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"The wheels of wealth will be dowel by all difficulties of transport, at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which it runs.-.—John Beattie Crozier.
" C.M." CHASSIS PRICE LIST.
The revised edition of The Commercial Motor list of 1936 chassis and prices of commercial vehicles on the British market is now available. It is published in its original stiff-backed waistcoat-pocket form, and copies may he Obtained by application to this journal. In addition to self-propelled gocds and passenger vehicles, brief particulars of trailers, semi-trailers and rigid conversions are now included.
Fire-brigade Conference at Edinburgh.
The 34th annual conference of the Professional Fire Brigades Association will be held at the Assembly Hall, Edinburgh, from May 27-29, The business of the meetings will be conducted in the mornings, leaving the afternoons .free for the purpose of inspecting the latest fire-fighting appliances which will be exhibited, and of witnessing demonstrations.
Wage Increases for Bradford Workers.
Wages increases amounting to about 6s. per week have been granted to a number of transport workers employed by a Bradford ancillary user, following negotiations between officials of the United Road Transport Workers Association and Mr. Fred Pickering, secretary of the Bradford and District Commercial Vehicle Owners Federation. The increases have been made under an agreement between the Federation and local workers, who do not come within the findings of the National Joint Conciliation Board.
A Comprehensive Manual on Petrol and Oil Engines.
In view of the rapid advance of the compression-ignition engine, more particularly, perhaps, for use in commercial and public-service vehicles, Temple Press Ltd. has broadened the scope of the manual, " The Petrol Engine," by including generous references to heavyoil units in the 4th Edition, just published. The book is entitled " Petrol and Off Engines," and the whole of the text matter has been rewritten, whilst 95 per cent, of the B14 illustrations have been specially prepared for this new edition.
In the early chapters, features of design and construction are covered, whilst later chapters deal with engines for cars, commercial vehicles, motorcycles, motor boats, aircraft and stationary units, the relevant text matter dealing with the features governing each specific group.
W.D. 'Bounty for Lorry Drivers.
Motor-vehicle drivers andcertain skilled tradesmen who register on the Supplementary Reserve (Category C) at a recruiting Office are entitled to an annual bounty ranging from £6 to £15, according to their trade, under a War Department scheme. This does not involve military training or duties of any kind, the only condition being that the men are willing to serve upon the outbreak of war. The men are
• given an undertaking that they will not be called upon for civil affairs. 'LEYLAND'S INCREASED PROFIT.
In the year ended September 30. '1935, Leyland Motors, Ltd., made a. gross profit of £444,918, which compares with £396,129 in the previous year. The net balance, before making provision for income tax, is £364,887, as against £317,136 in 1933-34. It is proposed to transfer £100,000 to the general reserve, which is double the amount allocated in the previous 12 months, whilst a dividend of 17i per cent. (less tax) is to be paid on the ordinary shares, as compared with 12i. per cent, in the previous year. The amount carried forward is £49,380.
Opportunity on Manufacturers' House Journal.
A well-known manufacturing concern requires for its house journal an editorial man with experience of makeup and copy-writing. Letters, addressed " House Journal," care of the Editor, will be forwarded. VORKSHIRE BOARD'S CHAIRMAN RESIGNS.
' At its next meeting, the Yorkshire Joint Conciliation Board will be required to elect a new chairman, in succession to Mr. A. H. Butterwick, of Leeds, who has been chairman of the Area Board and of its employers' panel since the Board was set up.
• Mr; Butterwick has resigned from the employers' panel for reasons of health. He represented Associated Road Operators on the employers' penel; ' another A.R.O. representative to takehis • place has not yet been appointed, •
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Mr. Charles Hold sworth, of Halifax, has been elected chairman Of the employers' panel. " During Mr. Butterwick's absence he has been acting chairman both of the employers' panel 'and of the Board.
Reo Main-dealer Appointment.
Messrs. Chandlers Motors, Boscawen Street, London, S.E.S. have been appointed main dealers for the products of Reo Motors (Britain), Ltd. Mr. Chandler has been in business as a commercial-vehicle dealer for 30 years, and is well known throughout the industry. The firm are to concentrate on the sale of Reo commercial vehicles in the area for which they are main dealers, i.e., South-east London and North Rent.
Heavy Fines in Hours -Cases.
At Lewes police court, recently, Messrs. Bravery and Funnell, haulage contractors, of Seaford, were summoned by the South-Eastern Licensing Authority in respect of 46 offences relating to drivers' hours and for failure to keep proper records. Fines and costs amounting to £87 18s. were'irnposed.
Partnership That Was Dissolved; Licence Granted.,
When Mr. J. Winstanley applied to the North-Western Deputy Licensing Authority, at Liverpool, on Manday, for a 13 Licence for a 2-ton vehicle in pessession, a tale of partnership difficulties was unfolded.
The applicant had been in business for a number of years. Finding his 2-ton vehicle insufficient for his increased business, he went into partnership with two other men. At the beginning of last year, one partner retired and later in the year the parteership was completely dissolved. The vehicles were being purchased under a hire-purchase agreement and, when the partnership was dissolved, they were returned to the sale rooms.
He was now carrying on the business with a vehicle of his own. He himself had been in the haulage business since 1932 and was simply intending to continue in a business which he had carried on continuously since that time.
The licence was granted on condition that the applicant produced proof that the vehicle to he used was absolutely his own property.