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12th June 1936, Page 38
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"The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport, at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which it runs."--John Beattie Crozier.

will cover East Glamorgan, Monmouthshire and Brecon.

Other vans will be stationed at Swansea and in Pembrokeshire.

477 Tons in Big " Transfer " Application.

• It is understood that negotiations are proceeding for the taking over by Edward Box and Co., Ltd., Lightbody Street, Liverpool, of the goodwill of M.R.S., Ltd., from Sir Basil E. Mayhew, K.B.E., receiver and manager of the latter concern. Both companies have achieved national reputations as specialists in heavy haulage.

Edward Box and Co., Ltd., has applied to the North-Western Licens ing Authority for the " transfer " of A licences held by Sir Basil Mayhew in respect of 55 vehicles and 35 trailers, with a total unladen weight of 477 tons. The notice of application, published in " Applications and Decisions," No. 103, dated June 4 (North-Western Area), refers to the transport of " general goods, plant, machinery, boilers, locomotives and engineering equipment, Lancashire to all Traffic Areas."

Transport Services Development.

Transport Services, Ltd., the new company formed to develop road services, has completed the legal formalities in connection with the •acquisition of several important transport undertakings. Negotiations for the purchase of other big concerns are progressing. PERKINS OIL ENGINES FOR SCAMMELL MECHANICAL HORSES.

F. Perkins, Ltd., Queen Street, Peterborough, announces a new development with regard to the availability of the Wolf-type oil engine in the Scammell mechanical horse. For some time it has been felt that the oil engine would be particularly suitablp for this type, especially as it is used, to a wide extent, in docks, wharves and other confined areas where the fire risk might be fraught with serious consequences.

It is understood that, very shortly, a Perkins oil-engined Scammell mechanical horse of the 6-ton type will be available for test purposes in compari son with a petrol-engined vehicle of the same type, and the results should make interesting reading.

Pig Transport: Fight for Freedom. A resolution against transport arrangements made by the Pigs Marketing Board was passed, on June 4, at a special meeting, in Glasgow, of the Association of Scottish Bacon Curers.

The resolution declared that members would not be parties to any contract with the Pigs Marketing Board, a condition of which was the entering into an agreement with the railway companies for the flat-rate transport of pigs, entailing payment to the companies when no services had been rendered. The method of transport should be left to the choice of the curer. A NOVEL DOCK-TRAFFIC CENSUS.

With the co-operation of the Port of London Authority and the Transport and General Workers Union, the Minister of Transport has arranged for a novel and important traffic census to be taken to-day (June 12). Much of the heavier commercial traffic reaches the Metropolis from the docks and any scheme for highway development in London must take this into account.

The census will deal with traffic from the London Docks and vehicles will not be held up. Each driver, when he leaves the docks and surrenders his pass will receive an official-paid postcard, on which he is asked to indicate at the end of his journey the route he has followed in delivering his load. Space is also provided for the starting time to be given and the class of vehicle that was driven. The census is being undertaken in connection with the highway development survey of London by Sir Charles 13ressey, which is now in progress.

Death of Leyland Overseas Agent.

We regret to record the death, at the age of 76, of Mr. A. G. Pruden, C.B.E., founder of A. G. Pruden and Co., of Buenos Aires, for a number of years the Leyland agent in the Argentine. Mr. Pruden had been in that country for 50 years and, during the war, was president of the British Society in the Argentine. He was also a founder member of the British ChamL her of Commerce, of which he occupied the chair when H.M. the King, aS Prince of Wales, visited the Argentine in 1925.

I.A.E. Repair-certificate Examinations.

The next practical tests for the repair certificates, issued under the Institution of Automobile Engineers' scheme, will be held in London on June 27, in Bradford, Bristol, Coventry and Manchester on _July 11, and in Glasgow on August 8, so far as the mechanical section is concerned, and in London on July 4 and Birmingham on July 18 in connection with the electrical section. Full particulars of these tests may be obtained from the secretary of the Institution, Watergate House, Adelphi, London, W. C . 2.

Shipping Guide for Hauliers.

The following is the number of ships arriving at the London docks, wharves and jetties named, from June 12-20 inclusive:—Docxs : King George V, 5; Royal Albert, 8; Royal Victoria, 3; Surrey Commercial, 6; West India, 3; East India, 2; South-West India, 2; Tilbury, 7; Tilbury Stage, 5; 1V1illwall, 5; London, 3; Royal, 3, WHARVES: Hays, 6; Middleton's, 1. Tilbury Jetty, 2. Regent's Canal, 1.

More Commercial Motors in Australia.

Last year 17,575 commercial vehicles were sold in Australia, as compared with 11,182 units in 1934. The total number of commercial vehicles in use throughout the Commonwealth at the end of 1935 is given as 161,357, as against 143,675 at the close of 1934.


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