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P. Saunderson, of Elstow Works, Bedford, gi vAeroplanes. ing 48 hours' notice of an attempt to annex the £1,000 prize offered by the " Daily Mail" for a flight by a British-made aeroplane. I hope, before this issue sees the light, that Sounderson has proved successful.
On a recent visit to John Morris and Co.'s works at Salford, I was much impressed with the finish and the detail of their fire-brigade motor wagons. This company has, of course, been at this class of work for many years, and even competitors have to go to it for special ladders, etc., " Morris's " work being frequently specified. I was permitted, also, to see the correspondence and estimates to the Salford Corporation, and it strikes me as odd, and not altogether fair, that the Corporation Committee could not find time to visit this maker's works, in the Council's own borough, although Morris's delayed important foreign deliveries in order to give them
Fire-Brigade Wagons. the opportunity of seeing the finished articles. From what I can see, they have fair cause for complaint. A photograph of one of two Morris's petrol-motor hose tenders, built for the Cape Town Municipality, is reproduced on this page. These vehicles have four-cylinder engines of 3055 li.p., and carry hose-boxes with 18 coils, of 100 ft. each, of D., in. hose.
In reply to my enquiry at the Milnes-Daimler office about any recent deliveries, I learnt Mines-DannIer that they have just Deliveries. received an order for three 3-ton vehicles from the South Metropolitan Gas Co., Old Kent Road, S.E.
When I looked round the Brewers' Exhibition on Monday morning, it was too early to catch A I3erna Test. the principals, except in the case of Allchin's stand, where Mr. 1). P. Smith was in attendance with a new wagon. I found, also, on the same day Mr_ W. H. Dumareseq, of the Berna, who was justly proud, and delighted, with a recent test of the Berna lorry, on the road to Beaconsfield_ This was on Wednesday the 13th, when the roads were in shocking condition through rain. The Berna five-ton lorry carstied 55 sacks of cement, the load being fully five tons, and the petrol consumption was one gallon per 10.2 miles. Carburine was the spirit employed, and the distance was checked by a Cowey speed indicator. This was a satisfactory performance indeed.
" We have this week arranged 'for Nit.. W. Skidmore to represent our tires in London,"
Dook-Swain's said Mr. Ernest London Agent. Dook, of the Dook Swain tires, to me a few days ago. I should say they cannot be in better hands; Mr. Skidmore certainly knows the bus and heavyvehicle trade of London; in fact, his knowledge of London is like that of the immortal Sam Weller, " extensive and peculiar." He is a droll personage whom it is always a pleasure to meet, and his persistency, if there is the faintest scent of business, is amazing--and usually rewarded.