Goods Transport
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by VAN, WAGON and TRACTOR.
All available motor lorries have been kept particularly busy since the start of the coal strike, and mott of all so at shipping ports throughout. the country.
Owners whose requirements include one-ton vans, and intending purchasers who are on the look-out for vehicles of the same capacity, are recommended to peruse the illustrated article which will be found on pages 24 to 26. It tells about Napier's one-tonner.
Drivers Clothing.
Owners who choose to supply clothing, in the shape of greatcoats or mackintoshes, and to allow their men to pay for them by degrees, are apparently becoming more numerous, and sonic of the big livery suppliers now put in complete uniforms at marvellouslylow rates.
Names for Our Lists.
We are receiving an increasing number of inquiries from would-be goods hauliers, as well as from those who are on the lookout for opportunities to run paying passenger services. We also frequently receive requests for the names of people who would he willing to investigate the possibilities of a district in regard to these two classes of service. We here repeat our offer to use our best endeavours to bring those who are capable of carrying out services into touch with those who consider they are aware of conditions which offer such employment.
Taking out Sterling Mangles.
The Sterling Manufacturing Co., of Davis Street and Manchester Road, Cubitt Town, London, E., in sending to us the photograph of
Thornyerat vehicle for reproduction, tells us that this is one of two vehicles of that make in its service, and that this particular machine works within 40 miles of London, doing one-day journeys. It. has been at work for nearly six months, and has averaged about 280 miles per week ; the average Load is 14 mangles, weighing about I!, ton, and the machine disposes of two loads in a day, except when on the more-distant deliveries, such as at
or in the vicinity of Chatham, Maidstone, Chelmsford, etc. On these longer trips, when only one load per day is completed, 16 mangles make up the load. The company uses
Taxibus ''spirit, and gets an average consumption of about nine miles to the gallon, in which connection it points out that much of the running is through busy thoroughfares, where traffic necessitates low-gear work and many stoppages. The letter to us coneludes " It is a most easy-running machine, and, being very attractively got up, it is one of our best advertisements."
Tire Guarantees.
The question of tire costs and t.re guarantees continues to be a topic of live interest to all owners of vans and lorries, and another contribution to the correspondence on the subject will he found in this week's " Opinions from others " (page 40).
Colonial Testimony.
Our exclusive account of the successful employment of motor transport in Southern Nigeria, from the pen of a writer whose authority to deal with this subject will be recognized, is continued this week (pages 37 and 38). The change from loss to profit, in this Colonial undertaking, in spite of certain serious drawbacks which are explained in the course of the article, has already given a new impetus to demand in various parts of the Empire. The results are of fa rreaching importance.