Farmers Tell Authority • of Shortage
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AFTER evidence had been given by farmers in the Sandbach area concerning lack Of transport, Messrs. Boulton Bras., Sandbach, were granted an increased radius on B-licence, for livestock carrying, by the North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. J. R. Lindsay, at Manchester last week.
-The British Transport Commission objected. A farmer witness told the Authority that rapid transit of freshly calved dairy cattle from auctions was vital if disease or loss were to be avoided.
It was often impossible to get transport, and on some occasions when it was available cattle were kept waiting until 10 p.m.
MANCHESTER FORD SHOW SUCCESSFUL
IN• addition to the extensive range of
commercial vehicles of Ford manufacture, many items of mobile plant are featured at the Ford exhibition which is now in progress at the City Hall, Manchester. The show, which opened on Friday last, is organized jointly by Manchester. Garages, Ltd., H. E. Nunn and Co., Ltd., and H. and J. Quick, Ltd. Tomorrow is the final day.
Many examples of van and lorry bodywork are displayed, including a Thames light van with Brady shutters. Special attention has been attracted by an articulated chassis.
A notable exhibit in the Fordpowered industrial products section is the Autolift 300 3-cu.-yd. hydraulic dumper with hydraulic brakes, clutch and controls. A reversible driver's seat is provided which can be operated whilst the machine is in use in either direction of travel.
One Fordson Major tractor is shown with Victor Storm Guard Cab, muledozer, and Holman Holpack outfit. Other exhibits include a Bray 25 crawler-loader, a J.C.B. two-lever Hydra-digger and a J.C.B. Mark II excavator.
PROFIT DESPITE FIVE-MONTH STRIKE
ALTHOUGH in their last financial year they suffered a strike lasting nearly five months, the Singapore Traction Co., Ltd., made a profit of £23,459. The strike reduced mileage by 31.65 per cent., and passenger traffic by 23.97 per cent.
Sir Thomas J. Strangman, QC., chairman, who gave this information to the shareholders last week, said that traffic receipts continued to expand.
On September 30 last, the company operated 343 motorbuses and 50 trolleybuses. Forty out of 83 Guy Arab buses ordered were already on the road, and the company were so satisfied with them that they had ordered another 25 to be delivered this year.
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