ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL: TWO PRESIDENTS
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1.-IN Tuesday, the Ministry of Trans%---f port announced the appointment of Mr. C. Montgomery White, K.C., as president of the Transport Arbitration Tribunal, established under Section 105 of the Transport Act, 1947. Mr. White has been appointed by the Lord Chancellor and wilt preside over proceedings other than those concerned with Scotland.
Mr. C. W. G. Guest, K.C., will be president of the Tribunal for Scottish proceedings. He has been appointed by the Lord President of the Court of Session.
Members of the Tribunal, appointed by the Lord Chancellor, are Mr. B. G. Catterns and Sir Russell Kettle.
Mr. White, who is 50 years of age, served in the Royal Air Force in two wars. Mr. Guest is 46 years old, and during the recent war held the rank of major in the Judge Advocate General's Branch of the War Office.
INTERNATIONAL CLEANSING CONFERENCE
Pon the collection and disposal of refuse and on street cleansing, and an exhibition and demonstration of vehicles, will be part of the programme of the Fourth International Conference on Public Cleansing, to be held in Amsterdam from September 15-19.
The party from England will leave London at 8 p.m. on September 13 and travel via Harwich to the Hook of Holland. The return trip will start from Amsterdam on the evening of September 20 and the party will arrive back in London at 9 a.m. on September 21.
Mr. A. M. Noppen, director of public cleansing, Amsterdam, will be president of the Conference.
INOPPORTUNE OLIVER TWISTS?
SEEM1NG to coincide strangely with Mr. Attlee's recent injunction to the workers not to seek increases' of wages at such a time, a new application for higher wages in road haulage has, "The. Commercial Motor" learns, been submitted to the Road Haulage Central Wages Board. Details of the application are a closely guarded secret.
FORD SIX-WHEELED OILER
AN oil-engined six-wheeler-with two driven rear axles, known as the Ford-Thornton, has made its appearance in Australia. The Hercules DJXC6. six-cylindered engine has a bore of 31 ins, and a stroke of 41 ins., giving a piston-swept volume of 298 cubic ins. It develops 208 ft.-lb. at 1,300 r.p.m.
As a vehicle, the gross weight is about 13 tons, and as a tractor 20 tons. The drive is taken from a standard gearbox through a two-speed transfer case to two two-speed rear axles. A total of 16 forward ratitos is thus available. The two-speed transfer case is situated midway between the two driven axles and incorporates an automatically locking differential.
The rear bogie comprises two springs on each side, pivoted on the projecting ends of a trunnion which extends from B18 the transfer case through supporting brackets on the frame side-members. The axles are carried on the spring ends by rotatable housings, to which tte springs are shackled. All four spring shackles' are free to move on the axle housings and the centre floating trunnion on the torque yoke allows complete flexibility between the gearcase and the axles.
A WASHING PLANT OF STURDY DESIGN
AN item of equipment which will be welcomed by many operators of commercial vehicles is the new Niagara Merlin vehicle-washing plant by the Laycock Engineering Co., Ltd.., Victoria Works, Millhouses, Sheffield, 8.
Based on the well-known Niagara model, it has a pump of three-throw type and is a one-gun plant. The pump has stainless-steel plungers and works at about 100 r.p.m.
The motor is mounted vertically above the crank chamber, coupling direct to the worm shaft, which is mounted on ball bearings. All other bearings are of plain pattern and of generous proportions, whilst the eccentric shaft is of nickel iron and gives a large bearing surface. Lubrication is entirely automatic from a large-capacity sump.
Adjustable to give either a straightfine jet or a wide diffused spray, the waShirig gun oPerates at a pressure of 375 lb. per sq. in.
Overall dimensions are 3 ft. 1 in. by 1 ft. 9 ins. by 3 ft. 6 ins, high, and net weight is 51 cwt. With three-phase motor the price is £105, and with onephase motor £118. A D.C. motor type costs £129.
TROLLEYBUS EXTENSIONS
170 new trolleybuS routes have been rought into operation by South Shields Corporation. The new services are between Ridgeway, Cleadon Estate, and the Lawe, and between the junction of Prince Edward Road and Centenary Avenue and the Market Place. Trolleybuses on both -routes operate every 14 minutes.
DISQUALIFIED DRIVER'S CASE FOR REVIEW
A TTENTION of the Home Secretary IA was drawn by Mr. T. Driberg, in the House of Commons, to the case of a Maldon lorry driver, who was fined and disqualified from driving for 12 months because the vehicle which he was driving for his employer was not insured. Mr. Driberg asked whether sentence would be remitted, in view of hardship and probable high cost of appeal.
Mr. Chuter Ede said he had no power to interfere with a court's decision on the matter but was causing inquiries to be made about the case.
FUTURE OF N.C.B. FACTORY
IN the House of Commons, Mr. Wilkes asked Sir Stafford Cripps what stage had been reached in the allocation of a factory to Northern Coachbuilders, Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne. The allocation had been under consideration for over 12 months.
The President of the Board of Trade said it was a case of building a new factory and its specialized nature delayed the plans. They had now been approved, subject to possible economy in the use of steel.
TOMATO SERVICE AGAIN
SHORTLY, Burrows Transport, Ltd., will resume its service for the distribution of Jersey tomatoes throughout the country. Vehicles will operate from Poole, Dorset, and not from Portsmouth as in pre-war days. The first consignment is expected at Poole on September 4 and thereafter a ship will arrive on alternate days.
Burrows Transport, Ltd:,, has offices in London, Birminghani, Bristol, and Southampton.
HIGHER COACH FARES?
TO-DAY the Central Fares Committee 1 is meeting to consider recommendations from Nos. 1 and 2 Regional Fares Committees in connection with increases in coach fares. Nos. 1 and 2 Committees, which deal with services to the south-east coastal resorts met yesterday to decide on the rate of increase to be sought. , For some time the Fares Committees have been pressing for an increase in fares beyond the advance of 161 per cent at present authorized.