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By The Hawk
A Bye in the Election
NAR. N. T. O'REILLY, whom I would have tipped as the next 'VI national chairman of the Road Haulage Association, told me last week that he would not be offering himself for election. His plate is already full.
Radical Priest
AROMAN CATHOLIC news sheet is the last publication in which I would expect the design of motor vehicles to be discussed. But the Very Reverend Monsignor Anthony Reynolds, parish priest of the Church of the Most Precious Blood, of the Borough, London, does so in a weekly sheet which he edits. And he has original ideas. He is far from convinced by statements by Dunlop and India Tyre that safety would not be increased by fitting rubber, instead of metal, bumpers incorporating shock absorbers. He wants all vehicles to be. built like dodgem cars and does not intend to take no for an answer.
Home Again
THE wheel has turned full circle for Mr. Jack Binns, one of the industry's best-known personalities. At the age of 61 he is returning to his native Yorkshire as managing director of Thomas Greenwood's Sons, Ltd., Austin distributors. Halifax. For 22 years he has been with Rootes, for the past six years as London commercial-vehicle sales manager. During his long career he has been with Karrier, Morris-Commercial and Lookers, Ltd., as well as with Rootes.
Perpetual Motion
ONE of the novelties of the Geneva Show was a driverless Renault Estafette van, with pre-set throttle and steering, running round in circles. It was looking for a parking place. B4
Checkmate
AN experiment to discover how much Preston's chaotic traffic conditions cost the municipal transport department is being carried out—in Southport. When Southport Corporation asked Preston to lend them a front-entrance Leyland Titan, Preston saw the chance of seeing how many extra miles per gallon the double-decker would do on the relatively clearer roads of the seaside town. Preston, in its turn, has borrowed an Atlantean from Leyland Motors, Ltd.
Forlorn Hope
cOACH operators will welcome the appointment of ,a mittee to consider how the Government can encourage the extension of the summer holiday season, but they will be surprised if anything happens. The acute holiday peak in August is created mainly by the educational timetable. As many schools are reluctant even to stagger daily working hours o relieve pressure on transport, the educational authorities are ighly unlikely to reorganize school terms.
roke
I AM beginning to feel sorry for the Ceylon Transport Board. I The Auditor-General has asked them to explain the wide isparity between amounts shown as remitted to the chief ccounts officer and those appearing in his books. To make latters worse, forgeries of vouchers and other defalcations ave cost them about famo in a year. They are now faced -th more than 4,700 claims by former bus operators for comensation exceeding £2.3m.—and, not surprisingly, they have no oney.
o Brakes
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ERYL RANDLE, who was woman runner-up in That Walk, has reason to be grateful to her employers, Small and arkes, Ltd., who make Don brake and clutch linings. They ave her paid leave of absence while she was on the walk, and heir nation-wide sales and service organization was used to arry her kit from place to place. What's more, a director was aiting to greet her when she arrived at Land's End.
uxury Travel
CALCULATE that Billy Butlin paid the winner of the walk about fl 2s, a mile. It•will soon cost•him the same to ravel by rail.