Mr. James Attacks Car Travellers
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cAR travellers who shared the cost of
petrol were criticized by Mr. W. P. James, chairman of the West Midland Traffic Commissioners, on Monday. It was, he said, illegal.
Mr. G. L. Ogle, Overslade Crescent, Coventry, applied to run a new express service from Polesworth to the Armstrong-Siddeley works at Ansty. He said that he ran coaches to the ParklieId works, but workers were being transferred to Ansty and some of his former passengers had been using cars and sharing the costs.
Mr. James commented that such use of cars was a reason for declining traffic an rural services.
Mr. F. H. Pengelly, traffic manager of the Western Welsh Omnibus Co., Ltd., has stated that television, and private motorists who gave lifts to people who would otherwise travel on buses, were the chief reasons for falling traffic in rural areas. The company were reviewing their country services.
The Cardiff-Gwaelod-y-Garth service is to be ended. A new housing estate has been built near the route and as many of the older houses in Gwaelody-Garth have been condemned, the service beyond the new estate is not being used now to any great extent. The Brecon-Hay via Glyro service is also to be withdrawn.
BEDFORD SPARES CLAIM
THERE were only four chances in 100 that main dealers could not immediately supply from stock any part required by a Vauxhall or Bedford owner. This claim was made on Monday by Mr. R. L. Ehrlich, assistant general sales manager of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., in charge of service, parts and accessories.
Last year the company distributed over 54m. spare parts to 132 different countries. Factory stocks of spares were valued at £8.25m., whilst dealers held spares worth another £4m.
HOW TO REPAIR PLASTICS
BELIEVED to be the first booklet of its kind, an illustrated instruction folder has been issued by British Industrial Plastics, Ltd., Tat Bank House, Oldbury, Birmingham, on the repairing of glass-fibre reinforced polyester mouldings.
The sequential steps of cutting, mixing and applying the repair material, and then surfacing, filling and finishing, are well illustrated. There is also an illustrated list of the equipment required and a directory of manufacturers.
WATER-REPELLENT RESIN
OFpossible use in washing bays, Romanite W.R. water-repellent silicone resin is a new product offered by Andrew Maxwell (The Liverpool Borax Co., Ltd.), 6 St. Paul's Square, Liverpool, 3, for the treatment of brickwork, stone, concrete and asbestos-cement. The resin can be applied bv finish or spray and is colourless.