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"The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, us a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which it runs."—John Beattie Crozier.
The Tramways and Transport Congress.
The 22nd annual congress of the Tramways, Light Railways and Transport Association will he held in London from May 18th to 20th. The headquarters will be at Hotel Victoria, Northumberland Avenue, W.C.2, and the first assembly will be at 2.30 p.m. on May 18th at that hotel. At 3 p.m. buses will convey the party to the Finchley depot of the Metropolitan Electric Tramways, Ltd., which will be inspected and where a paper on "The Layout of a Modern Tramway Depot" will be read by Mr. L. B. Hewitt, A.M.I.E.E. The reception by Mr. E. H. Edwardes, chairman of the council, will take place at 9 p.m. at Hotel Victoria.
On May 19th there will be a discussion on "Recent Improvements on Tramways," which will be introduced by the chairman at 10.30 a.m. At 2.30 p.m. modern L.C.C. tramcars will convey the party from the Embankment to the L.C.C. Central Repair Depot at Charlton.
The members' annual dinner and dance will be held at 8 p.m.
A particularly interesting paper will be that to be read on May 20th at 10 a.m. by Dr. H. F. Haworth (chief engineer, Leyland Motors, Ltd.) and Mr. P. Biggar (research engineer, Leyland Motors, Ltd.). It will be entitled "High Compression Oil Engines Suitable for Passenger Road Transport."
At 12.30 p.m. buses will convey the party to Hampton Court, and at 3.30 p.m. trolley-vehicles will convey it to the Falwell Depot of The London United Tramways, Ltd. where a paper on "Tramcars and Trolley-buses" will be read by Mr. C. I Spencer, O.B.E.
At 9 p.m., at Hotel Victoria, a reception, cabaret, dance and supper will be given by the chairman and directors of South Lancashire Transport Co., Ltd.
United Bus Owners.
Having a membership of 80 and controlling over 200 buses, the North Western Area United Bus Owners Association celebrated its successful establishment, by a dinner held last Tuesday at Wrexham.
Mr. J. Price was in the chair, and he was supported by the Mayor of Wrexham and other civic dignitaries. The secretary, Mr. Charles Tooth, stated that the association had its origin in the Wrexham and District United Bus Owners Association, but it took a new form on the enactment of the Road Traffic Act.
Primarily, the object of the association is to assist members in obtaining road-service licences. What success has been achieved can be best expressed by the following illuminating statistics ;—The number of services operated by members of the association is 178; number of members operating to Wrexham, 29; number of services to Wrexham, 31; association buses operating to Wrexham, 68; estimated number of passengers carried by. .Wrexham services c20 per annum, 4,250,000; applications made to the North Western Traffic Commissioners, 229 ; licences granted, 225. Agreements have been negotiated with various companies in respect of fares, co-ordination, and other matters.
Hauliers Get Together in the North.
A meeting held at Newcastle-on-Tyne on April 6th was attended by well over 100 hauliers, representing all branches of the industry from the Tweed to Teesside. The chair was taken by Mr. J. Blaney, of Felling, who explained that the meeting had been called with a view to forming a North-East Coast Regional Area Committee of the Long Distance Road Haulage Association. He introduced the following members of the National Council of the Association, who attended to address the meeting :— Mr. E. C. Marston, president, Mr. Donaldson Wright, Major Dring and Mr. E. B. Hutchinson.
Mr. Marston pointed out to the audience that the only way to combat the present railway propaganda against road transport was for all hauliers to unite in a national association and thus put themselves in a strong position to face the forthcoming fight.
It was unanimously decided to form a regional committee, and a temporary committee and secretary were elected as follow :—Messrs. Walton (Walton's Carriers, Ltd., Stockton-on-Tees), J. Hepplewhite (Hepplewhite and Shaw, Ltd., Sunderland), j. H. Turnbull (North Shields), J. Blaney (Imperial Garage, Felling-on-Tyne), R. Hill (R. Hill and Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne), B. Harrison (T. 0. Harrison, Ltd., Middlesbrough) and Mr. F. Milton, hon. secretary.
Any haulier in the north-east toast area who wishes to join should communicate with the hon. secretary, Mr. F. Milton, transport department, Imperial Garage, Felling, Gateshead-onTyne. A New Lubricating Oil Concern.
A new company known as Heseltine, Evelyn and Co., Ltd., with offices in Aldwych House, 'London, 'W.C.2, has been formed as importers, merchants and blenders of lubricating oil.
The company takes its name from two well-known members of the oil trade, as Mr. G. R. N. HeseItine was sales manager of the lubricating department of the Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., and played an important part in the development and introduction of Pratts motor oil, later, becoming one of the five divisional sales managers, whilst Mr. A. L. Evelyn was for many years northern manager of a similar department of the Anglo-American Oil Co., subsequently being stationed in London.
Their enterprise in striking out for themselves in this manner—and this during a somewhat difficult period—is commendable, and we wish them every success in their new sphere.
Albion's Trading in 1931. , The report of Albion Motors, Ltd., for the year ended December 31st, 1931, shows a loss of £18,967, after making provision for depreciation, income-taxe directors' remuneration, interest on debenture stock and subsidiary company's trading loss. When this amount is deducted from the balance standiag at the credit of the profit and loss account, a credit of £17,989 remains.
A dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum has been paid on the preference shares for the half-year ended June 30th, 1931, and this absorbed £4,016, whilst a similar amount will be disbursed in connection with the dividend on the same shares for the second half of the year, leaving £9,957 to be carried forward. No dividend is to be paid on the ordinary shares in respect of the past year.
Awards to Newsvan Drivers.
Sir Malcolm Campbell spoke in high terms of the skill and efficiency of the drivers of London's newspaper vans, when he recently presented London "Safety First" Council awards to drivers of The Star and New8 Chronicle vans. Sir Malcolm was so impressed by the driving of these men when he made the awards a year ago that he offered two silver cigarette cases for
competition. Messrs. F. Dennington and C. E. Titchall won these.
Sir Walter Layton, the chairman of the News Chronicle, who presided, said that the men had a better record even than last year, in spite of the fact that the road mileage now exceeded 1,500,000 per annum, and that a greater number of drivers had completed 12 months' driving without any accident for which they were to blame. In all. 43 drivers won bars to their medals, which signify that they have been driving five years without , a serious accident. Altogether, 93 , drivers won diplomas, Medals and bars, against 85 last year.