NEW DYSON TRAILER FOR OVERSEAS INTRODUCED to meet the special
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'needs of overseas markets, a new 8-10-ton trailer is now being produced by R. A. Dyson and Co., Liverpool. Pressed steel is used extensively in the construction of this model, which has a 16-ft. by 7-ft. platform, with 2-ft. sides and ends.
The design incorporates chassis members which are 13 ins, deep at the rear, the size being reduced at the front to keep the loading height at a minimum. This slimmer forward portion of the chassis members is in box form. Girling braking is used and the brake cross-shaft is mounted on self-aligning ball bearings. The trailer shown in the accompanying illustration is one of a number being sent to Palestine.
SURRENDERED LICENCES AND SUPPLEMENTARY FUEL THE owner of a car or motorcycle / who surrenders his licence in September for a refUnd and later received an allocation of supplementary petrol applied for in September, would in the ordinary course be involved in extra expense for a new. licence.
To cover such cases, arrangements will be made for the re-issue of a licence without extra charge, where the owner has not received a favourable decision until October. The new procedure may, however, involve some general delay in the payment of refunds.
DUTCH OPERATORS WANT BRITISH CATALOGUES
DR. A. GREEBE, general secretary of the Dutch equivalent of the Traders' Road Transport Association, wishes his organization to be put on the mailing lists of manufacturers, so that it can receive full information regarding vehicles, parts, accessories and other items of interest to cominercial-vehicle owners. The association covers private-vehicle owners and users of transport. Its journal is sent fortnightly to some 35,000 concerns.
The Association is Algemeene Verladers en Eigen Vervoerders Organisatje, of Koninginnegracht 61, The Hague, Holland.
NO NEW WHARFEDALE TRUNK ROAD
I T is learnt that the Minister of Trans
port has decided against the idea of constructing a new Wharfedale trunk road on the north side of the Wharfe, between Otley and Ilkley, for which purpose West Riding County Council has been carrying out a survey. It has been decided to adhere to the pre-war plan for improving the existing road.
MAINTENANCE MUST IMPROVE, HAULIER WARNED
A N operator with a fleet of .42 1—‘ vchicles,-Mr. W. Hill, of Mansfield, was recently warned, by .the East Midhind Deputy Licensing Authority that a local report on the maintenance of his vehicles would be required in three
months' time. . Mr. 1, Paskell, a vehicle examiner, said that 20 new vehicles tvoidd be required to bring Mr. Hill's fleet up to a good standard. He
criticized the condition of many of the vehicles and of the maintenance system and garage.
Mr. Hill said that, of 42 vehicles, only six were off the road. He pleaded that labour and material difficulties caused serious problems of maintenance.
PROCTOR BODY CAPACITY
1N connection with the road test of the Proctor 5-6-ton chassis, reported in the August 15 issue of "The Commercial Motors" the boxvan body will have a capacity of 1,120 cubic ft.
ACCENT ON SAFETY
AT the Silver Jubilee Congress of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, to be held at Brighton from October 7-10, Mr. G. R. Strauss, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, will describe "A Plan for Road Safety."
" Highway Design and the Road
Accident Problem" will be the subject of a paper by Lieut.-Col. G. T. Bennett, county surveyor, Oxfordshire. Dr. W. H. Glanville, director of road research. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, will speak on "Road Safety Research." The Congress will deal with all aspects of the prevention of accidents on the road, in the home and in the factory.
I. OF T. PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS NEXT MONDAY
NEXT Monday, October 6, Mr. T. W. Royle, the new president of the Institute of Transport, will deliver his presidential address on "The New Era in Transport." Before the reading of the paper at the Institution of Electrical Engineers, Savoy Place, London, W.C.2, Mr. R. Stuart Pitcher, the retiring president, will present the awards for the 1946-47 session. The meeting begins to 5.30 p.m.
On the same day, the • Midland Section's meeting at the Imperial Hotel, Birmingham, will hear a paper by Mr. E. Bulgin on "Indivisible Loads and Their Ancillary Work,", and Mr. Ni. R. Bonavia will deliver an address to the Sheffield Centre.
Mr. R. E. G. Brown will speak on "The Possibilities of Group Self-education " to the Metropolitan Graduate and Student Society, at the Institution
of Electrical Engineers. at-5.30 p.m., on October 7. "The Transport of Coal" will be dealt with by Mr. D. Murray at a meeting of the Yorkshire Section at the Great Northern Station Hotel, Leeds, on October 13,
Hull Centre's annual dinner, which 'will be attended by Mr. Royle, will be held on October 14.
2f DAYS' WAIT TO UNLOAD Al DOCKS
ALLEGATIONS of procrastination by dockers in handling loads brought in by road were recently made at a meeting of the Road Haulage Association. Mr. R. W. Sewill, director of the Association, produced the diary of a Yorkshire driver, according to which the man arrived at the Royal Albert DOCK. London, at 8.45 a.m. on a Saturday and was unable to complete the unloading of his vehicle until 11.30 a.m. on Monday.
Reports of similar delays at Lnierpoot docks continue to be received It is said that some operators decline to take loads to the Victoria Docks, Liverpool, because of the lengthy delays, which sometimes cause return loads to be missed. Birkenhead and Manchester docks are also sources of exceptional delay in unloading. The loss of transport capacity from this cause is a serious blow to recovery.
THE EXECUTIVE'S WORK THE winter programme of the Edin
burgh and East" Scotland Centre of the Institut,of Traffic Administration will open on October 9. Mr. H. Bryce, transport manager of the Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society, Ltd., will speak on "Administration—Its Privileges and Responsibilities" The meeting will be held at the Royal British Hotel, Princes Street, -Edinburgh, at
7.30 p.m. •
Good progress was reported at the atnumn bu'siness meeting of the Institute's Manchester Centre, when meetings for the current session were arranged. Mr. J. D. Dickie, of the Transport and General Workers' Union, will speak on " Transport Workers and Nationalization,' at the Grand Hotel, Manchester 011 October 21, at 8 p.m.
DAYS OF RECKONING!
ANNUAL general meetings of the National Conference of Road Transport Clearing Houses have been arranged as follows:—October 6, North Eastern Area, Metropole Hotel, Leeds, 7.30 p.m. October 7, North Western Area, Engineers' Club, 17, Albert Square, Manchester, 7.30 p.m. October 10, Northern Area, County Hotel, Newcastle, 7 p.m. October 16, Midland Area, Bell Hotel, Leicester, 2.30 p.m. (preceded by annual luncheon at 1 p.m.).
Mr Henry • Rossington, national chairman, will be present on each occasion. • HALIFAX MAKES "BASIC" PROTEST
ARESOLUTION by Halifax finance committee, calling for a review of the Government's decision to abolish the basic petrol ration, refers to the possible effect .` in accentuating the present difficulties of the corporation's public transport department." The resolution suggests that representations on these lines be made to the Prime Minister.
Halifax Chamber of Trade has also decided to protest to the Prime Minister against abolition of the basic ration.
ON WITH THE DANCE
TICKETS for the dance to be held On November 12 by the London and Home Counties Centre of the Motor and Cycle Trades Benevolent Fund, at the Lyceum, Wellington Street, London, W.C:2, can now be obtained from Mrs. Doris M. Clark, 230, Lauderdale Mansions, London, W.9. Dancing will take place from 7.30 p.m. to 11.30 p.m. Tickets cost 7s. 6d. each.
ADVICE ON INSURANCE
APAPER on "Insurance of Goods in Transit by Land and Sea" will be read by Mr. M. E. Cockshott at a meeting of the Industrial Transport Association's Leeds Branch, at the Hotel Metropole, Leeds, 'next Tuesday, October 7.
12 CYLINDERS, 210 B.H.P.
A MONG the Czechoslovak commerri cial vehicles which will be exhibited at the Prague Motor Show, from October 18-28, will be the Praga RN 3-tonner and the Tatra III 12-cylindered 210 b.h.p. lorry.
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STAGGERING WILL EASE PEAK. PROBLEMS IN LONDON ONDON TRANSPORT expects that .Ltthe staggering of workers' hours to spread over the electricity load will assist in solving the peak-hour problem. The Board has made elaborate plans to _check the, effect of staggering as it comes into operation and to take steps to meet it.
The Board is represented on each of the 150 local working committees set up under the London and South Eastern Regional Board for Industry and the Eastern Regional Board. In addition, London Transport traffic watchers will note the effect of changed hours, and local industrial transport groups, composed of employers' and workers' representatives, will advise the Board of any required change in services.
HOTELS TO OPERATE ROAD SERVICES?
APPLICATIONS have been made to the Northern Licensing Authority for Public Service Vehicles by Vaux and Associated Breweries, Ltd. for licences for new services to be run for the benefit of residents at the company's hotels.
The brewery concern wishes to run express services from "Percy Arms," Otterburn, "Blue Bell," Belford, and "Lord Crewe Arms," Blanchland, to Newcastle Central Station to connect with main-tine trains. Licences are also being sought for excursions and tours for hotel residents' who wish to make shooting and fishing trips from the three hotels already mentioned.
BLACKPOOL MAY LOSE 1160,000 BUS STATION
BLACKPOOL'S town clerk has warned the local authority that .. unless the corporation takes immediate action, the extensive £160,000 bus station in Talbot Road will pass into the hands of the Government without compensation when the transport
industry is nationalized. .
The station, with parking accommodation on five floors for 1,000 cars, was completed early in 1939. It has been requisitioned by the Government for the .R.A.F. at £5,000 a year.
44 HOURS—SIX DAYS
THE National Arbitration Tribunal, Northern Ireland, has ruled that the 44-hour guaranteed week for bus operativesof the 'Northern Ireland Road Transport Board shall be spread over six days. The Ulster Transport and Allied Operatives' Union had, argued that the Tribunal's award of the 44-hour week was intended to cover five days.
GREEN LINE FARES UP
ON October 1, Green Line coach fares were increased under S.R. and 0. 1947, No. 2015. The increase has been made to keep coach fares comparable with the rates charged by the main-line railways.
CORPORATION SUPPORT FAILS
SITTING in Swansea, last Week, Mr. ..)Trevor Morgan, K.C., chairman of the South Wales Licensing Authority for Public Service Vehicles, dismissed applications by South Wales Transport Co., Ltd., for extension of two services to YnYstawe (or, alternatively, to Clydach) and Ystrad Road, Ffores.tiach; on the ground that the censuses taken On both routes showed that there was no public need for the extensions.
It was clear, he said, from the evidence given and the traffic figures produced, that there had been considerable difficulty on the routes in the past, but the 'Authority had come to the conclusion That the restoration on both routes of the pre-war frequencies, and the operation of duplicate vehicles, would be sufficient at the present moment to meet the reasonable needs of the travelling public.
Special services for workpeople at the Fforestfach Trading Estate might, however, be required later. Hearing of the application concerning the Ystrad Road extension took place on February 27 and May 30. It was opposed by the United Welsh Services organization, which, together with Messrs. J. James and Sons, also opposed the Swansea valley extensions, for which application was made on February 6. Both applications were suppoyted by Swansea Corporation.
BIGGEST A.E.C. EXPORT ORDER
AN order has been placed by Sydney Transport Board, Australia, for 242 A.E.C. Regent Mark III doubledeckers. This is the largest post-war export order to be received by the Associated Equipment Co., Ltd. When the vehicles have been supplied, the Board will have a fleet of nearly 300 buses of this type.
Other contracts have recently been received from Australia, as well as from South Africa, South America, Iraq, Greece, New Zealand, Portugal, Holland, Belgium, Norway and Eire.
ABERDEEN'S THREE-YEAR PLAN
PLANS have been made by Aberdeen transport committee to purchase 92 new 56-seater double-deck buses over a period oi three years. It has been decided to ask the town council to confirm the provisional placing of orders for' 32 in 1948;30 in 1949, and 30 in
1950. _ Provisional order bookings are for 42 Daimlers and 50 A.E.C.s, and for 60 M.C.W. all-metal bodies and 32 composite-built bodies from Northern Coachbuilders, Ltd.
CO-OPERATION OVERCOMES PEAK-LOAD DIFFICULTIES
AN example of how transport difficulties can be smoothed out by cooperatiOn between passengers and trait's-. port undertakings is afforded by the Mile End, Whitechapel and Aldgate
areas of London: . "
Before big concerns in the area staggered hours of work and London Transport co-operated by introducing a special short-distance service at the peak hours, waits of 20-30 minutes by passengers were common Now delays in boarding vehiales have been elimin ated. ' •