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Caerphilly Municipal Buses.
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A short while ago we recorded in our columns the fact that the Caerphilly Chamber of Trade had passed a resolution calling upon the local urban district council to consider the advisability of transferring the operation of its bus undertaking to a private company.
It is sptted that two offers have been made for the undertaking, one from the Great Western Railway Co. and the other from the Western Valleys Motors Co. At a recent public meeting a resolution was passed calling on the council to refuse to discuss the transfer of its powers to any private or public company.
A New Kaye Oiler.
The name of Joseph Kaye and Sons, Ltd., Lock Works, Leeds, is well known in connection with the production of a most useful range of forced-feed oilcans, and it is interesting to learn that the company has lately introduced a new model oiler which is specially suitable for owner-drivers. It is constructed on the well-known Kaye seam
less sYstem, the container having serrated edges which are soldered to the cover, the same method of construction being used for fixing the spout. A feature of the new oiler is that it is capable of ejecting a stream of lubricant a distance of 12 ft., and although this is obviously not necessary it illustrates its power for delivering a supply of oil to parts which may not be easy to reach. The new oiler sells at 6s. 9d. and can be supplied with a carrier into which it fits neatly, being held secure by a spring chi).
• A Huge Trojan Fleet. Brooke, Bond and Co., Ltd., the big. tea retailing concern, which has already a fleet of no fewer than 550 Trojan vehicles in service, has just placed .a contract with Trojan, Ltd., for a further 400 vehicles. Many concerns findsuch machines very suitable for delivery work.
Agricultural Tractors in Palestine.
A 'recent notification of the Government of Palestine exempts tractors imported for agricultural purposes from the payment of import duty.
Chorley Bus Stand Charges.
At a meeting of the Chorley Corporation Markets and Town Hall Committee the chairman (Alderman Hodkinson) explained' that the meeting had been called for the purpose of hearing the representations of certain motorbus proprietors in regard to the charges which the corporation has imposed for the use of the stand on the Cattle Market.
Mr. Fazackerley, solicitor, of Preston, along with certain proprietors, attended before the committee and stated fully the objections concerning the amount of the charges, which were considered to be excessive.
The committee decided to recommend that the principle of charging for the use of the stand on the Cattle Market, according to the number of buses necessary to maintain an organized service, in accordance with the approved timetable, be adhered to, but that the =bunt of the charges (£10 to nonratepayers and £7 10s. to ratepayers) be reduced to .£5, whether the proprietors are ratepayers or not,
London Bridge Schemes.
At a meeting of the London County Council it was stated that there had been no further subsidences of Waterloo Bridge. No information was available as to the date of the report to be made by the engineers concerning the schemes for 'dealing with this bridge and of the scheme for a new bridge at 'Charing Cross.
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A Traffic Warning Device.
Mr. W. Sellens, of Goldsworth Road, Woking, has drawn the attention of the 'Woking Urban District Council to a device which he has provisionally patented, whereby the approach of vehicles to cross-roads could be automatically signalled by an alarm bell operated by the wheels of the oneotning vehicle passing over a contrivance let into the surface of the road.
• A Tilling-Stevens Chassis Price.
, In the advertisement of TillingStevens Motors, Ltd., which appeared in our issue dated October 25th, the price of the omnibus or coach chassis for carrying 30 to 40-seater bodies was incorrectly, given. It should be £7S0