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A Popular Advertising Sign.

29th November 1927
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The popularity of the Se'Alex sign is clearly indicated by the number of vehicles which is to be seen in use carrying signs of this description .above the rivers cab. As is perhaps Well knowa, this sign COD gists of an ingenious arrangement of a transparent advertisement .fixed to a mirror, which creates the appearance of a brilliantly illuminated sign. There is no question of upkeep costs, as the effect is obtained solely by daylight. These signs are made in all sizes from 24 ins. by 7 ins, upwards, and are quite moderate in cost.

A Useful Range of Grinders.

The B.E.N. Patents, Ltd. 92, Tottenham Court Road, London, W.1, has re, cently been appointed sole concessionmire for the British Isles for the portable electric tools made by the U.S. Electric Tool Co., which was one of the first concerns to manufacture tools of this description. The range of grinders which is marketed by this company includes the following :—Surface grinders, horizontal-feed centre grinders, bench and pedestal types, angle-plate grinders for light and heavy duties and tool-post grinders for internal and external work. All these tools are equipped with Westinghouse motors and sell at competitive prices.

Leamington Licensing Conditions, Leamington Watch Committee has further considered the application of Mr. Stanley II. Joiner, of the Stratford-onAvon Motof, Services, for .licences for seven buses to ply for hire between Leamington and Stratford-onAvOn. After an interview with the applicant, the licences were granted for a period of 12 months, subject to the buses being examined and passed by the committee's engineer before the service is commenced and at the end of the first six months.

Agricultural Tractors in South Africa.

An official return lately to hand shows that no fewer than 230 agricultural tractors, valued at 149,804, were imported into the Union of South Africa during last year, as compared with 199 machines, worth £42,998, in 1925. Imports from the -United States in 1926 amounted to 206 machines, valued at £33,963, as against 134, valued at .£26,030, in 1925. The number of tractors purchased from Great Britain was not so large as in 1925, being only 20, as against 33, but the unit value in 1926 was considerably higher, the imports in that year being valued at 114,588, , against £12,656 in the preceding year Apart

from the United States and Great Britain, only four tractors were imported, two from Germany, one from France, and one from Sweden.

Road Transport in Syria.

A weekly mechanical transport service from Beirut to Mosul has just been started by the Syro-Lebanese Motor Transport Co.

Plymouth's Co-operative Coaches.

The receipts for the motor coaches of the Plymouth Co-operative Society for the past half-year were .£13,2S7, a decrease of £171 compared with the corresponding period of 1926.

.A Popular Vehicle Washing Plant.

The corporations, of Portsmouth, Plymouth and Southampton have recently placed orders with B.E.N. Patents, Ltd.,. 92, Tottenham Court Rqad, London, W.1, for vehicle washing plants of the type which was recently described in our columns.

Birch Bros. Bodies.

Thrmigh an error in the advertise.ment of Birch Bros:, Ltd., appearing in our issue dated November 22nd, the illustration of the Saurer 30-seater allweather saloon coach was inserted over the matter which referred to the 32seater Dennis rear-entrance saloon bus. As the picture of the latter was omitted entirely we have pleasure in publishing on this page an illustration of the Dennis vehicle, Birch Bros., Ltd., of Cathcart Street, Kentish Town, London, N.W.5, has specialized for many years in the construction of bodies for passenger vehicles, and the illustration is a very good example of the company's craft,

Irow the Public Needs Are Met.

At a meeting of the Llandudno Urban District Council it was intimated that the Llandudno Coaching and Carriage Co., Ltd., in compliance with the wishes of the council, and to provide the best possible travelling facilities for the public, has decided to discard all its remaining solid-tyred buses. The company stated that it had placed an order for 16 of the latest type of S.O.S. saloon buses that have proved so popular on the Llandudno and Colwyn Bay service this year, and expressed its readiness to meet any possible demand for the greater frequency or extension of its bus services that may be required to meet the public requirements.

Huddersfield's Third Try Successful.

The Ministry of Transport has recently informed the Huddersfield Corporation that its application for permission to run a service of buses between Huddersfield and Bradford has been granted. The corporation had already made two applications for similar powers, the first being 'refused,' whilst at the hearing of the second application it was made clear that several private motorbus companies in the Huddersfield district were eager to develop the route. The corporation already runs a bus service so far as Bailiff Bridge, and the new service is the first through one between the two centres.

A New Cutting Oil.

Silvertown Lubricants, Ltd., the manufacturer of Speedolene oil for motor vehicles, has perfected a new cutting oil which, it is claimed, does not contain any animal fats. It has been subjected to numerous practical tests, and has proved highly efficient as a cutting luhricant.


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