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INST. OF PUBLIC CLEANSING RESTARTS CONFERENCES
ETTING quickly into its stride, in
the post-war 'period, the Institute of -Piiblic Cleansirig'is recommending its annual conferenees, and this year's event will cover two days and will he held on September .6 and 7 at the Celt: tral Hall, Westminster, London, S.W.1. Afnumber of papers will be presented for discussion, these including "The Public CleanSing Department of the 'Future," by Mr. FL M. Ellis, cleansing superintendent at Birkenhead, and " The Storage of Refuse at, and the Collection from, New Housing Estates,'7 by Mr. J. D. Henry, cleansing superintendent at Dundee,
• ALBION MOTORS TRADING ESOLTS
THE! report of Albion Motors, Ltd., for 1444 show h profit of £121,654, after Making: provision for depreciation and all charges, including taxation and contingencies. The dividend on the preference shares, at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, less tax, took £2,082 and £60,000 has been transferred, to. replacement reserve, leaving a balance of £122,300, after adding £68,677 " brought in. A dividend of 121 pet
• cent. per annum, less tax, is being paid op the ordinary shares and this will. take £62,175, leaving £60,125 to be carried forward.
RELEASE DATES FOR AUSTIN DELIVERY VANS
I N announcing release dates for its post-war prOducts, the Austin Motor Cy., Ltd , states that production of the 10 'h.p. van is starting and that
deliveries of the 8 h.p. van will corn-, ■ • Thence on.Jaly 16.
FORD PROFIT SHOWS INCREASE FOR 1944
I N 1944, the trading profit of the Ford Motor Co , Ltd., was £2,518,439, which shows an increase of £221,113 over the previous year. Provision for -taxation takes £832,433, for depreciation £951,284, and contributions to
employees' • funds £218,454. After deducting other smaller sums" and allocating a further £100,000 for contingencies, the net profit amounted to £460,642, which .contrasts with £433,795 a year earlier. The dividend an the ordinary shares is maintained at 6 per cut. for the sixth consecutive year and takes £270.000. The "amount to be carried fotward is £1,545,447.
TRANSPORT MEN IN BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST
A PPEARING in the Birthday 1-1 Honours list, issued last 'week, the following names -are of particular interest to readers of this journal:— Knights Bachelor' Mr, U. S CoOper, F.C.A., joint managing director of the Ford Motor Co.; Ltd.; .11.1r. C. D: Gibb, . Director-General of Armoured Fighting Vehicles Production and -.chairman "of • he Tank Board, Ministry of: Supply;
Mr. C.• C. Reid, Production Director, Ministry of Fuel and Power.
C.B.E.: Mr. A. G. Marsden, Director of Transport, Ministry of Food; Mr. G. F. Sinclair, lately transport director, Middle East.
A COMMER CARS EXPLANATION WJE have -been asked by Commer IN Cars, Ltd., Luton. to point out that the semi-trailer forecarriage illustrated on page 318. of our issue dated June 1, is of Scantmell Lorries make and not a J-.type Harrier as stated in the caption to the illustration
The complete tractor and semi-trailer as offered by Cotrinuir Cars, Ltd., does, o. course, incorporate the Karrier J-type automatic detachable coupling gear and retractable trailer foreearriage.
COMMITTEE ON " AUSTERITY " BODY DESIGN DISSOLVED THE committee responsible for the
" austerity " specifications: _tor. single-deck and double-deck ,bodywork as built during the period of the European war 'recently held its final meeting. It was known as the Joint Technical Advisory Committee of the National Federation of Vehicle Trades and the p.s.v. operators' associations,
The Director of . • Mechanization, M.O.S., sent a letter to Mr.. Black, chairman of the Committee since its inception, expressing. the thanks and appreciation of his tlepartmeni. Control over the design and manufacture of p.s.v, bodywork has not been removed as a result of the-dissolution of this .Committee; the M.O.S. still requires bodymakers to work to the war-time standard specification, but, in future, T.T.2 will discuss special problems direct with Manufacturers.
JOINT MEETING ON POST-WAR ROAD TRANSPORT
ON Wednesday, June 27, at 2 p.m.,
the Great Hall of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, Westminster;London, S.W.1, a meeting . organized jointly by the institution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Institution of Automobile En. gineers, and the Institute of Transport will be held, when •a symposium Of papers on "The Post-war Develop, ment of Road Motor Transport" will be presented.
There will be three sections of the papers, the first, on roads, being by Major H. E. Aldington, M.Inst.C.E., chief engineer, M.O.W.T.; the second, on progress of motor-vehicle design and construction, by Major E. Gs E. Beaumont, 0.B.E., A.M.Inst.C.E., .M.I.Mech.E.; and the third, on traffic, by Mr. J, S. Nichol], C.B.E., M.Inst.T.
WEST MIDLAND P.V.O.A. SETS UP COMMITTEE ..
rrHE inaugural meeting of the West Midland Area of the Pas. senger Vehicle Operators' Association was held, last week, in Birmingham. _ Mr. T. Venn, one of the national delegates, outlined the policy of the Association, and a lively discussion ensued on various problems, including fuel for excursions and tours, contract carriage operation and re-instatement
• of services.
+ Mr. G. E. Allen, of Messrs. Allen. ways, was appointed chairman, and, Mr. T. Venn, of the Redhouse Garage, vice-chairman. The following were elected members of the area committee: Messrs. Eaton (Eatonways Transport), Bennett, Richards (Salopia), Greatrex, Humphries, Limm, Moreton, -D. Everall, Johnson, Yeomans, Holland, Allen (Allenways), and T. Venn. The last-named was elected a member of the national executive committee.
LEYLAND'S WAR-PRODUCTION , ACHIEVEMENT
SP, this week, at the annual general meeting of Leyland Motors, Ltd.; Mr. C. B. Nixon; chairman, said that at the outbreak of war a programme waS agreed for the production by the company) of Tanks, high'. explosive and incendiary bombs, and other instruments of war to the Complete exclusion of commercial-type wheeled. vehicles. Whilst preparing for this complete change-over, wheeled vehicles were built in the greatest possible numbers, and, in that short -time, over 8,000 medium and heavy four-wheeled and six-wheeled Service vehicles were produced—a number greater than the Company's total production 'during the Whole of the 19.14-18 war.
The output of Tanks from the company's own factories represents by far the greatest number of heavy cruisertype Tanks produced in the country and is greater than that from any single organization in the whole of the British Empire.
• Mr. Nixon gave a few details of other major war products of the coMpany, which included over 10,000 Tank engines, over 3,000 medium and heavy Tanks, over 7,500 high-explosive bombs of heavier types, over 11,000,000 incendiary bombs, and over 10,000 tons of light-alloy castings, mainly for aircraft engines.
In discussing+ the future, he said that the country must never be allowed to forget that it is essential to have a prosperous British motor industry which employs a large number of .experienced, trained technicians, and constitutes the first line of defensive preparation. The motor industry should become the largest single industry in this country. Its potentialities to ward off unemployment, to provide well-paid regular work and to sustain the export trade are unlimited: CONTROL ON USE OF FACTORIES RELAXED
A NEW Order, called the LoCation ti of Industry (Restriction) Order, 1945, has recently been made by the Board of Trade, and it revokes 'an Order with a similar title made in 1942. Under the new. Order, which came into force on June 14, the control on the use of factories and warehouses is relaxed. It no longer applies to premises with an aggregate floor space of 'less than 3,000 sq. ft., nor to garages Jar motor-vehicle repair shops of any size_ Licences are also not reguired in respect of the use of factories or warehouses which have been let or sold to the user by a Government department.
PERSONAL PARS
MR, ANDREW GIYATIAM has been appointed engineering representative for Eire by .Specialloid, Ltd.
MR. GEORGE F. FRENCH has been appointed managing director of the Maidstone and District Motor Services, Ltd. He is one of the pioneers of the industry and is particularly well known on the passenger-transport ,side. He has been associated with the Maidstone and District concern from its earliest days, and during his general managership the company has -attained a foremost position in West Kent and East Sussex.
Ma. X, D. WEST has been appointed by Specialloid, Ltd., as district engineer for the southern counties. He is operating from Guildford and assisting MR. W. G.P. ROGERS, manager for the territory. MR. GORDON RAMSDEN has taken up his post with the company as area manager and engineer for Yorkshire, Northumberland, and Durham, and is operating trom Leeds.
COUNCILLOR' J. J.' GRANTER, a Yorkshire p.s.v. operator, of Upton, near Pontefract, is one of the newly appointed' magistrates for the West Riding. Before the merger of roadtransport associations, he was chairman of A.R.O.'sYorkshire Passenger/ Sectional Board. Under the new set-up he is a Yorkshire representative on the P.V.O.A.'s National Council. His firm, Messrs. United Services, operate buses between Wakefield and Doncaster.
"FIGHT TO THE LAST DITCH" FOR C-LICENSEES
CONT IN TJANCt of restrictions on the-use of road motors by C-licence holders was' strongly opposed at a meeting of Glasgow and West of Scotland Area of the T.R.T.A.
Mr. J. C. Cunningham, chairman, said it was-thought, in certain quarters,' that there should still be restrictions on the operations of C-licence holders, that they should not be allowed to have as many vehicles as were required to carry their goods, as well as vehicles of the sizes and types best suited to their businesses.
It had also been argued that the C-licence holder should not be free to carry his. goods wherever his customer _might be. but that .the railways or hauliers should do this -work for him. The Association would fight to the last ditch to regain the pre-war rights and freedom of enterprise which C-licensee4 enjoyed'.
SCAMMELL LORRIES TRADING RESULTS '
I N the year 1944, Scarnmell Lorries, Ltd., make a gross profit of £385,171, compared with £353,183 for 1943, the net profit coming out at £24,025, after deducting E.P.T. and income tax at £239,500. .General reserve -receives £16,000 (bringing it up to £112,000), whilst the payment of a dividend of 81 per cent., less tax, absorbs £6,854, so that a balance of £1,797 remains to be carried forward.
P.T.A. MEMBERS REPRESENT 42,000 VEHICLES CCORDING to the annual, report of .1". the Public Transport' Association, the membership stood at a total of N9 at the end of 1944, including 118 company, operators and 26 municipal operators. The total. number of public passenger vehicles owned by these . members, excluding overseas members, was 42,010.
An outline of the questions tackled by the Association during -the year is given in the report, these including facilities for major body repairs, increase in overall width of passenger vehicles, Apply of new vehicles, tle, S.M.T. CELEBRATES 40TH ANNIVERSARY
'TO mark the occasion of the 40th I astniyersary of the foundation of the 'company, the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., held a dinner in Edinburgh, last week, when Sir William J. Thomson presided.
The main toast, that of the company, was proposed by Sir William Y. Darling.' who traced its growth from the humble start in 1906, when a single bus offered to run people from Edinburgh to Corstorphine for " a silver sixpence."
Reference was made tcr-the magnificent work done by employees during the war, when the company turned out aircraft components, Tanks, anti-airerift weapons and naval vessels.
In reply, Sir William Thomson said that lie had only been able to build• up such a large organization through the wonderful assistance given him by
his associates. e SOUTHDOWN MOTOR SERVICES • PROFIT HIGHER
TN the year ended March 31 last, the total 'income of Southdown .Motor Services, Ltd., Was £1,672,910, cornpared with £1,537i217 a yelt earlier. . Taxation aced untsJor £598,756, 'depre,4iatiOn aiid renewals £106,979, and _Nei tax: road 'duties. and rates £111',141. The net profit comes out at £71,041, • compared with £56,369, in the previous _12 months. _A final dividend of 5 per cent. makes 10 pet cent; for the, year .
and, 'after deducting £-10,000 trans...
_ 'erred to general reserve, £6.2,173
remains to be carried forward. • . ROAD-SAFETY EXHIBITION
. IN. LONDON .. .171-1IS week, the Royal Society for 1 -the Prevention of Accidents has been . holding, . in 'London, a road-safety -exhibition, whiCh closes on Friday ,next, June-29. The exhibition has been organized by the Society, with :the support of various' Government departments, to deal graphically and cornpre. hensively with many phases of the road-accident problem.
" HANTS AND DORSET" PROFIT
A"1'profit of £70,389 was arsa-cl by Hants and Dorset MotorServices, Ltd.,' in the year ended March 31 last, the coniparable figute for the previous year being £65,899. The ordinary. dividend is maintained at 9 per cent tax free, and general reserve .receives £5,000. The amount to be tarried forward is £31,880.