441 Municipal Users of Perkins Engines
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THERE were 441 municipal operators I of Perkins oil engines at the end of 1955, Mr. F. Perkins, chairman and managing director, F. Perkins, Ltd., told members of the London Centre of the Institute of Public Cleansing when they visited the company's factory at Peterborough. In January, 1952. 29 authorities used Perkins engines.
Mr. L. W. Bugg, vehicle branch manager of the concern, said that one in seven local authorities used Perkins engines in cleansing vehicles. Eighteen chassis makers offered oil-engined vehicles for municipal work. A director of one of these makers had told him that two years ago 75 per cent, of vehicles supplied were petrol-engined, but now the same proportion comprised oilers.
Oilers justified themselves on work involving annual mileages lower than 5,000.
MORE—AND CHEAPER—TRIPS FOR LONDONERS
ABOUT 100 towns, villages and hamlets in London's countryside will this summer be linked with beauty spots and pleasure resorts by tours which the London Transport Executive are to run with their country buses,
Cheap Sunday bus trips from the suburbs to popular London venues are also to be operated again this year.
The Executive are to introduce anothet experimental express service during peak periods on weekdays and all day on Saturdays, It will operate between Kingston and Tattenham Corner from May 16, and will reduce the normal journey time by 11 min.
L.T.E. TO PAY £190 DAMAGES FOR BUS ACCIDENT
I N the Queen's Bench Division last week the London Transport Executive were ordered to pay £190 damages to Mr. James J. Hatton, Plashet Road, West Ham, for personal injuries sustained on a trolleybus.
The accident occurred when Mr. Hatton was about to take a scat on the upper deck of a trolleybus. The plaintiff was thrown against a window when, it was alleged, the bus started with a jerk, stopped suddenly and started again.
The court found that the accident occurred because the bus did not start off in a proper manner.
LEYLAND GLASGOW OFFICE
THE Glasgow sales office of Leyland Motors, Ltd., has moved to 4 Newton Place. Mr. G. Scarth is in charge of goods-vehicle sales and Mr. C. C. Bateson of passenger-vehicle sales. They will be joined by Mr. J. P. Carter, in control of Albion sales in Glasgow. Service arrangements for the area will he unchanged for the time being.