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The licensing system was discussed by members of the Bath Chamber of Commerce at its monthly meeting last week. Particular reference was ma le to the matter of weight-checking, whereby a vehicle might be found to be overweight merely because of an accumulation of mud, or a coat or two of paint. It was decided to communicate with the National Chamber of Trade, and the Association of Chambers of Commerce, explaining the views of the Chamber.
Garner Price Reductions.
Garner Motors, Ltd., North Acton Road, London, N. V.10, announces substantial reductions in the prices of its range of chassis, and the 3-tonner now sells at £355, the 4-tonner at £395 and the 5-tonner at £460.
£2,100,000 Tay Bridge Suggestion. Dundee's City Engineer has sag:. gested to the Scottish Economic Committee that a two-miles-long bridge Over the Tay at Dundee is a scheme favoured by 97 per cent. of 7,000 motor users in Dundee, Angus, Perth and Fife. It would cost £2,100,000.
Price Booklet Correction.
In the 1938 edition of our chassis model and price booklet, under International, the prices of the Model 20 tractive unit, and the Model 1-12 tractive unit should be respectively £395 and £260. Readers should make this correction in their copies.
A New British Battery, In our issue dated February 18 we gave some details of a new battery to be produced in England. We now learn that this battery is the invention of Celtis, Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, Herts, and that the Lincoln Battery Co., of New York, is interested only from the point of view of production in the United States.
To Keep the Trailer Tail-light Lit, Well-known as maker of the popular Neate trailer-brake control, the Trailer Appliance Co., Ltd., Abbey House, Baker Street, London, N.W.1, has now introduced a tail-light connection for trailers and semi-trailers, known as the T. AC.
The complete double-ended device comprises an 8-ft. length of armoured cable, soundly attached to two plug ends, and two sockets for attachment to the vehicles. A special feature is that each socket has a hinged spring lid, which serves to render the socket waterproof when the plug is out, and to engage with a catch on the plug, which positively secures the last-named %hea in the socket. • In this form the device costs £2 10s. ; with a Single end, for semi-trailers, the price is £1 10s., whilst extra sockets are offered for 14s. each.
The T.A.C. adaptor, as its maker calls it, is a well-made fitment, and should help greatly in overcoming the difficulties, still too frequently experienced; in keeping trailer tail lamps alight.
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