The Subsidy Trials Results.
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The Next Trials are Officially Announced for the Early Part of September.
lie have me( rtd the following official commit), iq from the War Office, (hued the 13t1/ inst.:— The Secretary of the War Office announces that as a result of the trials of Subsidy Type Vehicles held in January last, the War Department certificate, enabling vehicles built entirely to the same design to be. subsidized under the provisions of the subsidy scheme for Petrol Driven Motor Lorries, has been awarded to the following firms :--
J. and E. hail, Ltd., London and Dartford. J. 1. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd., London and Basingstoke.
Both of the certificated vehicles were entered in Class " A" to cama useful load of three Ions, exclusive of heavy body. The actual load carried on the chassis throughout. the trial was in each case 4 tons 10 cwt. The certified chassis weights with all fuel and water on board, and including lamps and acetylene generator, are
Hall. not exceeding ... 3 tons 2 cwt.
Thornycroft. not exceeding 2 tons 19 cwt. Certificates for both Class " A " and Class "13" vehicles have already been granted to Leyland Motors, Ltd., Leyland, as the result of previous trials.
As already announced, the date originally fixed for the trials was March, 1913, but, as all the entrants had their vehicles ready by the end of 1912, it was decided to hold the trials in January. Owing to the weather and road conditions the test was a severe one. [Because of extreme pressure on our space we have had to omit tabulated particulars of the machines' daily running. The average fuel consumption ingross ton-miles per gallon was 43.7.—En.] The next trial will open in the first or second week of September next, by which date entrants must have their vehicles ready for inspection on the road. The second part of the trial will commence, about the first week in October, when vehicles will be presented at Aldershot, and be subjected to a test of about 1500 miles under observation. Seven or eight leading firms in the industry have already signified their intention of entering vehicles.