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by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughnes$ New Year's Honours
The list of New Year's Honours, which was published last week, contained several names of outstanding interest to those concerned with various phases of transport.
Sir Charles Cheers Wakefield, Bt., C.B.E., LL.D., has been raised to the peerage and certainly no honour has been more worthily earned than that conferred upon the founder and governing director of C. C. Wakefield and Co., Ltd., the well-known lubricating oil and grease-making concern. Sir Charles is particularly well known by reason of his countless benefactions to many good causes and by his wailed public work as alderman, sheriff and Lord Mayor of London. His services to aviation are outstanding and, in this connection, it may be mentioned that he is president of the Lancashire Aero Club, whilst be is vice-president of. or has contributed to, many other light aeroplane clubs throughout the United Kingdom.
Mr. Arthur Ponsonby, M.P., the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, has also been raised to
the peerage. He joined the present -Government as Under-Secretary for the Dominions, an office which he exchanged a few weeks ago for that at the Ministry of Transport. He will bring strength to the ministerial representation in the House of Lords.
Sir Hugh Trenehard, Bt, G.C.B., D.S.O., whose elevation to the peerage coincides with his retirement from the office of Chief of the Air Staff, has been described as the "Creator of the Air Arm." During the war he commanded the R.F.C. in France, and at the conclusion of hostilities organized a new air force for peace time. Sir Hugh's brilliant services to the State have already been recognized by many distinctions conferred by his own and other countries.
Lt.-Col. Henry Cole, C.S.I., C.V.O., 0.B.E., director of the exhibitions division of the Department of Overseas Trade, has been made a knight.
ScammeIrs Overseas Trade.
Seammell Lorries, Ltd., 14, Holborn, London, E.C.1, is rapidly developing export business in itsfour-wheelers, articulated six-wheelers and rigid sixwheelers. Amongst orders recently received from overseas may be mentioned the following :—Venezuelan Oil Concessiors for six oil-field-type fourwheelers and a rigid six-wheeler, AngloPersian Oil Co., Ltd., for three rigid six-wheelers, Argentine State Railways for 10 rigid six-wheelers and the Asiatic Petroleum, of Bombay, for three articulated pueumatic-tyred frameless tankers.
Water Service for Steam Wagons.
It may be remembered that a few weeks ago, when the driver of a steam wagon was summoned before a Chester bench of magistrates for drawing water from a prohibited place, the chairman of the bench commented on the need for better facilities for the supply of water to steam wagons, and directed C20
the clerk to write to the water authorit, concerning the suggestion. The questioi came under discussion at the meeting of the Liverpool area committee of fin. Commercial Motor. :Users Associatioi held a few days ago, when a communi cationfrom the Cheshire county sur I eyor and .bridgemaster invited the views of the C.11.13..A.. as to the nee, or otherwise for providing a better ser vice of water for steam vehicles at Bromborough.,
More Than Two Miles per Penny.
A new tooter-coach service. has been started by the Safe Way Coach Co. between Sevenoaks and London, the return fare, for 50 miles of travel, being 2s. 6d. There is a special theatre coach on which the return journey is made for is. Pd. The average motorcoach fare for the journey has been 4s., and the railway fare is 5s. 10d. Vulcan's Trading.
The report of the Vulcan Motor and Engineering Co. (19)116), Ltd., for the 174 mouths to August 31st last shows a debit balance of £23,041. In the report, mention is made of the fact that the company has concentrated on the manufacture of commercial motor vehicles, and the change of programme, with the consequent curtailment of output necessitated by the introduction of new models, has affected the trading results.
Orders which have recently been received show a marked increase over those obtained during the corresponding period of last year, both for the home and overseas markets, and a much increased turnover in overseas Male is expected to result filial the world tour at present being undertaken by the company's export manager.
Higher American Exports.
During the tirst nine months of last year theexport sales of American motor vehicles exceeded those for the whole of 1928, which Was a record year. During those months 860.048 vehicles were exported, amongst them being 284.597 commercial vehicles.
Liverpool Considers Trolley-buses.
On Thursday of last week a report by the tramways committee was submitted to Liverpool City Council on the possibility of utilizing trolley-buses for services in outer areas and for crosscity services. The report dealt with the relative suitability of tramcars, trolleybuses and motorbuses for different classes of service.
Specializing in Coachbuilding.
Mr. E. Woodall, who has been well known to us for many years, has resigned his position as director and partner of Parvvood, Ltd., of Wandsworth, and has opened a coachbuilding shop, where he will specialize in repainting and body-repairing work on
all types of commercial vehicle. He will trade under the name of Cellucars, at 119, The Grove, Wandsworth, London, S.W.18.
A Maintenance Engineer Available.
We know of a qualified man who desires to take up a position as maintenance engine3r for a large fleet. He has had long experience in this class of work and his knowledge covers a large variety of makes and types. Be should prove a useful acquisition to a concern running its own transport Letters adddressed to "Transporl Engineer." care of The Editor, will b( forwarded.
Licences Granted by Leeds.
The watch committee of Leeds Corporation has granted • licences to the Yorkshire Traction Co., Ltd., and Sheffield Corporation for buses to ply for hire in the city, in connection witlz the existing Leeds-Sheffield services that are now operated by the West Riding Automobile Co., Ltd.; and which are to be run as a joint service.
Official Orders in November.
November proved a very quiet month as regards the orders for motor vehicles given out by Government departments. The War Department placed one with IIalley Motors, Ltd., for a fire tender, another with IL G. Burford and Co. (1926), Ltd., for tractors„ and a third with John I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd., for cabs for motor vehicles. The War Department also divided an order between Tuke and Bell, Ltd., and W. and G. Du Cros, Ltd., for motor-vehicle bodies. The Air Ministry ordered a number of six-wheeled chassis from Crossley Motors, Ltd., and some ambulances from Morris Commercial Cars, Ltd.
Success of Mail and Passenger Services.
For some time past the French postal authorities have been running combined postal and passenger-carrying road services in a number of remote country districts. The experiment has proved so successful that the budget of the postal department for 1930 includes a sum of nearly £30,000 for the inauguration of similar services over 150 additional routes throughout Fiance.
Increasing American Registrations.
During the first nine months of 1929 more private cars and commercial vehicles were registered in the United States than in the entire record year of 1928. From January to September inclusive, the number of such vehicles registered was 3,689,479; 419,343 commercial motors were included in the total. For the whole of 1928 the total was 3,478,259, including 314,302 commercial vehicles.
S.M.T. Refused Licences.
The watch committee of the Bolton Corporation has refused to grant licences to the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., for 12 buses, which were intended to be run in conjunction with the vehicles of Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., on a through service between Edinburgh, Carlisle, Preston, Bolton and Manchester.
Overseas Catalogues of the British Industries Fair.
A special advance overseas edition of the catalogues of the 1930 British Industries Pair, to be opened in London and Birmingham on February 17th, is already available and is being issued immediately to 10,000 business men in Europe, North America, South .Afriea and the eastern coast of South America. The catalogues, apart from containing descriptive entries of the exhibits of some 1,800 British menu
facturers, embody a complete classification of the exhibits by trades and indices in nine languages.
Another Bus Amalgamation.
We understand that on January 1st the interests of R. Emmerson and Co., Ltd., and United Automobile Services, Ltd., were amalgamated, under the control of Mr. II. P. Stokes, who is general manager of the latter concern, which he joined after tnansport services with Plymouth Corporation.
An Interesting Tinning Process.
Good sales are reported by the Soldo Co., of Sicilian House, Southampton Row, London, W.C.L of its patent tinning compound which is suitable for the 1 tinning of almost all metals with the exception of aluminium and it direct alloys. It will tin cast iron and steel.
Cleaning of the surface is avoided, the metal being raised to just under red heat before the compound is applied. Rust, grease and dirt are at once thrown oR and, on wiping, a good tinned surface results. According to a report by an official of the National
Physical Laboratory which has come to our hands, the extent of into
when using Soldo is, with manganese bronze, some four times, and with phosphor bronze approximately twice as great as when an ordinary method of tinning is employed.
Road-rail Insulated Units.
An improved ,pattern of insulated container for carrying meat between Liverpool and all pasta of the London and North-Eastern Railway system was recently inspected by representa
tives of the meat trade. The container is constructed on the lines of the L.N.E.R. refrigerator vans, with slab-cork insulation between inner and enter boards. There is a door at each side and at one cud of the container, which is of 3-tons capacity and is carried on a specially constructed flat, wagon which permits easy access to all doors.
New E52,000 Bus, Station.
At the beginning of this month work was started on the new passengervehicle station, which is being erected at the corner of Exeter Road and TV Square, Bournemouth, for Hants and Dorset Motor Services, Ltd. Seven tenders were received for the work, and the lowest, submitted by Messrs. W. Maynard and Son, of Bournemouth, at £51,929, was accepted.
A Huge Fuel Contract.
We understand that Birmingham Corporation is to purchase the whole of the petrol required for its services in 1930, amounting to 3,020,000 gallons, from Russian Oil Products, Ltd. We learn that other corporations buying supplies from this source include those at Burslem and Crewe.
ft is interesting to learn that Soviet oil imports into Great Britain have grown from 123,000,000 gallons in 1928 to 200,000,000 gallons in 1929.