NEW ALBION 5-TONNER.
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The latest addition to the range of Albion Motors, Ltd., Scotstoun, Glasgow, W.4, is a 5-tonner with a chassis weight of only 38-icwt., which leaves an ample margin for bodywork without the 24-ton limit being exceeded.
Designed for a gross load of 54 tons, the machine is built generally on the lines of the 44-tonner now on view at the Show. It is equipped with .34-in. by 7-in. tyres, has a 14-ft. wheelbase and can accommodate a body 16 ft. long. The saving of. weight has been accomplished by extreme care in design and the use of high-quality materials. There has been no sacrifice of strength.
C.M.U.A..Gives Practical Advice.
A well-attended meeting of local hauliers was held last Friday, at „Scholar Green, under the auspices of the Commercial Motor. Users Association,..and was addressed by Mr. W. E. MacVe; chairman of the North-Western Division, and Mr. S. Preece-, organizer for Liverpool and . Manchester areas_ Amongst the questions dealt;with was, one as to whether two brothers, working in partnership under an A'licence, could deliver coal for one of the brothers, if he took Over a coal business. The answer was stated to be in the negative.
Mr. Stirk Prefers Rigid Vehicles.
" Having regard to the still-growing toll of the road, I think we ought to do what we can to see that a safer kind of vehicle is put on the roads, and I am inclined to agree that the rigid vehicle is far safer than the articulated": Mr. J. H. Stirk, East Midland Licensing Authority, expressed this view, on Monday, in granting an application by the K.C.P. Co,, Blaby, Leics., for four new rigid vehicles, two of them replacing articulatedmachines,
Whether such a comment may pro, perly' be made by a Licensing Authority iS open.to grave doubt, for he has. no discretion to discriminate between approved types of vehicle.
Complaint of Bus Competition with Parcels Carriers.
A principle of considerable importance affecting bus companies and carriers was discussed, in Edinburgh, before the Appeal Tribunal. Mr. Ernest Ferguson, South Harbour Street, Ayr, and others appealed against the decision of the Southern Scotland. Licensing Authority to grant to the Western S.M.T. Co., Ltd., a B licence for a vehicle for delivering parcels within five miles of Ayr bus station and a vehicle for delivery within five miles of Kilmarnock, At the original hearing it was pointed out that, where parcels were consigned to persons at addresses actually on bus routes, delivery had formerly been carried out by conductors, otherwise, parcels were conveyed to the most appropriate bus station and there awaited collection. It was claimed that the proposed delivery of parcels would enable the company to expedite service: For the appellants it was stated that if the decision were upheld, a loophole would be left for intensive competition between bus companies and carriers. The Tribunal reserved its decision.
Yorkshire Deadlock to Continue?
The trouble concerning the permanent settlement of wages and conditions for goods-transport operatives in Yorkshire will not cease when the appeals committee of the National Conciliation Board announces its award.
The appeals committee, it is pointed out, deals only with questions of grading for wages purposes, but the Yorkshire employers are raising opposition on other points. The position in the Northern and North-Western Areas is similar.
New Singer 5-7-cwt. Van.
We are informed that the sketch of the battery and tool housing, published in last week's issue, refers only to the Singer Bantam car and not to the new 5-7-cwt. van. PERSONAL PARS.
MR. G. R. CARTER, who during the past 12 months has been chairman of Bradford Transport Committee, has been elected an alderman of Bradford City Council.
MR. R. W. FROST, managing director of Strachans (Successors), Ltd., has been elected a member of the Council of Acton Chamber of Cornmerce.
ALDERMAN WALTER HODGSON, who vacated the chairmanship of Bradford Transport Committee on becoming Lord Mayor of Bradford, last year, has been re-elected chairman on the con elusion of his term of office. •
MR E. KARRIE, for the past 11 years the Pontypridd and Rhondda_ area representative of the National Benzole Co., Ltd., has been appointed to take charge of the sales departinait of the company in the southern English counties.
MR. COLIN HANSPSON has joinrd Mansons, Ltd., the main distributor in Scotland for Specialloid, Ltd. His place as Scottish manager for Specialioid concern is being filled by Mr: Jeary, from the company's Alan.chester branch.
Among the visitors to the Show .on the, opening day were Mr. S. A. BuRoEss and Mr. D. J. McGowar, both of Wellington, New Zealand. The former is the local representative of the Thornycroft . company, whilst Mr. McGowan, who hails from Yorkshire, is a member of a large haulage-contracting concern.
We publish on this .page a portrait of MR. WILLIAM R. WIN-roux, -Who is a well-known figure in the commercial'vehicle--world. His activities are concerned with the buying and selling or secondhand vehicles of all types, and., he has been concerned in transactions involving large fleets of vehicles. TO , cope with the increasing demand which he is experiencing, he has acquired additional premises at the Elephant and Castle, London, S.E.1, where a comprehensive stock of passenger and goods vehicles is available for inspection and trial. Correspondence and inquiries will continue to be dealt with from Mr. Wintour's head office at 199, Piccadilly, London, W.1.
G.W.R. Buying More Thornycrofts. John I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd., has received its 38th repeat order from the Great Western Railway Co., this being for 34 2-tonners, .similar, in the main, to the vehicle of this type which the company now has on exhibition at Olympia. With forward control, a 9-ft. 6-in, wheelbase and a short overall length, combined with a small turning circle, this vehicle can be easily manceuvred in the confined spaces of railway yards, etc. ANNUAL MEETING OF GUY MOTORS, LTD.
At the 21st annual meeting of Guy Motors, Ltd., held on Wednesday, Mr. S. S. Guy, chairman, said definitely that in arriving at the results shown by the balance-sheet [these were given in our issue for last week], the company had not written up the stock, but had written ]1.eiwn any item which might not be readily saleable unless reduced in price. During the year under review a proportion of this stock thus written down was, in fact, sold, thereby producing a surplus in the trading account which otherwise would not have occurred. No income tax has to be paid, until the accumulated loss of the past few years has been wiped out by profits, The conipany has substantial contracts
in hand, is doing particularly well with trolleybuses and is, generally, in a favourable position.
Are Portable Weighing Machines Legal? .
The use by the police of portable apparatus to weigh vehicles on the road was challenged in the Doncaster West Riding Court, on Saturday, by three solicitors who appeared for a number of drivers accused of driving overladen vehicles and owners charged with permitting the alleged offences.
A police witness admitted that, in his opinion, the use of a machine which weighed only one axle at a time was not so accurate a method as that of employing an ordinary weighbridge, which weighed the whole vehicle. A submission for the defendants was that, in law, the prosecution was not good, inasmuch as no weight ticket was given to the defendants by the police, as required by the Act, and that, in fact, the method of weighing was unsatisfactory. The Bench intimated that it did not feel satisfied on the points raised and the cases were adjourned sine die.
Norfolk Haulier Rebuked by Licensing Authority.
At a recent sitting of the Eastern Licensing Authority, at 'Norwich, Mr. E. II. J ewrson, a local haulier, was rebuked by Sit Haviland Hiley for the irregular use of a licence. Mr. jewson applied for a modification of his licence to enable him to carry meat from London to certain towns in Norfolk, in substitution for a condition permitting him to carry furniture from Swaffham to London.
It transpired that the applicant had been carrying meat from London to Icing's Lynn ,on the existinOicence.
Some of the exhibitsl'ol leading concerns in the commercial-vehicle industry are to be seen in this general view of a section of the Grand Hall, Olympia. The picture affords a good idea of the wide range of vehicles on view and the
orderliness of the display.
Sir IIaviland Hiley read a letter from a firm of London merchants stating that Mr. Jewson had been recommended to them by a well-known , butcher in King's Lynn.
A further letter read by the Licensing Authority showed that butchers in the King's Lynn and LittIeport district preferred to have their meat transported by road, because of quicker delivery. The modification was refised.
The Flexion Six-wheeler Attachment.
In describing the new Flexion FitQuick articulated six-wheeler attachment in our issue for last week, we referred to the unit as incorporating an hydraulic lifting jack. This is not now embodied in the design and is not on the attachment exhibited at Olympia. ARTIFICIAL SAFETY MEASURES 'ATTACKED.
Outspoken speeches were vigorously applauded by over 200 guests at the dinner given to Morris-Commercial dis tributors on Monday. Lord Nuffield delivered a scathing attack on the British iron and steel manufacturers, who, he said, were formed into ' a ring against us," putting the 33A-per-cent. duty in their pockets and forcing British vehicle manufacturers to pay a third mbre for their iron arid steel than their overseas competitors.
Mr. Oliver Baden was equally frank at the expense of the Government. Capt. Hudson had referred to an increase in commercial-vehicle registrations since 1932, but to obtain a fair comparison it was necessary to gd back to the period before the Road Traffic Act. Now, in a year when industry was booming, registrations were showing a decline.
Capt. Hudson seemed to regard the fitting of a plate showing the permissible load of the vehicle as a contribution to road safety, but if the Road Fund had been spent for its legitimate • purpose, there would have been no need to look for road safety by attaching more plates to commercial vehicles.
Mr. Boden revealed that, in spite of the difficulties, the proportion of Morris-Commercial vehicles in the total registrations continues to increase, and announced that Lord Nuffield had sanctioned the expenditure of £260,000 on a new factory at Adderley Park, solely for Morris-Commercial vehicles, He urged his hearers to use their influence at the election to secure fair treatment for the industry.
Mr. G. Stewart stated that the month of October had been a record one for Stewart and Ardern, Ltd., in association with Morris Commercial Cars, Ltd. ANCILLARY USERS AND SECTION 19 VARIATION.
The council of Warrington Chamber of Commerce has passed a resolution recommending that the amendment of Section 19 of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, by the variation Order dated November 10,1934, should be extended to include C-licence holders. The resolution has been submitted to the executive council of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, and will be pressed on the Minister of Transport when the new Cabinet is formed.
More C.M.U.A. Meetings.
Operators in the districts concerned are asked by the Commercial Motor Users Association, Manchester Area, to keep open dates for meetings which have been arranged as fellosse—Novemher 18, at Hanley, November 20, at Wrexham, and November 21, at Ormskirk. Notices giving further details are being circulated direct to all operators.
Bradford Chamber Catechizes Candidates.
Parliamentary candidates in the four Bradford constituences were asked by the transport section a the Bradford Chamber of Trade whether they would support an increase to 30 m.p.h. in the speed limit of heavy goods vehicles of modern design and construction (without trailers).
A questionnaire which the section sent to Bradford candidates also included the following:—" If elected, will you use your influence and press for a reduction in the present taxation on road transport, including the petrol and oil tax? Will you use your influence and press for the utilization of motor taxation for the purposes of the roads? Will you support the strengthening and reconstruction of weak bridges? Will you support the abolition of toll bridges?"
Extra Haulage Work for New Aerodromes.
Eight additional vehicles, four of them being trailers, were granted to Mr. H. Poynter, of Norwich, at a recent sitting of the Eastern Licensing Authority at Norwich. "The new vehicles are required for contracts to take sectional huts to aerodromes, and it was pointed. out that whilst 60-70 tons of joinery were, at present, being carried per week, this was shortly to be increased to 100-120 tons.
Mr. Poynter said that a great deal•of the work was for the Air Ministry, in connection with new aerodromes, and that there was very much mdre work for Norfolk County Council. Sir Haviland Riley commented that although Mr. Poynter was asking for more vehicles, the unladen weight
was less. It was pointed out that large, unwieldy vehicles were being disposed of, and more modern vehicles of a lighter type were to be substituted.
Sir Haviland Hiley said that he was satisfied that a case had been made out, and the application was granted.
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