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CtiEcK formulie were submitted to the North-Western Deputy Licensing Authority by Mr. Henry Backhouse, Jun., at Liverpool, last Friday. The Kirkdale Haulage Co.; Ltd., Walton, Liverpool. was applying for a renewal of its A licences for 37 vehicles (216 tons) and 21 trailers (42 tons), and a variation authorizing the acquisition of three vehicles (84tons) in place of an *ton vehicle.
Mr. Backhouse said that, taking first the tonnage figures, the tonnage carried per month per ton of unladen weight averaged 26.2 for 1935 and in 1936 increased to 36.1, If one multiplied the difference of 9.9 tons by 254.75, which was the average of unladenweight tonnage in 1936, and then divided by 26.2, one obtained a figure of approximately 97.
That meantthat, on his formula, by tonnage, the company was entitled to an increase of 97 tons of unladen weight, but it was asking for only 11 tons. Making a:similar calculation on the basis of quarterly receipts, however, the applicant would be entitled to over 19 tons. On -the Hawker formula, again, the company would be entitled to 95 tons,
He had used his formula, based on the quarterly receipts, for the reason that, on tonnage—both by the Hawkerand his own formulx—one secured 95 tons and 97 tons respectively as the justifiable increases which, in his view, were absurd figures. Where the other formula broke down was in the fact that his client had had two new customers during the year, for whom the company was carting locally. The short runs inflated the tonnage figures considerably.
In his submission for the railways, Mr. G. H. P. Beanies said that they had little point to make with regard to the -renewal, but, so far as the new vehicles were concerned, they strongly opposed the application.
Sir William Hart, the Deputy Authority, said that formuiw . should be treated with great care.
Decision was reserved. MR. STIRK'S WARNING TO EASTERN OPERATORS.
When Mr. Barrowchtle, of North Kyme, applied before the East Midland Licensing Authority, last week, .for the renewal of a B licence, it was .alleged that he had committed serious irregularities. Mr, A. W. Jackman, clerk to the Licensing Authority, said that the applicant had endeavoured to make his drivers. work excessive hours by persuading them to alter their records.
Mr. A. G. Curtis, deputy clerk, declared that the records were found to be incomplete and, in a number of cases, it was impossible to trace the vehicles' journeys.
On behalf of the applicant, Mr. R. J. Parker submitted that the mistakes were primarily the fault of the drivers themselves. If the licence were renewed, however, the applicant was prepared to employ a permanent clerk to ensure that the records were properly kept.
The Licensing Authority granted the licence, saying that the case had achieved its purpose. It was brought as a warning to operators in the district.
Researches on Materials for Cast Crankshafts.
The results of researches on materials for cast crankshafts, which have been proceeding at the National Physical Laboratory, will be made known in a paper entitled " Properties of Some Materials for Cast Crankshafts, with Special Reference . to Combined Stresses," to be read by Dr. H. J. 'Gough, F.R.S., and Mr. H. V. Pollard, before the Institution of Automobile Engineers, on March 23, at the Royal Society of Arts, John Street, London, VV .C.2 .
Rayon Tyres for High Speeds and Heavy Loads.
Mr. P. W. Litchfield, president of the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co., announces that, as a result of scientific research carried on at the Goodyear faboratories for 10 years, a solution has been found of one of the most difficult problems of modern commercial transport. This problem,iso far as the tyre builder is concerned, involves both safety and costs on the high-speed runs with heavy loads.
For these operations, according to Mr. Litchfield, experiments demonstrate that tyres made from rayon cords may be expected to give, in some instances, four to five times as much mileage as other equipment. Where speed is not excessive and only moderate loads are carried, however, rayon tyres do not surpass standard tyres.
Yorkshire Chambers Demand Investigation.
A resolution urging the Government to appoint a representative committee to' examine the working of the Road and Rail Traffic Act was unanimously adopted at the annual meeting of West Yorkshire, Federated Chambers of Trade, at Morley, last week.
H.F. Device for Changing Mechanicalhorse Tyres.
The H.F. Robot tyre changer, made by Harvey Frost and Co., Ltd., Bishop's Stortford, is such a wellknown and widely used item of garage equipment that, in the present connection, there is no need to describe it or its function. Operators of mechanical-horse vehicles, however, will be interested to know that the company now supplies an adapter for use with the tyre changer, that brings within its scope the manipulation of the type of tyre employed on these machines.
For Aircraft Enthusiasts.
A special Light Aeroplane and Club Number of The Aeroplane was published yesterday, Thursday. This is an important issue for those whose'interest lies in light aeroplanes, clubs, and all that has to do with the more
popular side of aviation. About 40 different types of aeroplane are described and illustrated. There are also articles on the cost of flying, radio for private owners, club subsidies, and other matters of specific interest.
Shipping Guide for Hauliers.
The following is the number of ships arriving at the London docks, wharves and jetties named, from March 12-20 inclusive :—DocKs : King George V, 7; Royal Albert, 5; Royal Victoria, 2; Surrey Commercial, 7; East India, 2; South-west India, 3; Tilbury, 8; Tilbury Stage, 2; Millwall, 3; Royal, 2; London, 1. WHARVES : Hay's 5; Middleton's, 1; Mark Brown's, 1. :Tilbury Jetty, 1. Regent's Canal, 1. MR. POWER DOES NOT BELIEVE IN COMBINES.
Mr. O. C. Power, J.P., traffic manager of the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., surprised everyone at the jubilee dinner of A. J. Gupwell, Ltd., at Birmingham, last Saturday, by stating that he did not believe in combines and trusts. Private enterprise had, he added, been responsible for the prosperity of the country.
Some 400 people were present at the dinner, including about 300 workers. A cordial relationship between the management and employees was strikingly evident.
Mr. Power paid a tribute to the staff welfare schemes operated by the Gupwell concern, particularly the profitsharing plan.
Mr. B. C. Taylor, chairman, referring to the long service of many of the workers, stated that one employee had been with the company for 41 of the 50 years of its establishment. Alderman W. W. Saunders, J.P.„ made presentations on behalf of the employees to Mr. Taylor and Mr. A. P. Gupwell and Mr. L. W. Gupwell, joint managing directors.
Among the speakers were the two Mr. Gupwells, Mr. A. C. Baker, A.M.I.E.E., M.Inst.T., Birmingham Corporation's tranSport manager, Mr. J. L. Baugham and Alderman Saunders.
The guests included Mr. J. Smedley Crook, M.P., Mr. J. S. Nichol), of McNamara and Co. (1921), Ltd., and Mr. E. J. Shopland and Mr. Stalworthy, of the West Midland Traffic Commissioners' office.
London Borough Adopts New Lighting.
What is claimed to be the first public-lighting scheme in which mercury-discharge lamps will be applied to the whole of a district—side streets as well as important roads—is to be carried out in Lambeth. The borough council has placed a contract with the South London Electricity Supply Corporation, providing for the lighting of 34f miles of streets in South Lambeth with Osira electric-discharge lamps in G.E.C. Di-fractor, lanterns. More than 1,000 lamps of 400 watts and 250 watts will be used, and will be arranged to provide high road-surface brightness.
SOUNDPROOFING VEHICLES.
An organization known as Soundproofing, Ltd., Minerva Road, Park Royal, London, N.W.10, has provided its technical staff with precision instruments including noise meter, frequency analyser and recording cathode-ray . oscillograph to examine the problems of soundproofing. By analysis it is possible to check the different components of the sound emitted and, at the same time, to detect its source. The points concerned are vibration from the engine, silencer mounting, transmission. vibration, noisy gears and working parts and panel resonance.
Remedies are suggested or applied by treating each case individually, and not by placing any sound absorber in the vehicle. They may take the form of isolation, insulation or damping, according to circumstances.
Farmer Turns Tables on Police.
A Pontefract farmer was able to tell the Bench, when summoned at Doncaster West Riding Court for not being in a position to have control over a cattle truck which he was driving, that be had driven the vehicle in similar circumstances, on previous occasions, on the instructions of no less a person than the chief constable of West Riding. The case was dismissed.
The defendant was, however, fined 20s. for not keeping a current record.
The police evidence was that, beside the defendant, there were two other men and a small child sitting in cramped positions in the 5-ft. wide cab. The farmer stated that when transporting the horses of the mounted police, he had frequently driven the lorry with • two police officers in the cab.
New Tees-side Road to Avoid Busy Industrial Area.
The Minister of Transport has made .a substantial grant from the Road Fund towards the cost, estimated at nearly £180,000, of building a new road for traffic between the lift bridge over the River Tees, at Newport, and the
north, Durham County Council is undertaking the construction of this road, with the object of enabling traffic to avoid the existing devious and dangerous route through the industrial area of Billingham-on-Tees. The road will be a little under two miles long and will be 100 ft. wide.
Appeal Follows Licence Grant on "Sympathy."
The grant of an A licence to a respondent who failed to appear and was not represented was set aside by the Appeal Tribunal, at York, on March 4, on an appeal by the L.N.E. Railway Co. The appeal was against the Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority's grant of an A licence to Mr. Ernest Harwood, wholesale confectioner, of Fossbridge, York.
Mr. B. de H. Pereira, for the appellant, declared that the hearing, before the Authority was a farce. The application was for an A licence to work a vehicle previously owned b3r Mr. C. Marshall, whose own licence was to be
surrendered on the granting of the application.
He (counsel) contended that there was no evidence that any business existed to be taken over and that the application was granted on sympathetic grounds alone.
&nnotincing that the appeal would be allowed, with £2 18s. costs, the chairman (Mr. Rowand Harker, K.C.) said that the evidence called at the hearing was wholly insufficient to justify the grant of a licence.
Transport Board Wants Assistant General Manager.
Several positions are advertised under " Situations Vacant " in the classified advertisements in this issue, One of the most important is that in
which the Northern Ireland Road•Transport Board is advertising for an
assistant general manager, at a salary of £1,000 per annum. A man between 30 and 40 years of age is required, and he must possess a knowledge of motor engineering and have had experience in road-haulage undertakings.
SIR JOSEPH NALL, M.P., was returned for the Lowdham Division in the recent Notts County Council elections.
MR. F. PRUDEN, of A. G. Pruden and Co., the Leyland agent in Buenos Aires, has arrived in England on a business visit to the headquarters factory of Leyland Motors, Ltd.
MR. NORMAN A. HARDIE, chairman of the Commercial Vehicle Committee of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, has been elected VicePresident of the Bureau Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles, for the year 1937-1938.
MR. W. R. BARCLAY, O.B.E., has been elected president of the Institute of Metals for the year 1937-38, whilst ENGINEER VICE-ADMIRAL SIR ROBERT DIXON, K.C.B., D.Eng., and Lr.-Cor... THE HON. R. M. PRESTON, D.S.O., have been elected vice-presidents.
Me. A. E. PLANT, M.I.Mech.E., M.I.A.E., who is well known in the commercial-vehicle world both in this country and overseas, is now a director of Plant, King and Co., Radnor House, 93, Regent Street, London, W.1, where an office has been opened to advise overseas visitors on the types of car they require for holidays in this country. Arrangements have been made with motor suppliers to deal with any make,
GERMAN SALES ADVANCE BY OVER 36 PER CENT.
Evidence of the brisk demand for commercial vehicles in Germany is afforded by the fact that 4,157 machines (the largest total for any month last year) were registered for the first time in that country in December last.
Throughout 1936, each month's registrations showed a marked improvement over the figures recorded in the preceding year. Last year set up a new retord in first-time registrations of commercial vehicles in Germany, a total of 43,614 having been achieved, an increase of 36.4 per cent, over the result for 1935.
Singer Obtains Big Van Contract.
The Jiffy Automatic Clothes Washing Machine Co., Ltd., of Accrington, is said to be the' largest manufacturer of automatic Clothes-washing machines in the world, and its activities are backed by an efficient sales organization. Transport for the salesmen; interviewers, and the machines themselves is a major problem, and the company, after careful consideration of the many factors involved, has placed an order with Singer Motors, Ltd., Coventry, for 200 vans and cars.
The vans have . been specially equipped to carry six washing machines in rattle-proof fittings, in addition to a driver and a demonstrator. The vehicles are smart and attractive in appearance, and the side panels have been used to good publicity effect.
£117,000 Garage for Blackpool.
Atherton Bros. (Blackpool), Ltd., is to erect a five-storey parking place at Talbot Road, for which Blackpool Corporation is seeking sanction to borrow ,£117,311.
An Appeal for Old Tyres.
University College Hospital is appealing to motor users to deposit their old and worn-out tyres at the 11.C.H. depot in Torrington Square, London, W.C.1. The proceeds obtained from this source will be devoted to the infani welfare building extensions.
Issues with a Seasonal Appeal.
Two special numbers of particular appeal to motorists are now being issued—The Light Car, published to-day, and The Motor, published next Tuesday. Both these issues contain articles of seasonal interest, in addition to the usual features, and are greatly enlarged. NEW LAMP CUTS LIGHTING COSTS.
Reduced lighting costs can be achieved by using a new lamp manufactured by Philips Lamps, Ltd., 145, Charing Cross Road, London, W.C.2. It works on the mercury-discharge principle and is internally frosted, giving forth a brilliant bluish light suitable for street or works lighting.
This lamp is made in two types, an 80-watt and a 125-watt bulb, which are stated to be equivalent to the normal 200-watt and 300-watt gas-filled bulbs respectively. By using a small choke coil and condenser, the lamp may be operated on 190-230 volts, and, with a small leak transformer, from 110-130 volts. These lamps can be used only on A.G. supply.
Fleet Administrator Free.
A fleet manager who, when controlling 160 vehicles, turned a loss into a substantial profit. is available for a similar position, preferably on Use ancillary side_ He has an extensive and successful experience in licensing procedure, particularly in the Metropolitan Area, and has had excellent engineering and business training. Letters should be addressed "Fleet Manager," care of the Editor.