AN IMPORTANT ELECTRICVEHICLE MERGER.
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We have already referred in our financial columns to the new company formed under the title of Associated Electric ' Vehicle Manufacturers, Ltd., with an authorized capital of £300,000. This has been formed by a merger of Electricars, Ltd., of Birmingham, and A E. Morrison and Sons, Ltd., of Leicester, and an important interest is held by the Young Accumulator Co. (1929), Ltd. It is the intention of the new company to develop the electricvehicle industry, for which the Young traction batteries are particularly designed.
Wages and Conditions Committee's Next Meeting.
The Government committee of inquiry into wages and conditions in the goods road-transport industry will meet on Monday, December 14, at 10.15 a.m., to receive evidence on behalf of Allied Suppliers, Ltd., of the Engineering and Allied Employers' National Federation, and of employers' .organizations in the iron and steel industry. The meeting will be continued on the following day at 10.30 a.m., when evidence will be given by Sir Henry Piggott on behalf of licensing authorities, The meetings will take place in Room Na. 10 in the Ministry of Labour and will be open to the public.
The Special Types Order.
The Motor Vehicles (Authorization of Special Types) Order (No. 1), 1936, came into force on December 1. The new regulations consolidate all those previously issued for the use of specialtype vehicles to convey abnormal indivisible loads and engineering plant. There ,are certain modifications and concessions, and the Order includes forms of notice to police, highway and bridge authorities, etc., so it is advisable to obtain a copy, price 2d., from H.M. Stationery Office.
Apart from technical points as to loads permitted, etc., the main points are that the width necessitating extra attendants is now 9 ft., instead of 8 ft., and the number required is reduced from three to two, except where the width is over 8 ft. and under 9 ft., when one additional person is required. The notice to police and R20 other authorities is now reduced to two clear days, and, where the loads are between 8 ft. and 9 ft. wide and not travelling on roads with tram tracks, no notice is required. Similarly, for highway and bridge authorities, notice is only required if the laden weight exceeds 12 tons.
Ayr Business Changes Hands.
Messrs. James Tweedie, Holmston Road Garage, Ayr, have, it is understood, acquired the motor business of J. J. Fairbairn, Ltd., Dalblair Road, Ayr, and have taken over the company's agency for Bedford vehicles.
Death of Glasgow Remover.
The death has taken place, at the age of 38 years, of Mr. John Cowan M'Intosh, managing director of John M'Intosh and Sons, Ltd., a Glasgow concern of removal contractors. C.M.U.A. HAS SOMETHING UP ITS SLEEVE.
An important statement on the policy of the C.M.U.A. was made by the president, Col. A. Jerrett, at the meeting of the Liverpool District and North Wales Division, at Liverpool, on Tuesday night. He said that the merger with A.R.O. was wanted as urgently as ever, but whether it would be effected within the next few weeks was an open question. If at next week's meeting of A.R.O. there was a majority for the merger, the matter would be quite simple.
" If, on the other hand, there is dissension and trouble in A.R.O. ranks, other steps which I am not at liberty to 'mention at this moment—and I am vested by the national council to take those steps if I think fit—may be taken." The outcome might not be quite so effective as the full merger.