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WHETHER British Road, Services VT caused one of their vehicles to emit excessive smoke was 'at issue .before Penrith magistrates last week. Police evidence was that black smoke from a vehicle driven by Francis McCourt, of Glasgow, covered the road for 20-30 yd. behind.
The driver told the police patrol: "I know it is smoking, but I took it out in good faith." Mr. 'Alfred Podc1s,. maintenance superintendent " of the Glasgow depot, said that the pump-control trigger had been filed down. The culprit must have been some unauthorized person. McCourt, who was fined 10s., said he did not do it. B.R.S. were discharged.
TEACHERS MEET INDUSTRIALISTS r NTY-ONE careers masters from r public schools, together with three representatives of the Public Schools Appointments Bureau, assembled on Monday for a four-day convention at Esso Home, the training centre of Esso Petroleum Co., Ltd., near Abingdon, Berks.
The convention was arranged by the Bureau and the Esso company in conjunction with the Pressed Steel Co., Ltd., Morris Motors, Ltd., Huntley and Palmers, Ltd., and Associated Deliveries, Ltd. Its purpose was described as an "opportunity of bringing together representatives of the worlds of education and industry."
Delegates heard talks by senior members of management of the participating companies, saw films and visited the works of the five companies.
OIL ENGINES FOR LIGHT VEHICLES
APAPER on British oil engines for light vehicles will be contributed by Mr. A. W. Gosling, of F. Perkins, Ltd., to the international technical congress of the motor industry to be held at Munich from September 13-18.
Mr. Gosling will be one of the British team attending the congress under the leadership of Mr. Stanley S. Dawes, president of the Institute of the Motor Industry. Mr. S. F. Edge, of the Clayton Dewandre Co., Ltd., will speak on servo brakes; Mr. T. French, of the Dunlop research centre, on tyres; and Mr. W. Ray Turner, of the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., on the simplification of driving controls.
NO WAY OF STOPPING DUST?
BECAUSE it is impossible to prevent the entry of dust into bread-delivery vehicles, the only certain way of avoiding contamination is for the bread and confectionery to be wrapped. Powers to enforce this should be granted. The Liverpool Medical Officer of Health makes this comment in his annual report,
a7 ARMY VEHICLES ON PARADE \ DEMONSTRATION of British PA military vehicles has been arranged by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and will take place at the Fighting Vehicles Research and Development Establishment, Chertsey, Surrey, on September 30. The object is to show features which make certain military vehicles suitable for civilian work which demands exceptional power, robustness and manceuvrability.
Vehicles ranging from 5-cwt. fourwheel-drive cross-country trucks to 30ton six-wheel-drive load carriers and 60-ton articulated units will be shown. There will also be ambulances, workshop lorries and mobile cranes, and specialized test and development equipment.
LODGE SALES UP
BY expanding representation and 1-1 reorganizing sales policy, Lodge Plugs, Ltd., last year substantially increased their sales in the motor trade, says the chairman, Mr. Bernard Hopps, in his annual report. He adds that the benefits from greater sales are likely to be offset by keener price competition in all markets.
Since the financial year ended on March 31 last, a branch has been established in Sydney. Australia, and a new company has been set up in Los Angeles, U.S.A. The results of both are promising.
CONTINENTAL VISITS
BR1TISH students are this year paying a month's visit, in connection with the plan of the Institute of the Motor Industry for the international exchange of students, to the Fiat, Pegaso, Volkswagen and Renault companies on the Continent. In this country, the Ford, Nuffield, Standard and Vauxhall concerns will participate in the scheme.
More Lorries, But Fewer Hackneys
DURING the year ended February 28 last, 29,200 more goods vehicles came on to the roads. The number of hackneys, however, declined by 8,600. At that date, there were 951,000 goods vehicles and 103,300 hackneys.
The number of electric goods vehicles increased by 1.100 to 19,000, but the figure for farmers' vehicles fell by 200 to 40,300. Statistics for steam and gas vehicles, at 100, showmen's vehicles, at 800, and local authorities' watering vehicles, at 1,900, showed no change. The number of other goods vehicles increased by 28,300 to 888,900.
In the hackney class, the biggest drop was among those with not more than eight seats, which dwindled by 7,800 to 30,100. There were 400 fewer trams and 400 fewer other hackneys with over eight seats.
These figures are contained in "Mechanically-proplelled Road Vehicles, Great Britain, Return No. 165" (Stationery Office, 4s.).
SIXTY MOBILE SHOPS FOR TURKEY
AN order for 60 mobile shops—worth more than £130,000—has been placed with Smith's Delivery Vehicles, Ltd., by the newly formed Migros-Turk organization, Istanbul, for operation in Turkey. Based on Commer Superpoise 5-ton chassis with Perkins oil engines, the mobile shops will incorporate special Frigidaire refrigeration equipment.
Behind the new enterprise, which has the support of the Turkish Government, is Mr. Gottlieb Duttweiler, president of the Federation of Migros Co-operatives in Switzerland. The activities of the Swiss organization, which operates 76 mobile shops, were described in The Commercial Motor on March 5.
MYSORE TRANSPORT'S Rs,850,000 PROFIT
ANET profit of nearly Rs.850,000 was earned by the Mysore Government's road transport system in 1953-54. Mr. H. Siddaveeappa, Minister of Transport, has stated that the expansion of the system is being considered. A sum of about Rs.4m. had so far been invested and there were 180 buses in service on various routes.
An up-to-date workshop is to be built at a cost of Rs.300,000. The organization would build their own bus bodywork. Daily mileage covered by the buses was 125,000.
TROLLEY FOR WORKSHOP USE
APORTABLE garage trolley with two trays for tools and a locker has been introduced by Broadway Equipment, Ltd., 194-196 Finchley Road, London, N.W.3. It sells at £9 5s. Made of steel, the trolley is mounted on four wheels, two of which are of the castor type. It is .2 ft. 6 in. long, 1 ft. 3 in, wide and 2 ft. 11 in. high.