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We learn that Mr. R. D. Peck has joined the board of Lep Transport and Depository, Ltd.
Sir Joseph W. L. Napier, Bart., has joined the board of Weymann's Motor Bodies (1925), Ltd., of Addlestone.
Mr. E. L. Cadwallader has taken over the position of joint general manager of C.A.V.-Basch, Ltd., and will devote his attention to the sales side of the business as heretofore.'
Mr. Ernest P. M. Pearson has recehtly joined the sales staff of the Chloride Electrical Storage Co., Ltd., of Clifton Junction, near Manchester. He was formerly branch manager at Leeds, Plymouth and Manchester for Simms Motor Units, Ltd.
Councillor W. J. Thomson, chairman and managing director of the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., has been elected Lord Provost of Edinburgh.
His career is quite a romance. He comes from a well-known Caithness family, and received a sound training in engineering and, commercial subjects in Glasgow, going to Edinburgh in 1905 to start, in company with a few others, the business which he 'now controls and which began with a capital of 112,000 ; this is now about £3,000,000.
Mr. Thomson is also a director of United Automobile Services, Ltd., the Gilmerton Colliery Co., Ltd., and other concerns. He has given his services generously to the interests of the motor trade, and has been President of the East of Scotland Motor Trade Association, council member of the Omnibus Owners Association, member of Council of the Institution of Automobile Engineers, and is now Vice-President of the Scottish C.M.U.A.
Armstrong-Saurer. New Prices.
Armstrong-Saurer Commercial Vehicles Ltd., Thames House, Westminster, London, S.W.1, announces the following new prices for its oilers :— 65-b.h.p. Diligent, £1,050, with super gear £55 extra; 100-b.h.p. Durable, £1.300; 100-b.h.p. Dauntless, 11,450; 100-b.h.p. Dominant, £1,750; 52-b.h.p. Defiant, 11,275.
The Durable, Dauntless and Donain
ant prices are inclusive of super gear, and in each case the prices refer to chassis built to standard specification.
Brakes on Six.wheeled Vehicles, The Liverpool iStipendiary recently convicted an ancillary user for employing a motor vehicle which did not comply with No. 34 of the Motor Vehicles
Construction and Use Regulations, 1931, the vehicle not being equipped with two entirely independent and efficient brakine.' systems having two independent means for operation, so arranged that one system could be applied to not fewer than half the number of wheels.
The vehicle was a six-wheeler with two driving wheels, and the brakes acted only on the latter.
Slump in I.F.S. Imports.
During September last the Irish Free State imported four vehicles, bringing up the total for the first nine months of the year to 562 vehicles, as compared with 954 a year ago. .
New Motor-hiring Business.
Mr. W. L. Edmund, previously managing director of Bullin, Ltd., a concern of motor hirers of Heathfield Garage, Swansea, has opened anew motor-hiring business, in his own name, at Bellevue Garage, -Bellevue Street, Swansea. Aircraft by Road.
In Statutory Rules and Orders, 1932, No. 871, referring to an Order entitled "The Motor Vehicles (Authorization of Special Types) Order (No. 6), 1932," made by the Minister of Transport, dated October 11, 1932, and which came into force on November 1, the Minister of Transport authorizes the drawing on roads by motor vehicles of aircraft, the overall length of which does not exceed 30 ft., and the weight 1 ton.
Creosote Fuel in Belfast.
Someone has apparently just discovered that creosote, at a cost of 6d. per gallon, is being tried out by the Belfast Omnibus Co., and a number of private motorists, but it is not a new development. The Commercial Motor published an article on the subject over a year ago, and referred to the experiments of that particular company.
A Sales Representative Available.
• We know of a commercial-vehicle sales representative with 20 years' experience in the trade who is open for engagement in a similar capacity, either with a manufacturer or prominent agent. He has a good all-round knowledge of the trade and has been associated with a number of leading manufacturers. Letters, addressed " Sales," care of the Editor, will be forwarded.
Hermetic Rubber Report.
The report of the Hermetic Rubber Co., Ltd., for the year ended September 30, 1932, shows a profit of £8,804, an interim dividend of 5 per cent. (less tax) having been paid in April last. The directors now propose to pay a further dividend of 15 per cent. (less tax), which will absorb £2,813 and leave /5,991 to be carried forward, subject to such special remuneration which may be voted to the directors.
New Laystall Piston Ring.
The Laystall Motor Engineering Works, Ltd., Ewer Street, Southwark, London, S.E.1, is developing, a piston ring of a new type, which, externally, is of the ordinary pattern, but relies upon a simple device to keep it in contact with the cylinder wall, the radial pressure being equally distributed over the whole of its circumference. The pressure is much less than that exerted by the ordinary type.
42 Bedfords Run from Hendon to Edinburgh.
An unusually large convoy of vehicles was recently run by the Car Collection Co., Ltd., from the Hendon factory of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., to the premises of the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., at Edinburgh, this company being the agent for the Bedford commercial range. On its way the convoy stopped at the new premises in Carlisle of the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., the ground floor of which provides accommodation for 100 commercial vehicles. There is also a large showroom, storee for spares, and facilities for rapid maintenance work, including an eighthour battery service.
The convoy was heralded by a, Moth aeroplane which belongs to the S.M.T., and is used for carrying passengers to various points in order to connect with the bus services.
Mr. A, Palmer Phillips, director of sales for General Motors, Ltd., and Mr.
H. H. Amos, also of General Motors, Ltd., were present. MT. T. Gray, of Dundee, will manage the new depot.
Two New Agricultural Machines.
Messrs. Turners Motor Manufacturing Co., Wolverhampton, has produced a new motor rotary tiller, which will shortly be placed on the market.
It is understood, too, that John Fowler and Co. (Leeds), Ltd., Leeds, is introducing a smaller model of its motor Gyro-tiller.
Hauliers Meet at Cockermouth.
A meeting of hauliers, representative of those principally engaged in livestock transport, was held a few days ago by the northern regional area of the Road Haulage .Association, being presided over by Mr. W. S. Nicholson, of Messrs. W. S. Nicholson and Sons, of Cockermouth.
Mr. Anthony Todd, of Wolsingham, Co. Durham, in appealimg to those present to give the Association their support, pointed out the dangers that might arise if the Salter Conference recommendations became law, tbe biggest danger, in his opinion, being in the clauses relating to licensing.
Mr. P. Milton, the honorary secretary of the regional area, referred to the state of affairs in South Africa, and to the effect that Government intervention had had upon road transport, expressing the view that the same Position might arise here if the Salter Report was adopted.
The following additional members were elected to the sub-committee for Cumberland and Westmorland :Messrs. W. S. 'Nicholson, J. A. Pickthall and J. Rogers.
Gardner Engines in London Buses.
Yesterday was the date arranged for the placing in regular service of 12 L.G.O.C. buses equipped with Gardner compression-ignition engines. These vehicles will be quartered at the Hanwell garage, which is specially laid out for the accommodation of 100 oil-engined buses. We believe that this is the largest building in the world exclusively devoted to buses of this type.
Hauliers to Meet M.P.s.
We learn that an important meeting of Members of Parliament and representatives of long-distance road transport will take place at the House of Commons on December 7. At this meeting the industry will be invited to state its case, so far as this section of the haulage business is concerned.
Dennis Dividend Declaration.
Dennis Brothers, Ltd., is declaring a final dividend of 8d. per share, less tax, making a total of is. per share (100 per cent.) in respect of the year
ended September 30. In 1930-31 a total dividend of Is. 9d. per share (175 per cent.) was paid. The directors have transferred f5,000 to an employees' benevolent fund. The carry forward remains substantially the same.
A Post Available.
A well-known road-transport contractor in London has a vacancy for a keen man to solicit orders for motor vehicles on contract. Experience and good appearance are essential. Letters, addressed "Contract," care of the Editor, will be forwarded.
Legal Aspects of Motor Insurance.
Problems of insurance law emanating from the Road Traffic Act were discussed by Mr. Gerald Abrahams, barrister-at-law, at the Liverpool meeting of the Institute of Transport, held on November 4.
The Act, he said, was clearly intended to tit into a system which contains the Workmen's Compensation Act. One must insure a workman carried " by reason of or in pursuance of" a contract of employment, but one need not insure him against injury arising out of and in the course of employment. The distinction appeared to be that if a man was carried by his employer to and from work, by virtue of a contract of employment—a case which, presumably, the Workmen's Compensation Act would not cover—then he was a third party within the meaning of the Act. If, however, his work was such as to involve him directly with vehicles, and not
merely by way of conveyance, the Workmen's Compensation Act would apply, and there would he no need to regard him as a third party.
"I cannot help feeling," said Mr. Abrahams, "that the phrase 'by reason of or in pursuance of' is dangerously wide."
Transport Director Dead.
The death occurred at his residence in Harehills Lane, Leeds, of Mr. Lawson Hill Porter, aged 52, director of W. Hill and Son (Carriers), Ltd., of The Calls, Leeds, and of the Leeds, Goole and Hull Transport Co., Ltd.
A Speed Point Clarified.
Several prosecutions for excessive speeding have recently taken place in cases where van owners have licensed their vehicles as private cars to avoid the speed limit.
In the latest case of this kind, at Newport, the Clerk to the Court explained the position clearly. He said that a commercial vehicle must not be driven at .a speed greater than 30 m.p.h. "Under the Act, the speed limit attaches not to the licence taken out, but to the vehicle," he added. A New Automatic Gear-change.
We are able to announce that a new automatic system of gear changing has been introduced by the Bendix Corporation, and we hope shortly to publish a full technical description of its mechanism.
We understand that it employs the conventional step-up gearbox system, but that the gears can be changed entirely automatically, the operation being brought about by torque and speed, and its action being dependent upon the accelerator pedal alone. That is to say. although a clutch pedal and gear lever may oe provided, the driver, in ordinary circumstances, need never make use of them, driving ,entirely through the accelerator pedal and brake. The mechanism is contained within the gearbox casing, and engine suction is not employed.
It is expected that this new automatic gear-change will create a considerable stir in motoring circles, and the name of Mr. Victor Bendix, with which it ia associated, should be a guarantee of its practical value and mechanical efficiency.
Good Sales of T.S.M. Vehicles.
Neffeeys Commercial Motors (Swansea), Ltd., Swansea, has received an order from the Imperial Motor Co., Abercynon, for a T.S.M. four-cylinder oilsengined passenger chassis. It is the 14th T.S.M. vehicle which the company has sold this year. The company advises us that, owing to business expansion and to enable it to cope with the service side, it has taken over the extensive garage, known as the Melbourne Garage, Northampton Place, Swansea. These premises are well-equipped to take double-deck buses and the largest types of goods carrier.
The Latil Tractor Position.
A. notable absentee from this year's Scottish Motor Exhibition is Latil Industrial Vehicles, Ltd., 11, Albert Embankment, London, S.E.11, the reason being that the company has exhausted Its stock of French-built Latil Machines and will not be in a position to supply British-built Latil tractors (made in the works of Shelvoko and Drewry, Ltd., at Letchworth) for about a month.
Liverpool Haulage Concern Opens London Office.
Motor Carriers (Liverpool), Ltd., a road-transport contracting concern, of 26, Preesons Row, Liverpool, has opened a branch office in London at Mersey Garage, Crucifix Lane, S.E.1. The manager, Mr. L. Warburton, has had many years' experience in road transport, and was formerly London manager for A. and E. Transport Co.
One of the company's directors, Mr. It. B. Stockdale, is a member of the council of the Road Haulage Association, and vice-chairman of the roadtransport section of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce.
September's New Registrations.
A return issued by the Ministry of Transport shows that the number ef motor vehicles registered for the first time under the Roads Act, 1920, during September, 1932, was 16,596, as contrasted with 13,577 in September, 1931. In this year's total is included 2,867 goods vehicles and 343 hackney vehicles, the comparable figures for last year being 3,940 and 478.
Forthcoming R.H.A. Meetings.
The following meetings of area committees of the Road Haulage Association have been arranged :—East Midland Area, to-day (November 11), at 7.30 p.m., at the Black Boy Hotel, Northampton; South Wales Area, November 14, at 7 p.m., at the Royal Hotel, Cardiff, and November 15, at 7 p.m., at the Central Hotel, High Street, Swansea ; Eastern Area, November 15, at 8 p.m., at the Guildhall, Guildhall Street, Bury St. Edmunds.
Brewers Buy Three-wheelers.
The great number of trades associated with the brewing industry was well demonstrated at the recent Brewers' Exhibition. Not the least of these is transport, and we thought the James Cycle Co., Ltd., deserved credit for displaying its latest three-wheeled delivery van, equipped for carrying cases of bottles, and so forth. It was attracting Its share of attention, and we learned that a gratifying number of orders had been placed with the concern.