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Superintendent Claro, superintendent of the public-carriage department of Scotland Yard, is retiring next month.
Alderman Milner Black has resigned from the South-Eastern Traffic Commission, of which he was deputy chairman, because he finds that the work involved occupies too much of his time.
Mr. W. H. Keys, a well-known personality in the commercial-vehicle industry, has joined the municipal sales staff of Crossley Motors, Ltd. For the past two years Mr. Keys has been associated with the Vulcan concern.
In recognition of his many services to Oxford, Sir William Morris, the governing director of Morris Ccunmercial Cars, Ltd., has had the honorary The IVIinister of Transport has appointed Alderman F. J. Pagett, of Wigan, as Deputy Traffic Commissioner for the North-Western traffic area, which comprises a large part of Lancashire, the whole of Cheshire, a portion of Derbyshire and the six North Wales counties.
On account of the many calls on his time in connection with important roadtransport developments, we understand that Mr. E. S. Shrapnell-Smith,C.B.E., will not again contest the East Woolwich constituency as a Parliamentary candidate in the Conservative cause.
Mr. C. le 3,L Gosselin, M.I.A.E., who contributed an interesting article entitled "Simplified Chassis Design Needed-V to our Special Goods Vehicle and Haulage Number, published last week, is immediate-past-president of the Commercial Motor Users Association, and not as stated in our article. Major-General S. S. Long, C.13., is the president of the Association. Mr. Gosselin is managing director of H. Viney and Co., Ltd., an established concern of Preston, with wide road-transport interests.
-Menai Bridge Regulations.
New rules regarding the use of the Menai Bridge have been made by the Minister of Transnort and cited as The Motor Vehicles (Use on Menai Bridge) Regulations, 1931. Under these rules it shall not be lawful to drive or permit to be driven on Menai Bridge any motor vehicle weighing, together with its load and trailer (if any) more than 41 tons, and at a speed exceeding 4 m.p.h. When using the central span, the distance between one vehicle and another proceeding in the same direction must not be less than 50 ft.
Mr. Rymer and Canadian Bus Services.
Mr. C. F. Rymer, the well-known Liverpool coach operator, recently laid before Vancouver (Canada) City Council proposals for establishing city
wide bus services. Preliminary negotiations started in 1930 and the recent proposals included details of rate offers and route schedules.
The A.E.C. Heavy-oil Engine.
The Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., of Southall, Middlesex, has produced a useful service and instruction book in respect of its 95 h.p. high-speed oil engine, built under Acro licence. The book includes sections devoted to direc tions as to general treatment, the Bosch pump, the injector, the elimination of air from the fuel system, the governor, the electrical equipment, fuels and oils, etc., as well as giving lists of servicestation addresses all over the world where Bosch pumps are catered for, and a list of A.E.C. branches throughout Great Britain and overseas.
The publication is illustrated by drawings, as well as by clear photographs of the individual parts of the engine, and it forms a valuable guide to the handling of this comparatively new power unit.
Ford Industrial Power Units.
The well-known 14.9 h.p. and 24 h.p. Ford engines are now available for purchase as separate industrial units. Either type, without clutch or gearbox, costs £36 at the Manchester works. If desired a clutch and a three-speed or four-speed gearbox can be provided with the engine. The outputs of the respective sizes are 29 b.h.p. and 40 b.h.p. The service facilities available enhance the value of this offer.
A Paper on Trolley-buses.
At a recent meeting in London of the. Omnibus Society, Mr. Henry Watson read a long and interesting paper on "The Trolley-bus in Urban Transport." He dealt with the history of the trolleybus from experiments made in 1899 to the present time, stating that over million pounds are now invested in this form of transport, about 108 million passengers being carried annually for a revenue of some £666,000. There are, he said, over 136 miles of route and nearly 400 trolley-buses in service in this country.
Mr. Watson then proceeded to discuss operating arid financial aspects by comparison with tramcars and with motorbuses, showing that the sphere of the trolley-bus from the cost point of view is where the service frequency is insufficient to warrant the employment of trains and too great to permit motor buses to be employed with economy.
The discussion which followed dwelt to some extent on the possibilities of the combined trolley-bus and petrolelectric, or oil-engine-electric, vehicle, also on the provision of batteries to aid the mobility of the trolley-bus.
-A Motoring Encyclopaedia.
Commercial-vehicle users and drivers -may not often be puzzled by many of the technical expressions employed in present-day motoring, but those who are will welcome a booklet just published by The Motor. This is entitled "An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Motorcar Parts and Technical Terms." Not only are all important definitions given, but every definition is accompanied by a picture, which greatly, assists a clear comprehension of the part or component and its working. This attractively presented little booklet, which costs only 6d., is well worth possessing. It is obtainable from the leading booksellers and newsagents, or from the offices of The Motor, 5-15, Rosebery Avenue, London, E.C.1.