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H.S.G. Gas Plants CONVERTED to run on home-produced solid fuel by pioneers of producer gas for road transport, the Leyland Beaver platform lorry, shown in an accompanying illustration, is in the service of William Hancock and Co., Ltd., a prominent Cardiff brewing concern. It was equipped with H.S.G. apparatus about two months ago by High Speed Gas Road Transport, Ltd., Windsor House, Victoria Street, London, S.W.I, and, we are informed, is performing very satisfactorily.
Evidence that its operator is pleased xvith its running is afforded by the fact that the company has just had a further machiue, a Commer, similarly equipped.
It is of interest, also, that at the Treforest (South Wales) works of the I I.S.G. concern there are, at the time of writing, some half-dozen vehicles in process of conversion to producer gas. Among these are three Leylands, two Diamond Ts and a Morris-Commercial —all for prominent operators.
One of the Leylands represents a repeat order from Mitchell and Butler, Ltd., which company is running three Sentinel-H.S.G, producer-gas vehicles of the type which attracted so much attention (as readers will remember) at the Scottish Show in 1938. They have horizontal engines positioned to the rear of the front axles. We understand that the company's transport depart ment has stated that if the conversion gives such excellent service as is being obtained from these, the present,order will be the forerunner of a substantial number of further orders.