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MR. GUY LAWSON has joined the sales staff of Triplex (Northern), Ltd.
MR. F. J. LLOYD has been appointed assistant staff administration officer of the London Transport Executive.
MR. RONALD D. S. WARD has become sales manager of Messrs. Carley Tipping Gears—a recently established department of Sid Abrams, Ltd.
MR BASIL DE MArros, sales manager of the Laystall Engineering Co. Ltd., is to Visit Switzerland and Belgium shortly in connection with overseas sales of Cromard cylinder liners.
Ma. G. K. TWYCROSS, district manager of the Scottish division of the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., was recently made a presentation by the managing director, MR. W. A. HAzLarr, to mark his completion of 25 years' service.
MR. JOHN PARDOE has been nominated a director of the Maudslay Motor Co., Ltd. He joined the concern in 1910 and has been in charge of various departments. During the past eight years he has been accountant to the company, a post he will continue to occupy.
MR. N. J. ELLERBECK has been appointed branch controller of Simms Motor Units, Ltd., in succession to the late MR. R. N. BALLARD. Mr. Ellerbeck was formerly Birmingham branch manager and he will continue to operate mainly from there until his successor is appointed.
MR. F. W. H. WINWOOD and MR.
E. G. Watotir have been re-elected representatives of the National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers on the National Council of the Road Haulage Association. MR.
F. I. EATON has been reappointed N.A.F.W.R. representative on the Road Haulage Wages Council.
MR. J. GIBSON JARVIE has retired from the board of the Austin Motor Co., Ltd. He joined in 1945 after the retirement Of MR. E. L. PAYTON from the chairmanship. Developments within United Dominions Trust, Ltd., Mr. Gibson Jarvie's own company, necessitate his fuller attention and MR. L. P. LORD, Austin chairman and managing director, acceded to his request to retire.
MR. J. C. WAKE, general manager of Burton-on-Trent Transport Department, has been appointed general manager of St. Helens Transport Department. Mr. Wake was formerly deputy general manager at MiddlesbroUgh. One of the candidates for the post at St. Helens was MR. T. BAMFORD, general manager of Maidstone Transport Department. He was on his way north to attend an interview, but was injured when he was examining the engine of his car and a fan blade broke off and struck his face.
A30 MR. N. MCKELVIE COCKSHUTT, managing director of Leyland Motors (South Africa), Ltd., has arrived in this country for a two-monthvisit to the parent company's factories.
MR. L. G. PACKHAM has been appointed overseas general manager of C. C. Wakefield and Co., Ltd., succeeding MR. W. F. Lts-r, who is now an assistant managing director.. Mr. Packham, who has been with the corn
pany for 27 years, was formerly manager of the overseas division (branches).
Appeal Against Council Service
AN appeal against a decision of the East Midland Licensing Authority granting permission to Nottingham Transport Department to run buses to Clifton housing estate was heard in Nottingham recently by Mr. F. C. P. Lascelles, Ministry of Transport inspector.
The estate has been incorporated in the city boundary, but part of the route runs outside it. The appellants were Barton Transport, Ltd., and the South Notts Bus Co., Ltd., both represented by Mr. L. W. A. White, who said that South Notts had worked a route bordering the estate for 26 years. When the Authority's decision was made, the question of the adequacy of existing services was disregarded. A special type of vehicle was needed, he said, because of a low bridge. The department did not possess one, whereas South Notts did.
Mr. C. N. Shawcross, for the respondent, submitted that the whole route would lie within the boundary when a bridge over the Trent, the construction of which was delayed because of rearmament, was finished. Because the South Notts concern ran an adjacent country service it was claiming a right to work the route and turn it into a city service.
TENFOLD RISE IN DEAD MILEAGE?
WHEN a public inquiry into SmethW wick's 20-year development plan was held, Mr. Eric Blayne, for the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., said that if the company's Bearwood Road garages were moved to a suggested new site in the north-east of the town, the extra dead mileage would cost £13,000 a year.
The plan stated that frequent bus services and buses using the garages aggravated the traffic _problem. Mr. Blayne observed: "1 can't understand the general bus services aggravating the traffic problem, because the vehicles are operated where the public need them."
Mr. R. Brandon, traffic manager, said that at present the dead mileage covered was 13,624 a year. If the garages were moved, this figure would rise to 142,376.
LONDON TRANSPORT INQUIRY
AN inquiry into the special problems of transport in London and the Home Counties is to be made 'by a sub-committee of the Conservative Parliamentary Transport Committee, headed by Capt. R. E. D. Ryder, V.C. Among matters to be considered is the method of fixing fares.
NEW ROAD MAPS FROM REGENT nUICK reference to individual
sheets is afforded in a new road atlas produced by Geographia, Ltd., that will shortly be on sale, at 2s. 6d., at Regent garages throughout the country. The atlas is produced in booklet form and folds to 10 ins. by 4 ins. The scale of the maps is 10 miles to the inch.
Removers Meet the Minister
A DEPUTATION from the National PAAssociation of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers was received on .tuly 3 by the Minister of Transport. Discussions concerned the Government's proposals for transport and, in particular, the definition of an "ordinary furniture removal" under the Transport Act, 1947. The need for protecting the interests of removers in returning road transport to private enterprise was stressed at the Association's conference at Buxton in May (" The Commercial Motor," May 30).
The deputation comprised Mr. C. A. Ball, president, Mr. A. G. Coombe, Mr. E. J. White, Mr. W. Isard, Mr. E. G. Wright, Mr. H. V. Bishop, Mr. E. A. Harris and Mr. I. R. Haytort. The results of the discussions were reported to the Association's executive committee on Wednesday.
N.A.F.W.R. CONFERENCE
(ACTOBER 15 has been fixed as the date of the autumnal conference of the National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers. It will be held at the Park Lane Hotel, London, W.I.
Next year's conference will take place late in April, also at the Park Lane Hotel, and will be spread over a period of 11 days.
INSURANCE UP: CLAIMS DOWN INCREASED revenue from premiums 1 and a reduction in claims between 1949 and 1951 are shown in the annual returns of Lloyd's Underwriters to the Board of Trade. In 1949, insurance premiums on motor vehicles received by Lloyd's amounted to £4,660,648 and claims and other outgoings to £3,754,771. The balance represented 19.44 per cent. of premiums.
In 1950, premiums had risen to £5,047,361 and claims had dropped to £3,451,182, leaving a balance of 31.62 per cent. A year later, premiums amounted to £5,123,461 and claims had fallen to £1,399,377, the residue being equal to 72.69 per cent of the premiums paid.
Thames Prices Reduced
D RICE S of Thames vehicles for the home market were reduced by 5 per cent. on July 2. Export models were lowered in price by 71 per cent. Fordson tractors 'for home and overseas' were also reduced by 5 per cent. in cost. Revised home prices are as follows: Thames 5-cwt. van, 021 10s. 10d.; 10-cwt. van, -£424 4s. ld.; 2-ton lorry, £734 17s. 6d.: 5-ton long-wheelbase lorry with petrol engine, 097 19s. 6d., with oil engine, £1,286 10s.; Fordson Major tractor with vaporizing-oil or petrol engine, £441 15s., with oil engine, £536 15s.
U.A.S. DISLIKES DEVELOPMENT PLAN
WHEN an inquiry into , Middlesbrough's development plan was held, the British Transport Commission lodged objection to a proposal to remove the bus station of United Automobile Services, Ltd., from Newport Road to the junction of Wilson Street and Boundary Road.
The borough engineer said that access to the present station was inadequate, whereas that to the proposed building would not interfere with other road users. Mr. B. T. Pratt, secretary of U.A.S., stated that the existing site was as good as any other and that there wore plans for extensions. Weekly departures totalled 5,000.
The station was valued at over £31,000 and the adjoining property was worth £29,000, it was stated.
SCOPE FOR IMAGINATION
" HE policy of continuing well-tried
1 and trusted methods is all very well, but it is good only so long as there is no better method," Mr. H. Bottoniley, general manager of Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., told senior members of the staff, last week.
Calling for a " questioning approach" to daily tasks, he pointed out that immediate problems concerned economies, but he stressed that there Was ample scope for imaginative thinking and planning.
TROLLEYBUSES TO GO
A SCHEME for the replacement of trolleybuses by motorbuses is to be inaugurated by Doncaster Transport Department early next year. Fifteen new motorbuses are being purchased and they will take over the racecourse and Hyde Park routes, which are to be altered to avoid congestion on the Great North Road and suit a plan for one-way traffic through the town centre.
NORMAL ORDERING FOR PAYEN
BEC A USE of greater manufacturing capacity, J. Payen, Ltd., Slough, Bucks, is able' to' dispense with its headset allocation scheme and has requested stockists to revert to normal ordering. Supplementary discount terms for quantity consignments to garages, repairers and fleet operators will be reintroduced as from August 1.
Brighton to Cut Transport Costs
AN order to formulate proposals to reduce the working expenses of the Transport Department has been given to Brighton Transport Committee by the town council. At a recent council meeting, Clir. R. Bates claimed that a saving of £49,000 could be made if costs could be reduced from 2s. 2,Id. per mile to the average of Is. 91d. of 27 other municipal undertakings.
Clir. Bates understood that even at peak summer periods there were at least 10 buses idle, and that in the past five years 22 new vehicles had been purchased, which were costing £12,000 a year in loan and repayment charges. The department had 87 vehicles, yet the Brighton, Hove and District Omnibus Co., Ltd., with fewer than twice as many, covered three times the mileage.
He suggested that surplus vehicles be disposed of, that wages be brought into line with the scales of other undertakings, that administrative expenses be cut, that the uniform bill be halved, and that fuel economies be made.
Aid. H. J. Galliers, chairman of the transport committee, admitted that therewere 12 to 15 idle vehicles, but stated that this was because -foresight had been exercised in ordering new buses in good time. It was unfair, he asserted, to compare Brighton's costs with those of other towns. Brighton was built onseven hills and this feature added to operating expenses.
LLANELLY BILL'S PROGRESS THE House of Lords Committee which is considering the Llanelly and District Traction Bill has agreed to the interpretation by the promoter, the Llartelly District Traction Co., Ltd., that the date of purchase by Llaneliy Corporation should be 20 years hence, subject to three years' notice being given by the company,
The, Bib seeks to give the company power to abandon trolleybus routes.
£26,500 FOR HAULIER
AN agreement between the British Transport Commission and Gomm's Transport, Ltd., Cardiff, for the payment of £26,500 compensation for acquisition, was confirmed, last week, by the Transport Arbitration Tribunal.
Burton Claim Hearing Ends
THE Transport Arbitration Tribunal 1 last week concluded the hearing of
a claim by Mr. E. E. Burton, Lynn Road, Wisbech, for £38,000 compensation for the acquisition of his undertaking by the Road Haulage Executive: and rzserved its decision. The Executive had offered €23,000.
A dispute, arose between the parties on whether proprietor's remuneration should be included in the figure of average net annual profit used for assessing compensation, and over an adjustment in respect of art additional vehicle purchased shortly before nationalization. The applicant claimed -£750 for managerial services for each of the three basic years, and argued that the new lorry • justified an increase of £9110 a year in the established annual profit.
OUTLOOK BRIGHTER
PESSIMISTS who forecast Britain's industrial decline Were Criticized by Mr. L. P. Lord, chairman of the Austin Motor Co., Ltd., when he spoke at a luncheon held to mark the opening, last week, of the new Shrewsbury branch of Charles clad( and Son, Ltd. He agreed that the country was facina a difficult six months, but he thought that it should progress quickly afterwards.
Mr. Lord stated that production costs were too high. Although internal and labour costs were falling, overhead. charges were going up. He found fault with trade-union restrictive practices.
NEW REAR LAMPS
AREAR lamp with a 4i-in. diameter glass has been produced by James Neale and Sons, Ltd., Graham Street, Birmingham, 1. Known as the Rayciyot Beacon commercial-vehicle lamp, it is fitted with two independently wired 6-watt bulbs and costs £1 2s.
A somewhat similar type without a side window and including one 6-watt and one 12-watt bulb is available as a combined stop and tail lamp. It sells at the same price.
"BRING BACK LOW FARES" DECAUSE Sheffield Transport DepartL) ment carried 750,000 fewer passengers last month, compared with June, 1951, Cllr. E. Tindall has called for lower fares, including the return of the Id. and lid. fares for intermediate stages, for an experimental period.
Cllr. R. Clover referred to the department's annual report and stated that passengers were being lost four times as quickly as last year.
Rs. 147m. VOTED
THE House of the People in •New Delhi recently passed the Ministry of Transport's demands, which totalled about Rs. 147m. Mr. R. Velayudhart said that the sums allotted to road transport were meagre. A total of Rs. 65m. had been earmarked for the development of road transport and Rs. 50m. of this would be spent on national highways.