NEW YEAR HONOURS: KB. FOR MR. RICARDO)
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NOT a great many people in or connected with our industry were included in the list of higher honours, but the following may be mentioned:—
KNIGHTS Bacimort: Mr. H. R. Ricardo, F.R.S., chairman and technical director, Ricardo and Co., Ltd. in view of possible events, we might also mention Mr. J. D. Cockcroft, F.R.S., Director, • Atomic Energy Research Establishment.
K.C.B.: Sir T. Gilmour Jenkins, secretary, Ministry of Transport.
C.B.E.: Mr. C. W. Guillebaud, chairman, Road Haulage Central Wages Board; Mr. A. W. Lawson, Petroleum Board.
0.B.E.: Mr. G." flown, managing • director, Red and White Services, Ltd.; Mr. S. A. Brazier, technical manager, Cambridge Street Factory, Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd. (during the war he was chairman of the Technical Committee of the Federation of British Rubber Manufacturers' Associations). Mr. H. W. B. Richards, chairman, Whitchurch Savings Committee and managing director, Salopia Saloon Coaches, Ltd. (he started in passenger transport in 1917 with his father, and founded the present business in 1926).
MORE TECHNICAL REPORTS
D EPORTS are still coming from
technicians as a result of investigations into German industries, and can be obtained from the Stationery Office at the prices mentioned
The reports are as follow:—B.I.O.S. 3391, Development of Loop-scavenged, Two-cycle, High-speed C.I. Engines of Small Bore, 6s. B.I.O.S. 1609, Com
pression Ignition Applied to the Otto Cycle (the " Ring" process), 2s. B.1.O.S. 1651, Solvents and Plasticizers in Germany, Plasticizers' Section, 12s. 6d. .B.1.O.S. 1652, Solvents and Plasticizers in Germany, Solvents Section, 6s, 6d, EXPORTS TOP £23,000,000 XPORTS , of new. commercial vehicles, including industrial trucks, -general haulage tractors and trailers, in the first 11 months of 1947, brought Britain £23,096,396. November's contribution to this figure was •£2,143,544, compared with £2,337,739 in October.
Figures issued by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders show that 5,134 units were sent overseas in November, and 53,551 frorn. January to November.
Exports of used commercial vehicles in the first 11 months of 1947 were valued at £2,515,176, and of agricultural tractors and parts at £4,459,679. The figures for November were £142,632 and £798,225 respectively.
Exports of individual classes of vehicle are Shown in the following table:— NEW COMPANY TO MARKET ELECTRICARS
AS from January 1, Austin Crompton Parkinson Electric Vehicles, Ltd., will undertake the marketing of Morrison-Electricar vehicles, in the .main through existing Austin dealers. The sales departrwnt of the new company will operate from Long-bridge headquarters of the Austin Motor Co., Ltd.
The conclusion of a partnership agreement between th Austin and Crompton Parkinson concerns was announced more than a year ago. The objects of their association were stated to be the Continuance and expansion of the business' of manufacturing and selling electric vehicles and industrial trucks, formerly carried on by Crompton Parkinson, Ltd., through its associated companies, A. E. Morrison and Sons, Ltd., and Electricars, Ltd.
£164,700 INCREASE IN PAY
nURING the 11 months from January J--.1..,to November last year, 468,000 transport workers received an increase in weekly wage's of £164,700, says the Ministry of Labour.