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23 Refrigerated Vans for Poland

15th May 1959, Page 54
15th May 1959
Page 54
Page 54, 15th May 1959 — 23 Refrigerated Vans for Poland
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AMONG the exhibits on the Leyland Motors stand at the Poznan International Fair (June 7-21) will be a Super Comet chassis with Danish-built refrigerated body, an Albion Nimbus 24Seat coach and a Scammell Constructor six-wheel-drive oilfields truck.

The Super Comet is one of 23 ordered by Centrala Przemseu Miesnego, the Polish State meat organization. The chassis will be shipped to Denmark partly assembled and will be provided with bodies by Dansk Automobil 13yggeri, A.S., Silkeborg.

With its overall length of 27 ft., the 14SC.4L chassis accepts a body 21 It. 4 in. long, 7 ft. 101 in. wide and 7 tt. 41 in. high. The cab has been equipped with a double-skin and glass-fibre insulation and the all-metal body has 4-in.thick plastics foam insulation. The interior temperature can be held at —1° C. in an ambient temperature of 30° C.

The Gram refrigerating plant is mounted above the cab and is operated by a petrol-engined generator, supplying three-phase alternating current of 220230v.

. The power unit of the Super Comet is a Leyland 6,17-litre 110 b.h.p. oil engine „ with five-speed gearbox and sihgle-speed spiral-bevel rear axle with hub reduction gears.

Destined for the Hungarian oilfields, the Scammell Constructor is designed for 30-ton unit and skid-mounted loads. This vehicle has a wheelbase of 25 ft. l in. and is powered by a six-cylindered oil engine of 184 b.h.p. A Scammell sixspeed gearbox and two-speed transposing box are provided.

PAY BY CHEQUE: T.U.C. MOLLIFIED

A MORE amenable attitude by the

T.U.C. towards the payment of workers by cheque—a change urged at the Public Transport Association's conference at Folkestone this week—is apparent in a statement issued by the Congress last Friday.

In a report on discussions by the National Joint Advisory Council (of which the T.U.C. are members) on the overhaul of the Truck Acts, the T.U.C. said there was now a wider use of banking facilities and there appeared to be no reason why workers who wanted to avail themselves of them should not be allowed to do so.

The N.J.A,C. accepted certain proposals by the Minister of Labour. One was that any employee who wished to do so could have his wages paid directly into his banking account if his employer agreed. Moreover, a worker who was absent from his usual pay station, because of sickness or for reasons connected with his work, could be paid by postal order or money order.

The T.U.C. are adamant that, in any new legislation, workers should be given the positive right to continue to be paid in cash if they so desire.


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