CONFECTIONERS FEAR LOSS OF LIBERTY.
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The position of C-licence holders was referred to by the president of London Wholesale Distributing Confectioners Association (Mr. A. J. Bolton) at the annual meeting last week. Mr. Bolton warned the members that this would become a serious problem for the trade to face within the next few months, There was every indication that the railways would do their utmost to restrict C licences.
Speed-limit Plates for Lorries.
To meet the new regulations which come into force on May 31, specifying that vehicles, including articulated outfits which are restricted to a speed of 20 m.p.h., must carry on the back a speed-limit disc, Homo, Ltd., George Street, London, N.W.1, has produced two patterns which are now available. One type is of pressed steel with raised figures of correct dimensions in white on a black background, with a white beaded edge. The alternative plate is of the riveted type with white domed figures on a headless steel background. All vehicles needing speed-limit plates must fit them before October 1, 1937.
S.R. Buys the Trusty.
John I. Thonaycroft and Co., Ltd., has recently completed an order for six Trusty petrol-engined chassis for solo and trailer haulage for the Southern Railway Co., and one of the vehicles, equipped with hinged and detachable sides and a timber gantry, is shown in an accompanying illustration.
The company has now received instructions for a further 10 similar chassis, nine of which will be equipped with drawbars and the Neate trailer brake gear. All chassis will incorporate the maker's six-cylindered AC6Ltype petrol engine, which has a bore and
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stroke of 111 mm. and 133 mm. respectively, and develops 106 b.h.p. at
2,200 r.p.m. The chassis for trailer work have, in addition to the standard four-speed equipment, an auxiliary gearbox.
A feature of the design is the position of the front axle, which is set back more than usual to enable full advantage to be taken of the maximum legal axle loads for this class of vehicle. It also provides increased accessibility to the engine and better manteuvrability in traffic and congested railway yards.
Nerve-strain Statistics for Drivers.
A suggestion was made in Parliament recently that statistics should be compiled showing the extent to which drivers of heavy vehicles suffered from strain. Mr. Hore-Belisha, however, regretted that he knew, at present, of no practicable means for obtaining " trustworthy statistics of the incidence of so intangible a symptom as nervous strain."
93 Pedestrian-crossing Fatalities in 21 Years.
Since the inception of pedestrian crossings—between October 26, 1934, and January 2, 1937-93 pedestrians were killed and 3,957 were injured in accidents on marked pedestrian crossings in the Metropolitan Police District and the City of London.
Agents for Indiana.
Messrs. Plant, Pickup and Green have been appointed agents for Messrs. Indiana Sales, and have formed a company known as Indiana Sales (Manchester), Ltd., with registered offices at Olympia Garage, Knott Hill, Manchester, to handle Indiana lorries and spares in Lancs., Yorks. and Cheshire.
RAILWAY BITES THE HAND THAT FEEDS IT.
"It looks to me as if the railways want to hit those who are trying to help them," said Mr. Henry Riches, Northern Scotland Licensing Authority, when dealing with an application by Messrs. R. and J. Martin, contractors, Woodside, for permission to operate an additional vehicle. Objection was lodged by the L.N.E. Railway-Co.
The evidence in support of the application was to the effect that the applicants carried mainly granite stones and setts within the radius of Aberdeen, and seldom worked outside it. The setts were delivered to the railway station for dispatch to Edinburgh.
The extra vehicle was granted.
S.R.P.T.A. Conference Programme.
The 15th Annual Conference of the Scottish Road Passenger Transport Association to be held at the Atholl Palace Hotel, Pitlochry, will commence with an informal reception by the President, Mr. R. B. Herbert, and Mrs. Herbert, at 9 p.m. on May 19.
On May 20, at 10 a.m., after introductory remarks by the chairman, Mr. Norman A. Hardie, Chairman of the British Road Federation, will read a paper on " Road Safety ''; at 11.45 a.m., Mr. R. Beveridge, of the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., will read a paper on "Lighting. Heating and Ventilating Public Service Vehicles." The official dinner will take place at 7 p.m. that day, whilst the annual general meeting will be held on May 22.
£206,000 By-pass Plans at Lincoln.
Details of the plans and cost of the scheme to by-pass the High Street levelcrossings at Lincoln, and of the grants which the Ministry of Transport is prepared to make, were revealed at last week's meeting of Lincoln City Council. The scheme, designed to relievethe famous Stonebow and city centre of heavy through traffic, includes a highlevel bridge costing £130,700; the total estimated cost is 2206,449. The Ministry of Transport is prepared to make a grant of 75 per cent, towards the highlevel bridge scheme, and a 60-per-cent. grant towards all the other works.