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Mr. R. C. Moor, traffic superintendent at Stockton-on-Tees, has been appointed assistant traffic superintendent to Hull Corporation.
Mr. C. F. Ball has been nominated by FIerts County Council to serve as a Traffic Commissioner for the Eastern Traffic Area, in place of Alderman Henry Brown, who Las resigned.
Mr. A. J. Macdonald, B.Sc., of the Ilowett Research Institute, Aberdeen, has accepted the new post of deputy director of the Harper-Adams Agricultural College, Newport, Shropshire.
Sir Montague Hughman, who is a director of W. T. Henley's Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., has been appointed a director of its subsidiary concern, Henley's Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd.
Mr. Harvey S. Firestone, the tyre magnate, with Mr. and Mrs. Russel] Firestone, arrived at Plymouth on Monday, August 15th, in the "Levisthan" travelling from New York, and proceeded with the vessel to Cherbourg, for Paris.
We learn that Mr. L. H. Clifford has resigned his position as general manager of George Heath, Ltd., Birmingham, having also relinquished his seat on the board. His successor is Mr. G. Cozens (a brother of the late Mr. L. V. Cozens, of the Sunbeam Motor Car Co., Ltd.), who, until recently, was general manager of the Kent depots of Rootes, Ltd., an associated company of George Heath, Ltd.
Mr. F. G. AnIagnier will succeed Mr. Cozens in the same capacity at Maidstone.
The Morris-Commercial Programme.
Certain rumours are in circulation that Morris Commercial Cars, Ltd., Soho, Birmingham, has been contemplating abandoning the heavy commercial-vehicle field, and we are requested by the company to refute categorically any suggestion of this nature.
The company's programme includes tbe construction of vehicles from I0-cwt. not' to 5-tons capacity in the freight category, and from 20-seaters up to double-saloon buses in the passenger class.
Classes for Bodybuilders and Wheelwrights.
The Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights is endeavouring to help young men to acquire a knowledge of the trade of commercial motor lxIdyhuilding, and it offers excellent opportunities for those who wish to improve their know-ledge of a specialized form of work for which there is a constant demand.
The classes are divided into three terms—September 20th to November 25th, November 29th to February 10th, February 11th to April 28th—end are held on Tuesday and Friday evenings from 7 to 9.30, at the Trades Training Schools of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters, 153, Great Tichfield Street, London, W.I.
The course includes instruction in the practical construction of passenger and goods bodies, the marking and setting out of timbee the sharpening and setting of tools, the making of models to scale from drawings of actual road vehieles (which models can be selected by arrangement).
All tools will be provided and the fees for apprentices and improvers is as. per term, or 7s. tid. for the session if paid in advance.
Further particulars may be obtained from Mr. T. Harvey Howell, clerk to the Wheelwrights Company, Mansion House, London, E.C.4, or to the instructor of the wheelwrights' class at the training schools.
Special Vehicles Used by the Services.
By the Motor Vehicles (Authorization of Special Types) Order (No. 4), dated July 14th, 1932, the Minister of Transport has extended to two years the period during Which vehicles not complying with the Construction and Use Regulations. (No. 4, 1031) may be used on the roads by the Navy, Army and
Air Force authorities. The period dates from January 15th, 1931, when the original Order (No. 2, 1931) was made.
Morris Van Does Well in Alpine Trial.
Behind the scenes of every big trial of ears are official vehicles which receive treatment almost equally as hard as many of the competing machines, and in the case of the recent arduous Alpine Trial a Morris van put up a remarkable Performance. The van was loaned by Morris Motors, Ltd., to Townsend Brothers Ferries, Ltd., and was heavily loaded with luggage and spare parts. It covered a considerable portion of the diffieult route followed by the competitors in the Alpine Trial, and climbed such trying passes as Mount Cenis, the Brenner, the Resin and the Maloga unfalteringly and without the slightest trouble. In order to maintain touch with the competitors the .van had to be driven almost all out both day and night.
Triplex Dividend Unchanged.
The directors of the Triplex Safety Glass Co, Ltd., recommend the payment of a dividend of 10 per cent. for the year ended .T,nne 80th last, the same as the previous year. It was recently announced that a resolution will be submilted at the next annual general meeting of the company reducing the capital to 1200,000 by returning 10s, per 11 share. Fortifex Remoulded Tyres.
By the end of August the installation of plant for the remoulding of tyres of various new sizes will be Completed at the factory of Fortifex, Ltd., Clementhorpe Works, York. This concern points out that in remoulding, pneumatic tyres, in which it specializes, the method employed is to strip the old cover of all its rubber, leaving only the bare easing. This enables flaws in the easing to be found, and, if necessary on thi.:1 account, the casing is discarded. Special compound, prepared at the York factory, is used to build up the new walls and tread, and the tyre is then cured in a full-circle mould and finished so as to be almost indistinguishable from new. A guarantee of 12,000 miles of service is given with all giantsize remoulded tyres.
The company also manufactures rubber floor mats in various colours, these being made to the required shape by means of paper templates.
Dutch Railways Start Road Transport.
To meet competition from road transport the Dutch State Railway Exploitation Co. has decided to engage in motor operation, and has organized a separate company known as the Allgerneine Transport Onderneming
The new undertaking has acquired a large number of buses seating from 15 to 35 passengers, with provision for carrying mails and luggage. The buses are being mainly used as feeders to the railways, but in some cases,:jhey are replacing the railway services.
On the goods-transport side the object of the new concern is to reduce, so far as possible, time losses in delivery, and the A.T.O. vehicles will undertake the delivery to consignees of the goods conveyed by rail and, in cases of urgent delivery, will dispatch goods entirely by road.
As the A.T.O. will have low establishment charges, owing to its depots, warehouses, etc., being located on railway property, it is expected to be able to fix charges at so low a level as largely to cut out private quad-transport contractors.
Helping Farmers to Buy Motor Equipment.
An important and ambitious scheme for assisting agriculturists in the purchase of suitable equipment for their farms, etc., has just been put forward by United Dominions Trust, Ltd., King's House, King Street, London, H.C.2.
The complete plan is most comprehensive and provides for practically every need of the up-to-date, efficient farmer, so far as finance is concerned. Reference is made to what is known as the "Deadstoek" plan, which enables the supplier to provide the farmer with all classes of agricultural machinery, such as traction engines, tractors, commercial vehicles, etc, the period of the transaction depending on the particular class of goods involved—for example, tractors would probably be under a 12 months' agreement, whereas more expensive installations might be extended to two years, or even longer.
As collateral security to the hire-purchase agreement, the purchaser will either sign a promissory note or accept a series of bills of exchange covering the instalments.
French Morocco Neglected by British Makers.
Covernment statistics show that 405 new industrial vehicles were registered in French Morocco during the first six months of this year.
The development of commercial motoring in Morocco does not appear to he suffering so severely from the world crisis as in other less-favoured countries. In 1931 1,102 vehicles were registered during the year and the figure for the first half of the present year may be considered as quite satisfactory.
Whilst 239 of the new vehicles registered came from the United States, Germany, Italy and Belgium, not one British vehicle appears in the list.
Another Pneumatic-tyred Railcar on Trial.
Trials of a 28-seater railcar built by the Austro-Daimler Motor Co., of Vienna, have lately been carried out near that city. The vehicle, which outwardly closely resembles a single-deck road vehicle, has a six-cylindered engine stated to develop 80 b.h.p.
The four -disc wheels are shod with low-pressure pneumatic tyres, around which flanged steel rail tyres are fitted. During the trials on the railway between Vienna and Semmering a speed of 54 m.p.h. is stated to have been attained on the level and 34 m.p.h. on the mountain section of the line.