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As outstanding demands may possibly exceed even the extra supplies made available by the increased paper ration, orders for weekly delivery from a newsagent or for postal subscriptions should be placed without delay to become operative with the issue of July 8. Subscriptions from overseas readers can, of
.9n ex-wartime Commer Q2 tractor forms the motive unit of this fishand-chip bar. The body is 27 ft. 4 ins. long and accommodates three frying ranges A threesectioned compartment in the fore part Of the body provides storage Tame for fuel, fish and
potatoes. The outfit Was supplied to the operator by the Newcastle (Staffs) Motor Co., Ltd., Newcastle distributor for Cominer vehicles.
course, be accepted immediately, a special allocation of paper having been granted for this purpose.
BUS WASHED IN TWO MINUTES FOR 4-}d.
A NEW bus-washing plant, installed .1-1. at the Ihrox garage of Glasgow
ransport Department and capable of cleaning the exterior of a bus in two minutes at an approximate cost of 40., was recently inspected by representatives of municipal and private transport authorities from many parts of Scotland.
The plant, which is the second of its type in use in Glasgow municipal garages, costs about £10,000. It• embodies a number of developments frbin the original plant installed at Knightswood garage in 1941. By means of a circulating water system from a storage tank holding 7,500 gallons. and special filter arrangements. the water can be re-used.
BROACH EQUIPMENT FOR CUTTING KEYWAYS ARECENT addition to the range of precision equipment made by W. H. Marley and Co., Ltd., 105. High Road, London, N.11, is the Marko keyway-cutter set.
The cutting process is carried out by means of broaches mounted in a press. the No. 1 set. comprises four cutters502-in., 3/16-in., and +-in., and the No. 2 set, which also has four cutters, covers keyway widths of 5/16-in., 7/16-irt., and Fin.
Both sets are capable of cutting standard keyways to B.S.S. A20, to a maximum error in the case of No. I set of 0.0042-in., and of 0.0039-in, with the No. 2 set.
Parallel and taper keyways can he cut, but special guides are necessary for cutting taper ways.
£1,000,000 FOR BUS STATION ACENTRAL bus station which is being built in Store Street, Dublin, for Coras Iompaix Eireann, will, according to Mr. Morrissey, Minister for Industry and Commerce in the Republic, cost more than £1,000,000, compared with the original estimate of £450.000. The premises will also serve as the headquarters of the undertaking.
CEYLON NEEDS 2,000 BUSES: MADRAS TO DOUBLE FLEET CEYLON requires about 2,000 buses for the provision of adequate services, states Mr. N. Moonesinghe, Commissioner of Motor Transport, .11 his report for 1948. The present number in use is short of that figure. He also says that provision must be made for yearly replacements of old vehicles. There are 53‘ bus companies operating regular services in Ceylon, as well as -a few individual operators.
Madras proposes to expand its State bus undertaking by doubling its fleet of 350 vehicles. There is a scheme to increase the number of oil-engined buses.
ANOTHER N.E. MEETING ON NATIONALIZATION A NUMBER of councils, including ft those of South Shields, Tynetnouth, Gateshead. Wallsend, Whitley Bay, liebburn and Jarrow, will be represented at a conference to be held shortly in Newcastle-upon-Tyne to consider the effects of the Transport Act on industrial Tyneside. Newcastleupon-Tyne City Council is calling the conference at Jarrow's instigation. Strike Holds Up Export Orders IT is estimated that home and export 1 orders to the value of £250,000 are held up as the result of a labour dispute in the Clydebank works of J. Brockhouse and Co., Ltd., where men are on strike. The trouble arose on May 10, when a man was dismissed for alleged bad workmanship.
It is understood that after the man's dismissal, officials of the union who examined the "unsatisfactory job,claimed that the concern was demanding a too high standard of workmanship.
Refusal on the part of the management to reinstate the man led to 125 other men withdrawing their labour on May 19. On June 10, these men were dismissed but were eligible for re-employment should they wish to return.
The union, however, will not allow the men to be reinstated and endeavour;
are being made to find work for them elsewhere.
It is claimed by the Vehicle Builders' Union that the company violated an Employers' Federation agreement, in that the management refused to see the works committee.
ROAD TRANSPORT FOR FISH PREFERRED
THAT road haulage was to lo,.! pre
ferred to rail in the transport of fish, was the decided opinion of a number of witnesses called before the Northern Deputy Licensing Authority, in Newcastle, last week. The Authority was considering applications by R.A.H. Transporters, Ltd., George Street, Newcastle, for a variation of its licence and for licences for three 6-ton vehicles as additions to its fleet.
In supporting the applicant, one witness said that whereas road transport employees wanted to work, those on the railways did not. Amongst views expressed by other witnesses were that boxes of fish sent by rail were roughly treated, and that because the contents were so badly damaged they could not be cured.
The hearing was adjourned for the calling of further witnesses, both for the applicant and for the objector, the Railway Executive.
Rhodesia Development Corporation, Ltd., Salisbuiy, Southern Rhodesia, has been appointed A.E.C. distributor for that territory.