramp there is space for vehicle washing, the apparatus provided including four swing-arms and nozzles.
Sales Boom in Electrics.
Associated Electric Vehicle Manufacturers Ltd., 231-233, Grand Buildings, Trafalgar Square, London, W.G.2, advises us that during the past month orders for Morrison Electric vehicles exceeded all records. They included an order for 10 2-ton models from Dundee, placed by the company's Scottish distributors, another for 10 12-cwt. models for the Guildford Co-operative Society, placed through the Woodcote Motor Co., of Epsom, and two further orders for fleets from the Bristol Co-operative Society. In addition the Scottish Farmers Dairy Co., of Glasgow, placed an orde; through the company's Scottish distributors, and the North-East Lancashire Dairies„ one through the Colmar° Depot, Manchester.
New Karrier Short.wheelbase Tipper.
Harrier Motors, Ltd., Luton, is now offering its CH5 5f-ton model with an alternative wheelbase of 8 ft. 3 ins., in which form it is useful as the basis for a tipping vehicle. Apart from greater manceuvrability—it has a turning circle as low as 35 ft —all features such as full-forward control, an 80 b.h.p. six
cylindered engine and a bevel-driven rear axle remain the same as in the standard 11-ft. 6-in, wheelbase chassis, which was introduced into the Harrier range at the beginning of February.
As will be seen from an accompanying illustration, the short-wheelbase chassis is strongly constructed for traversing severe surfaces, over which tipping vehicles have so often to operate.
Ford Show Date.
The Ford Motor Co., Ltd., announces that its own show will, this year, again be held at the Royal Albert Hall, London, the dates being from October 13-22.
London Company's Uganda Transport Concession.
We understand that the Overseas Motor Transport Co., Ltd., Victoria Street, London, S.W.1, has secured the sole concession for public transport at Kampala, Uganda. FUTURE FOR LIGHT OIL ENGINES.
At a meeting of the East Lanes and Cheshire Division of the Institution of the Motor Trade, last week, a lecturer stated that 93 per cent, of the maximum-load vehicles on the roads of this country were running on oil engines; it followed, he said, that the oil engine must also come ahead in the SO class.
The subject of the address was " The Light Diesel Engine" and the speaker was Mr. G. R. Guest, of the engineering technical staff at F. Perkins, Ltd., Peterborough. Mr. Guest commended the light oil engine to all operators seeking an outlet for enterprise and business expansion.
Especially did he stress the importance of its use overseas, where petrol was far dearer than here and oil much cheaper. Among the points he presented was that the small high-speed oil engine would give 1,500 r.p.m. where a corresponding petrol engine would be limited to 1,000 r.p.m.
Leyland Exports Make Good Showing.
A large increase in the • export of heavy goods and passenger machines by Leyland Motors, Ltd., is shown in the company's figures for the half-year ended March, 1938. During this period the number of vehicles shipped overseas was 78 per cent, more than in the same period of 1937.
An analysis of the returns reveals that 17 countries imported machines of Leyland manufacture. The demand for oil-engined vehicles is shown to be increasing, for Si per cent, more oilers were shipped. Trolleybus exports were 31 per cent. higher.