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"The wheels of wealth will be statuesl by an difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which it runs."—John Beattie Crozier, I

"The Times" Disgusts an Important Haulier.

In view of the remarks which we have made on several occasions concerning the manner in which The Times is so obviously biased against road transport, a letter which has been written to the Editor of that paper by Mr. R. W. Sewill, managing director of the London and Southern Counties Transport Co., Ltd., is of considerable interest.

It appears that a week or so ago Mr. Sewill received a letter from the Editor of The Times in which the latter took great exception to Mr. Sewill's accusation that he (the Editor) was biased against road transport. Mr. Sewill says in his reply that, in view of the Editor's complaint, it is really amusing to note with what ill-concealed rage The Times greets the findings of the Federation of British Industries on the Salter Report, and that its futile attempt to decry the value of the F.B.I. document, by pretending that it was unduly influenced by the manufacturers of commercial vehicles, will deceive no one with the brains of a gnat.

The Public Health Exhibition: Municipal Motors to be Demonstrated.

In connection with the Public Health Exhibition and Congress, which takes place at the Royal Agricultural Hall, London, N., from November 14-10, a series of demonstrations of municipal motor vehicles of different types will be held in the Gilbey Hall, and the vehicles and appliances will be inspected by dele gates representing local authorities in all parts of the country. Amongst the well-known manufacturers which will take part are the following :—Albion Motors, Ltd.; Austin Motor Co., Ltd. ; Commer Cars, Ltd.; Clement Talbot, Ltd. ; Dennis Brothers, Ltd. ; Electricars, Ltd. ; Eagle Engineering Co., Ltd. ; General Vehicle Co., Ltd. ; Karrier Motors, Ltd.; Leyland Motors, Ltd. ; Shelvoke and Drewry, Ltd.; John I.

B12 Thornycroft and Co., Ltd. ; Tuke and Bell, Ltd.; Vauxhall Motors, Ltd. ; and Walker Brothers (Wigan), Ltd.

The machines to be demonstrated will include refuse-collecting vehicles, roadsweeping and watering machines, gully emptiers and ambulances. Special interest is centred in the fact that the roadway will be of a type composed of triangular cast-iron blocks.

Amongst the interesting meetings to be held during the Congress is one under the auspices of the Institute of Public Cleansing, at which Mr. T. Robinson, cleansing superintendent of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, will read a paper.

British Road Federation.

We stated last week that we hoped to make an announcement in this issue concerning the policy of the Federation and to give details as to membership. We regret that pressure on our space prevents the inclusion of this news.

I. of T. President's Inaugural Address.

Sir David J. Owen, general manager of the Port of London Authority, delivered on Monday last his inaugural address as president of the Institute of Transport, taking as his subject "The Problem of Port Costs." He said the railways might still have a useful frnction to perform, although limited, and spoke of the scope of road transport.

A Road Accident First-aid Association.

We have received , from the Road Accidents First-Aid Association a leaflet announcing its formation, its objects being to carry on propaganda for the compulsory first-aid equipment of all motor vehicles, to encourage the wider knowledge of first aid, to secure the development and organization of firstaid services throughout the country to deal with road motor accidents, and to advise and co-operate in whatever manner is possible in all matters relating to motor accidents.

The Association is operating from headquarters in Edinburgh, the address of the honorary treasurer being 1, Queensferry Gardens. Mr. J. C. M. Guy, M.P., is the Association's Parliamentary representative.

Offers to form branches of the new Association throughout Great Britain should be made to the honorary organizing secretary, Miss Manic, at the address we have given.

R.H.A. Area Activity.

There was a representative attendance at a meeting, held at Truro, on October 5, under the auspices of the western regional area of the Road Haulage Association, over which Captain J. W. Jones, chairman of the area, presided.'

Captain Jones referred to the railways, and Mr. R. W. Sewill, vice-chairman of the Association, strongly criticized the Salter report. Twenty-five new members were enrolled.

On the following day a meeting was held at Exeter, Captain Janes presiding. In connection with the report's reference to "a legacy from the past,' Mr. Sewill remarked that it was not suggested the railway companies should pay annuities to all descendants of George Stephenson, which, properly, they should.

At a meeting of hauliers held at the Guildhall, Canterbury, a few days ago, Mr. Richardson, of Chatham, presided. A strong resolution of protest was passed to be sent to the Minister of Transport against the findings of the Salter Conference. Mr. C. Yeoman welcomed the committee and speakers from London, who included Mr. G. A. Hotter, the secretary of the Road Haulage Association, and Mr. F. F. Fowler, a member of the Association's council.

A meeting of the metropolitan area committee of the Road Haulage Association will take place at the "Three Jolly Butchers," Green Lanes, Wood Green, London, N., on Thursday, October 20, at 8 p.m.

Negotiations for Bukarest Bus Service.

It is understood that a Scottish syndicate, a member of which is Sir Murdoch Macdonald, M.P., is negotiating for a concession to operate bus services in

Bukarest. Details cannot at present be published, but it is thought possible that some 300 buses may be required and that Scottish works may supply many of them.

Creosote as a Bus Fuel.

During the past few days one of the buses of the London General Omnibus Co., Ltd. has been operating on route 33 (Waterloo to Richmond) using creosote as a fuel. Petrol is employed for starting and the changeover to the heavier lee]. is made when the engine is warm.

Proposed New Bridge to Avoid Detour.

The Severn Bridge Development Co., Ltd., has been founded to erect a toll bridge over the River Severn at Newnham. The proposed bridge will be 500 yds. long, having 32 piers. Plans have already been prepared by the company's architect, Mr. A. F. Webb, of Cardiff, and have been shown to conferences of local authorities on each side of the Severn. These municipalities favour the scheme, but the company has to obtain sanction from the Ministry of Transport and others. The saving of time to traffic on routes from the South of England to South Wales by such a bridge would be considerable, inasmuch as the Gloucester detour would be avoided.

Progress of I.A.E. Research and Standardization Committee.

The first annual report of the Researeh and Standardization Committee, which was founded last year by the Institution of Automobile Engineers, has recently been issued, and it shows that a good deal of work has been accomplished and that important work is still in progress. The report appears in the October journal of the Institution.

A few explanatory remarks as to the functions of the committee will indicate its objects. With the co-operation of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, the Research Association of British Motor and Allied Manufacturers, and the British Motor Cycle and Cycleear Research Association, the Institution of Automobile Engineers is now responsible for co-operative technical activity in every branch of the motor industry in Great Britain. The chairman of the committee is Sir Herbert Austin, K.B.E., the deputy chairman being Mr. Tom Thornycroft.

New West Wales Goods Service.

William Dater and Sons, Ltd., Swansea, has inaugurated a daily goods service in West Wales. The vans travel each day through Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Cardiganshire.

Courses for Welding Operatives.

Training courses in electric arc welding can now be obtained in the welding school instituted by Murex Welding Processes, Ltd., Ferry Lane Works, Forest Road, London, E.17. Three separate courses of instruction are available, these being for the welding operator, the technical foreman or supervisor, and designer. Both the supervisor's and the designer's courses are, to a large extent, theoretical, but all of them are intensive in character.

A small fee is charged for each

course. The operator's course extends for 14 days, and the other courses for 21 days, these, of course, including the former.

Russian Production Still Below Schedule.

According to the Moscow Daily News, the production from the various motor works in Russia is still below the Soviet schedule. Below we give the production of the factories during August last, with, in parentheses, the planned output: Yaroslav. 65 lorries (170), NizhniNovgorod, 840 lorries (1,000), Stalingrad, 2,637 tractors (3,730), Kharkov, 1,378 tractors (2,500), and Amo (Moscow), 1,800 lorries (2,075).

Personal Pars.

Lieut.-Colonel C. M. Headlam, D.S.O., 0.B.E., M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, has appointed Mr. S. S. Wilson to be his private secretary.

Bradford Corporation's transport committee has appointed Mr. F. Evans, now assistant traffic superintendent, as acting traffic superintendent, and Mr. IL Benn, now assistant in the traffic department, as acting assistant traffic superi ntendent.

Mr. G. Skinner recently left England for Montreal, where he will act as service engineer to the Associated Equipment Co., of Canada, Ltd. Mr. Skinner, who had extensive engineering experience with Vickers, Ltd., and other companies prior to the war, joined the Navy in 1914, and was one of four survivors who jumped from the hospital ship "Rohilla " and swam ashore when it was torpedoed off Whitby in November of that year.

At the end of the war he returned to Vickers's works, at Barrow, and later came south to the A.E.C. works as a rate fixer. Later he became assistant foreman at the compaey's Walthamstow factory, subsequently being appointed assembly engineer at its works at Southall.

The Grand Council of the Federation of British Industries recently appointed Mr. Guy Locock, C.M.G., director of the Federation. Mr. Locock began his career in the Foreign Office, where he was private secretary to various Ministers. In 1918 he was attached to the Department of Overseas Trade as private secretary to the Minister.

Since joining the Federation of British Industries as assistant director in 1919, Mr, Locock has applied his activities to every side of industrial development, particularly in respect of our foreign and imperial trade. He has carried out various missions on behalf of the Federation, in the course of which he has travelled extensively.

Egyptian Lorry Licences Withheld.

Pending official approval of a new motor-vehicle tax, based on weight for lorries and on carrying capacity for buses, it is stated that, in Egypt, competition with the railways is being curbed by withholding commercialvehicle licences indefinitely.

By-pass to be Completed?

Work on the by-pass road at Milbury Heath, on the Gloucester-Bristol road, is likely to be resumed. After 120,000 of the estimated cost of £30,000 had been spent on it, the Ministry of Transport brought the scheme to a standstill, earlier in the year, by withdrawing financial aid.

Air-cooled Engine Tackles Alpine Passes.

In order to demonstrate the efficiency of the air-cooled engine of its latest 2-ton lorry, the Krupp Co., of Essen, lately sent one of the vehicles on a tour of the Swiss Alps, among the passes successfully surmounted without overheating being the Fluela Pass (7,835 ft.) and the Julier Pass (7,688 ft.).


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