Important Central London Airport Scheme.
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A company called Central Air Ports, Ltd., has been formed to promote a Parliamentary Bill for permission to erect over the railway goods yards of St. Pancras and King Cross Stations, London, a flat-roofed structure to serve as an aerodrome. Sir Alfred Belt, M.P., is the chairman.
Midland Brewers Discuss Transport On February 16, at a meeting of the Incorporated Brewers Guild (Birmingham and district section), held at Wolverhampton. with Mr. Frederick A. Smith in the chair, Mr. A. Drysdale IVLI.A.E, Assoc.Inst. T., the well-known Birmingham representative of Karrier Motors, Ltd., read a paper entitled "Thoughts for the Brewers on Mechanical Road TransPort" He divided the normal brewer's fleet into four classes, namely, general-purpose vehicles, long-distance vehicles, light and speedy boxvans, and vehicles of the "mechanical horse" type for inter-brewery transport and short haulage.
Institute of Metals Annual Meeting.
The 25th annual general meeting of the Institute of Metals will be held on March 8 and 9 at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Storey's Gate, Westminster, London, S,W.1, under the chairmanship of the president, Sir Henry Fowler, K.B.E., LL.D., D.Sc. The meeting will open with the presentation of the report of the council for 1932 and the announcement of the results of the election of officers for the year 1933-1934. A number of papers will then be presented for discussion. The Institute's annual dinner and dance will take place on this day at 7 p.m. at the Trocadero Restaurant, Shaftesbury Avenue, London.
On the following day a further five papers will be presented, and in the afternoon a visit will be paid to the laboratories of the British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association.
Secretary and Accountant Available.
A secretary and accountant, fully conversant with company law and who has had many years' experience in all branches of the motor industry, on the manufacturing and operating sides, requires a similar position at a moderate salary. Letters, addressed to Accountant, care of the Editor, will be forwarded.
Contract-carriage Provision Repealed.
In our issue dated February 10, Mr. J. R. Cort Bathurst outlined, in an article entitled "The Thorny Problem of Contract Work," the provisions of Section 61 (3) of the Road Traffic Act, relating to the use of a motor vehicle, " without reward," for carrying eight or more passengers for the purposes of agriculture, trade or business. The section provided that a vehicle used in this way should be treated as a contract carriage' requiring a public-servicevehicle licence, except where persons were carried in the course of, or to or from, their employment.
The inclusion of this section in the article was an oversight, for it was, of course, repealed by the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1931.
Maybach Gearbox Now Made in England.
Arrangements have now been cornpleted for the manufacture of the Maybach two-speed super gearbox in this country, by Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth and Co. (Engineers), Ltd., Scatswood Works, Newcastle-uponTyne. This unit incorporates the wellknown Maybach over runningdog system of automatic gear selection, it has helical gears in constant mesh, and, in its manufacture, an extremely high degree of accuracy is maintained.
Boxes are now available for immediate delivery as proprietary unit; and with the combined experience and reputation of their maker and the Maybach concern, of Friedrichshafen, behind them, their success should be assured. We understand that already a number of prominent British manufacturers of commercial vehicles is considering incorporating Maybach super boxes in their chassis. The price will be about £50, and the box can be installed easily.
"Dublin 'United" Results.
In 1932, the net revenue of the Dublin 'United Tramways Co. (1896), Ltd., which operates a big fleet of motorbuses, amounted to £75,252, as against £92,035 a year earlier. A final dividend of 2 per cent. is to be paid on the ordinary stock, making 3 per cent. for the year, whilst £21,000 is to be set aside towards track renewals, and £10,000 is to be added to the mortgage and debenture redemption fund. The amount carried forward is 114,184, compared with £12,756 brought into the accounts.