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MR. H. G. STARLEY ON PRODUCTION FACTORS
D ESPONDING to the toast of the
X motor industry, proposed by Lord Brabazon at the industry's jubilee banquet held in Manchester on October 25, Mr. H,-G. Starley, chairman of the Motor Industry's Jubilee Committee, referred to some important factors.
He said it must not be overlooked that the industry's increasing production was providing a return to the Nation of the exchange required for essential imports. There was a need for even greater production, but this could be achieved only by extra hard work on the part of everyone engaged, for the motor industry depends on so many trades for supplies. The makers cannot complete their vehicles until full stocks of parts of every conceivable type are available in the stores of their establishments. Unfortunately, they are not in this happy position today.
If the industry is to meet its obligations for increased production, the Government must take steps to see that steel supplies are made available to cope with the larger programmes planned for 1947.
SECOND ATTEMPT TO ENTER INDUSTRY SUCCEEDS
HOLDER of the Military Medal and five times a prisoner of war, Mr G. E. Currey, Annesley Avenue, Blackpool. made a second attempt to enter the haulage industry last week, when he applied to the North Western Licensing Authority for an " A " licence to run a 5-ton lorry and to carry building materials.
In June, his application was refused for tack of evidence. Last week, Mr. W. E. Macve, the Licensing Authority. told Mr. Currey that he did not need an " A " licence, but should apply for a " B " licence. Meantime, as there was a local need, he would receive a short-, term licence to operate within a 20-mile radius of Blackpool.
A Blackpool builder said that' he defied anyone to get a haulage job done in Blackpool in under two days.
Mr. Macve reserved decision on an application by Mr. W. A. Matthewman, Horncliffe Road, Blackpool, for a licence to run an additional 6k-ton vehicle to carry prefabricated houses between Blackpool and Lancashire towns. Applicant had a 2i-ton lorry on work at Warton and two 5-tormers carrying prefabricated houses.
PALESTINE'S CONSTRUCTION RESTRICTIONS
THE licensing authority of Palestine published, on October 13, a notice of considerable interest to suppliers of lorries and buses and operators in that country. It concerned the following restrictions:—
No motor vehicle imported into Palestine after June 30, 1947, will be licensed as either a goods vehicle or bus, unless it be equipped with lefthand steering.
The licence of any such vehicle with right-hand steering and which has been imported into Palestine between December 31, 1946, and June 30, 1947, will not be renewed after December 31, 1947, unless it be converted to left-hand steering. 1250,000 COMPANY TAKES OVER FOUR DEALER CONCERNS rOUR Northern concerns dealing in 1 commercial vehicles have been acquired by a new company, Northern Commercial Vehicles, Ltd.
This company has taken over the whole of the issued share capitals of Barton Townley, Ltd., William Atkinson and Sons (Lancaster), Ltd.. Barton Motors (Preston), Ltd., and North Shore Garage and Motor Works, Ltd. The new company has an authorized share capital of £250,000, and the directors are Mr. Barton Townley, Mr. Nigel Battine, 0.B.E., Sir Hugh Trevor Dawson, Bart., and Mr. John Barton Townley, B.A.
THE GROWTH OF " ARTCO
AS a result of a new questionnaire sent to members of Associated Road Transport Contractors, Ltd., the following are the latest statistics:—Members own 659 vehicles with a capacity of 4,500 tons, there are 65 depots, 52 fuelling stations, 37 resting and feeding depots, 41 repair and maintenance depots and 37 storage and distribution centres.
C.M. SERVICE LEAGUER AVAILABLE
AN ex-Serviceman who, in his final year in the Army, was a lecturer on the theory and economics of transport, desires a suitable post. Starting in 1917 as an apprentice to a motor engineer, he joined the R.A.F. two years later and became a sergeant M.T. fitter. Then he spent 18 years with a haulage concern, the last six as transport manager. From 1941 to 1943, he was a transport manager for N.A.A.F.I., with 200 vehicles and then became a sergeant instructor in the Royal Signals. His name and address are: A. W. Scoffield, 1I5B, Manor Drive North, New Malden, Surrey,
CAR DESIGN COMPETITION STILL OPEN THE closing date for entries for the S.M.M.T. and M.A.A. competition, "The Style of Cars to Come," is November 15. Both bodies are receiving hundreds of suggestions in the form of drawings and models. Prizes amounting to .£1,000 are offered, and entry forms may be obtained from motor dealers, or direct from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, 148, Piccadilly, London, W.I.
EXPRESS CARRIERS TO HOLD REUNION
A LUNCHEON to mark the formal 1-1 winding-up of the National Conference of Express Carriers is to be held by the Express Carriers Group of the Road Haulage Association, at Coastal Chambers, London, S.W.1, on November 6 at 12.30 p.m. It is hoped that express carriers from all parts of the country will attend as an annual reunion, and that all members of the Group National Committee will make a particular point of being present. A meeting of the Group National Committee will be held at 10.30 a.m., on the same day, at Roadway House, 146, New Bond Street, London, W.1.