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NEWS of the WEEK

4th December 1936
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NEW TRANSPORT COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY.

As already reported in The Commercial Motor, the Minister of Transport is considering the appointment of new members of the Transport Advisory Council—that mysterious body, of the deliberations of which so little is heard. The term of office of the existing Council expires on February 1 next. The Minister is consulting the associations on the matter. ..The present Council consists of 29 members and an independent chairman, Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen,

Local authorities in England and Wales are represented by four delegates; local authorities in Scotland, two; users of motor vehicles, five; users of horses and horse-drawn vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists, canals (other than those owned or controlled by the railways), and harbours and docks (not controlled by the railways), one member each ; railways, three ; coastwise shipping, two ; labour three ; and trading interests (including agriculture), five.

The present representatives of motor users are Sir James Adam, K.C., C.B.E., Mr. William Edwards, Mr. Sidney E. Garcke, Mr. S. N. Horne and Mr. J. S. Nicholl.

Big Brigade Turn-out for Crystal Palace Fire.

The disastrous fire, which occurred at the Crystal Palace last Monday evening, taxed the resources of the London Fire Brigade, and it is stated that 89 of the total strength of 210 fire-engines attended. From a total of 975 firemen, on the night watch, 381 went to Sydenham with 61 of the brigade's 85 pumps. Seven engines and 35 men from the Penge, Croydon and Beckenham brigades were also present.

Many Tractors at Smithfield Show.

At the annual show of the Smithfield Club, which opens at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington, London, N., on Monday next, and closes on the following Friday, there will be a representative display of agricultural tractors, and most of the leading makers will have examples of their products on view, whilst supplementary equipment for use with such machines

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will be well in evidence. The following concerns will have tractors on view :—

Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co., Associated Manufacturers Co. (London), Ltd., Blackstone and Co., Ltd., Thaw-Knox, Ltd., Bristol Tractors, Ltd.. British Holder Tractor, Ltd., William Cottis and Son, Ltd., Drake anal Fletcher Ltd., Harry Ferguson., Ltd., Ford Motor CO., Ltd., John Fowler and Co. (Leeds), Ltd., International Harvester Co. of Great Britain, Ltd., Lanz Tractor Co., Ltd., Marshall, Sons and Co. (Successors), Ltd., Massey-Harris, Ltd., Miller Wheels, Ltd., Jack Olding and Co.. Ltd., R. Pederson. John Wallace and Sons, Ltd.

The Ford concern will stage a new addition to its range of tractors, this being a row-crop machine in which the width between the rear-wheel centres can be adjusted. Its value for row crop cultivation is thus practically uri limited.

W.D. Wants a Designer.

In our small-advertisement columns in this issue, the War Department gives details of a vacancy available for a designer, to take charge of the design of track-type military vehicles. Experience in the design of such machines and of armoured fighting vehicles is desirable. The minimum salary is E850 per annum, and candidates must be between the ages of 32 and 45.

Railways Win Another Appeal.

It must be inevitable in any transport undertaking that there should be times when the vehicles were all being used to their peak, and that, then, the undertaking could not meet immediately the demands of all its customers, remarked Mr. Rowand Harker, K.C., chairman of the Appeal Tribunal, in announcing an appeal decision at York, last Friday.

The Tribunal allowed the appeal of the L.N.E. and L.M.S. Railway companies against the decision of the Yorkshire Licensing Authority to permit J. and H. Richards, Ltd., 38, Cook Street, Bentley,. Doncaster, to acquire, under an A licence, two additional vehicles.

BOUTS-TILLOTSON CASE ON APPEAL NEXT WEEK.

Next week, the Bouts-Tillotson test case will go to appeal. From December 7-11 and on December 14 the Appeal Tribunal will hear appeals by the four railway companies against the Metropolitan Licensing Authority's grant of an A licence to Bouts-Tillotson Transport, Ltd. The hearing, extending over six days, will take place at King's Buildings, Smith Square, London, S.W.1.

Following this case, the Tribunal, sitting at the same place, will hear an appeal by McNamara and Co. (1921), Ltd., against the West Midland Licensing Authority's refusal of an A licence. This case will be heard from December 16-1S.

Against Merger on Present Terms.

Disapproval of the existing terms of the merger with the C.M.U.A. was emphatically voiced at a meeting of St. Austell Sub-area of A.R.O., last week. It was agreed, however, that unity among all road operators should be achieved.

Allegations of undercutting of coalhaulage rates at Pentewan Dock were made at the meeting. For some considerable time agreements have been in force regarding coal-haulage rates from Par and Charlestown, but there has been none specifically for Pentewan, and a further meeting is to be held to consider the matter.

Opposition to Merger Spreading.

Signatures of the following have, it is understood, been attached to the letter protesting against an association merger, on present terms, circulated by left-wing members of A.R.O.:—

Messrs. A. H. Butterwick (chairman, Yorkshire Area); It. G. Newland (chairman, Aylesbury Sub-area); S. Child (vice-chairman, Eastern Areal; J. F. E. Pye (chairman, Metropolitan Area); A. T. Robson (Metropolitan Area hauliers' board); A. F. Shaw (Metropolitan Western Sub-area Committee); T. Ifewstono (Metropolitan hanliers' board); It. Hindley (chairman, East Lanes Area).

14 OBJECTIONS TO L.M.S. APPLICATION.

Fourteen objections have been entered to an application by the L.M.S. Railway Co. for an A licence for a 3-ton vehicle to be based at Wines

-ton, Cheshire. The application, together with one by the G.W. Railway Co., for four vehicles and a trailer (141 tons) based at Rossett, wae to have been heard by the North-Western Deputy Licensing Authority at Chester on November 23, but, owing to the heavy list, they were not reached. A special day is to be fixed for the hearing.

Official Orders in October.

During October last, the Crown Agents for the Colonies ordered an Aveling-Barford oil-engined road roller. The War Office gave a contract for Morris-Commercial motor bodies, one for Leyland lorries, and one for a Ransomes and Rapier mobile crane. The G.P.O. authorities ordered Morris-Commercial vans and Duple bodies.

G.W.R. Application Granted.

The Western Licensing Authority has granted the application of the G.W. Railway Co. for the renewal, with modification, of A licences. The application related to 612 vehicles and 196 trailers, distributed over 100 bases and serving some hundreds of railway stations. The additional vehicles involved in the modification were required to carry increased rail-borne traffic.

The Licensing Authority found that the objectors gave no evidence to indicate that there was any real ground for the fear that vehicles would be used to compete with hauliers in the transport of purely road-borne goods.

South Africa Wants Refuse Tippers.

The South African Railways and Harbours Administration is calling for tenders, which have to be delivered in Johannesburg by January 18, 1937, for the supply of four 3-ton four-wheeled refuse tipping wagons and one If vehicle of the same type—all to be petrol driven. Tenders, endorsed " Tender No, 1127—Tip Trucks," should be addressed to the Chief Stores Superintendent, South African Rail= ways and Harbours, Johannesburg.

Details of the specification and general conditions of the tender may be obtained from the Department of Overseas Trade, 35, Old Queen Street, London, S.W.I.

Mr. Stirk Protests Against Rail Obstruction.

It is not sufficient for the railway company to come here and seek to obstruct a man who is trying to improve his service to the railway company itself," said Mr. J. H. Stirk, East Midland Licensing Authority, at Leicester on November 26.

"Simply coming here and blocking these applications does not help me at all, if you cannot show that the railway company is prepared to carry the goods of painters, plumbers and builders—just a few ladders and trestles and pots of paint—for more than 25 miles," he added.

Mr. Stirk also criticized stock objections to the carriage of coal when hauliers applied for renewals. "For the life of me I do not know why the railways put to small men in country districts the condition 'coal seven miles,' when there are no collieries in the district and they must carry from railway stations," he said. A.E.C. OIL ENGINES RECLASSIFIED.

The Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., has reclassified its four and six-cylindered oil engines according to capacity, as follows:— Four-cylindered: 120 mm. bore by 146 mm. stroke-6.62 litres.

Six-cylindered: 105 mm. bore by 130 rnm, stroke-6.6 litres; 105 mm. bore by 146 mm. stroke-7.7 litres; 115 name bore by 142 mm. stroke8.8 litres.


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