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Chrysler Offer New Gas Turbine
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THE Chrysler Corporation claim a
"significant break-through " in gasturbine design with their new 140 h.p. engine. By incorporating "variable nozzles" in place, of the fixed nozzle vanes of ordinary turbines, the problems of low-speed, part-load fuel consumption, lack of engine-braking characteristics and the time lag between pressure on the accelerator and full power response from the engine, are said to be largely solved.
The new engine is being offered for sate to customers wishing to experiment with turbine power. Weighing 450 lb., it is about 225 lb. lighter than Chrysler's previous gas turbine. Cost of the engine is expected to be high, especially as it is not being mass-produced. At present it is possible to make only one a month.
Some American motor experts predict that a turbine-powered lorry will be on the road within five to seven years.
Chancellor Warned
AWARNING that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will meet with strong opposition if he attempts in his budget either to increase the special taxes already imposed on road operators, or to add new 'axes, for example, by providing for the payment of tolls, was given by Mr. R. B. Brittain, chairman of the Eastern Area of the R.H.A. at the Bury St. Edmunds sub-area dinner last Friday.
"There has been only one general increase in road haulage rates since 1957," said Mr. Brittain, "which is pretty good going at a time when very many other costs have been rising steadily. We hope for a cut in taxation, but at the worst we expect the Government to make no change."
£40,000 BUS STATION
LLE10ESTER is to have a new bus station at a total cost of £40,000. Standing between Newarke Street and York Road in the centre of the city, the new bus station will be used for one Leicester Corporation service, and for five private firms, including the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co.