Strong Bid for Haulage Co-ordination
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THE aim of Associated Road Trans'. port Contractors was to give a complete network of services throughout the country, said the chairman, Mr. M. W. Harris, at the annual meeting last week.
There were now 32 haulier members and he asked them to recommend others suitable for membership in Bristol— Gloucester; Carlisle; Derby—Nottingham; Northampton — Banbury — Oxford; North Wales; Norwich, Peterborough — Cambridge; Plymouth -Exeter; Sheffield; Scotland, Only operators of good reputation and offering adequate facilities were accepted.
Over 50 requests for questionnaire forms had been received over the past six months. A traffic manager's conference would be held at the St. Ermin's Hotel, London, S.W.1, on November 24. when Mr. D. H. McVeigh would give a paper on "Co-ordination."
The following directors were re-elected: Mr. M. W. Harris, chairman; Mr. H. L. Walker, vice-chairman; Mr. P. J. Ayres, Mr. A. Cusick, Mr. G. A.. Gomm. Mr. D. H. McVeigh, Mr. A. Wentworth-Smith, and Mr. R. C. W. Nickolls. The address of A.R.T. Co. is 177 Sloane Street. London, S.W.I.
AMERICAN BRAKES AND TRANSMISSIONS
AN American book. "Automotive Brakes and Power Transmission Systems," by Frazer and Bedell, has been published by the Technical Press, Ltd., Lawrence Street, London, S.W.3, at E2 18s. Within its 266 pages the authors deal with all the current American vehicle brakes and transmission layouts, including automatic gearboxes.
The book is written simply, and involved technical discourses have been avoided, but its main use, other than as a reference book, will be confined to mechanics working on American vehicles and even in such cases the manufacturers' instruction manuals would he more comprehensive.
At the end of each section a list of questions has been compiled to test the reader's knowledge of the subject. and the book is 'liberally illustrated. Each topic is dealt with from first principles, which suggests that the book would be of interest to technical students and
apprentices.
OBITUARY
WE regret to record the deaths of " MR. J. R. HARRIS and MR. JOSEPH Shit I Mr. Harris was for 50 years the principal of W. 0. Harris and Co., Ltd.,
hauliers, Tunbridge Wells.
Mr. Smith was formerly managing director of William Smith (Holiinwood). Ltd.. hauliers, with whom he had been associated for 50 years. He was 68.