India to Use More Road Transport
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QERIOUS consideration is being given s-)by the Government of India to using road transport for long-distance traffic that the railways cannot deal with in certain areas, and the interests concerned have been asked to prepare schemes for setting up large fleets.
This was recently stated in Delhi by Mr. Shah Nawaz Khan, Deputy Minister for Railways and Transport. He added that the Government would be willing to relax the distance regulations laid down by the code of principles and practices governing road transport, assist in providing permits for interState operation and give other necessary facilities
NEW BEARING METAL SOUGHT EXPERIMENTS in Britain to develop a bearing metal to carry heavy loads, as required in mbdern oil engines, were described by Dr. E. S. Hedges, director of the Tin Research Council, at a tin conference in Dusseldorf on Tuesday. He said that the addition of copper to aluminium-tin alloy improved fatigue strength.
Laboratory tests on alloys containing 20-30 per cent, tin and I per cent. copper showed a substantial improvement over Babbitt's alloy, he said.
TRIPLE TONNAGE FLOWN
WIDESPREAD adoption of the Roadair service of Silver City Airways, Ltd., has been claimed by Mr. L. Pavey, freight and charter manager of the company, to be the reason for a threefold increase in the tonnage flown last month compared with that of September. Actual figures were 1,002 short tons flown across the Channel in September and 3,055 tons last month.
The service provides for the collection by road of goods to be taken by aircraft across the 'Channel, for final road delivery on the Continent.
LATEST OUTPUT FIGURES DRODUCTION of goods vehicles in September totalled 23,612, and in October, 19,145. Of these, 9,452 and 10.305 respectively were exported, according to Board of Trade statistics. The total of public service vehicles made in September was 929 and in October 910; 250 were exported in September and 316 in October.
RIGOROUS PARKING POLICY THE new road plan had to be backed by rigorous restrictions on parking, Mr. Harold Watkinson, Minister of Transport, said on Tuesday. Before long most important cities would have parking meters.
150 JAPANESE TROLLEYBUSES
TO be put into service in Cordoba. I 150 trolleybuses may be purchased from Japan by the Argentine authorities. It is hoped that the vehicles will be in operation within a year. The trolleybuses will cost about S5m.