Motors at Braemar.
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For the first time since the outbreak of the war the Braemar Gathering took place last week amid scenes of much gaiety. It was honoured with the presence of the King, the Queen, Prince Albert, Princess Mary, Prince Henry. Prince George and the Duke of Connaught, and rank and fashion were numerously represented. Never on the royal DeeSide road has there been such a gorgeous motor parade. It is computed that there were at least 800 cars of all sorts and sizes, ranging from patrician automobiles to the most ponderous industrial motors and democratic
char-k-banes. Besides the there were thousands of motor and pedal cycles. It was a wonderful spectacle, and suggested the road to Epsom on Derby day rather than a rural highway leading merely to a Highland clachan.
Transport Ministry's Duties.
The date proposed from which the Ministry of Transport shall take over from the Board of Trade and the Ministry of Healih the powers and duties epecified in the Ministry of Transport Act, is September 23rd. Copies of the draft miters in Council by which the transfers will be made, with such exceptions as may be specified in the orders; may be obtained on application in writing to the Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Whitehall, S.W. 1.
Forthcoming Surplus Sales.
Unabated interest is ti1l being taken in the sales of surplus mechanical transport held by the Disposal Board of the 3finistry of Munitions. A large number of sales will shortly be held in the provinces, and a list of these, together with the names and addresses of the auctioneers concerned, may be of some use to our readers. They are as follow :— September 16th, at Fort Rowner; Poresmouth auctioneers, King and King, Ltd., 46, Commercial Road. September 17th, Halifax ; auctioneer, D. B. Nettleton. 18, Rawson Street. September 18th. Southampton ; auctioneer, W. Burrough Hill, 93,. Above Bar. Septem
her 23rd, Manchester ; auctioneer, Pemberton, Deansgate. September 23rd, Birmingham {Castle Bromwich); auctioneers. Cave, Brown, Cave, Moseley Street. September 26th, Edinburgh ; auctioneers, J. Croall and Son. Ltd., Castle Terrace. October 1st, Southampton; auctioneer, W. Burrough Hill, 93, Above Bar.
Saunderson Award.
At. the Warwickshire Agricultural Show held on the 3rd and 4th of this month, the first prize silver medal was awarded to the Sannderson Tractor and Implement Co., Ltd., for their post-war model " G" 23-25 b.h.p. tractor.
L.G.O. Fuel Tests.
The tests of alcohol and benzole (in equal proportions) now being conducted by the Landon General Omnibus Co., for the. Gas Traction Committee are turning out quite successful. .A few minor troubles were met with in the initial .stages of the test, hut these have all been overc:ome.
Albion Orders.
The Crown Agents for the Colonies have placed an order for a considerable number of Albion vehicles for use in the Straits Settlements and the Federated
Malay States. It is now many years since Albion vehicles were first introduced by the Government for various motor services in those countries, and the further orders now placed testify to the satisfaction given by the earlier vehicles.
At a meeting of the Carnarvon T.C. the town clerk submitted a report from the chief constable with reference to the overcrowding of motorbuses, but the question was deferred having regard to the steps which are being taken by the County Council to secure control of such traffic throughout the county.
Clayton and Co. (Huddersfield), Ltd., have "decided to fit the C.A.V.'lighting set, made by C. A. Vandervell and Co., Ltd., of Acton, London, W., as a standard fitting upon every chassis turned out from their works, commencing in the New Year.
Personal Pars.
Mr. H. G. Burford, who presided at the and T. luncheon to the trade and Press last Wednesday, is chairman of the Agricultural Machinery Coriunittse of the Society. His connection with the motor industry dates back to its very inception in this country, and he probably had as much as anybody to du with the introduction of successful foreign chassis types, particularly from the Daimler works. He has always been chiefly interested in the heavier side, so that to him is due the credit of the initiaties] of Loncieres motor-propelled bus services. Ha has paid a great deal of attention to the application of power to the farm, and whilst he is a firm believer in the chain-track type of machine, we feel sure that ti;ii the application of power to farm work is developed he will be found active in producing types suitable for all needs.
Mr. Turner Smith, managing director of the Ancona Motor Co„ Ltd., returned from the States on Friday, 5th inst., after what he elescribes as one of the most delightfulvoya,gee he has ever made across the Atlantic. Apart from weather conditions and the comforts of a wellappointed liner, everythingwas probably couleur de. rose for him because he had fixed up substantial contracts for vehicles, and besides that he had completed agreements for the manufacture in this country of the 'Wallis tractes. He had had his engineers ever there working, and therefore returned with all facts and information ready for immediately putting into practice his plans for production in large quantities. The Wallis has undoubtedly been one of the most successful of the American tractors, having proved itself to be well adapted to the requirements of British farmers.
A well-known figure in the motor trade is Capt. Hubert W. Egerton, who has been in the trade since its infancy. He was with the Dunlop Tyre Co. from 18961898, and then with l'ennington for a short time, but joined F. S. Edge as manager of the De Dion-Bonton Syndicate, and drove his own car, a De Dion, through the 1,000-miles trial. One of his feats was driving .a Locomohile steam car from Land's End to John o' Groats in the depth of the winter of 1900. Incidentally, he was the first man to do this same journey. on a motorcycle in 1901, the machine m question being a Werner with front-wheel drive. He started the concern of Mann, Egerton and Co., of Norwich, in 1901 Since 1911 he has been all over the world observing trade conditions, etc. In 1914 he became an M.T. inspector at Aldershot, where he remained until April, 1916. During this period he was for one year O.C. of the Aldershot InsPection Department. In 1916 he went to Salonica with 660 CornPau Heavy -Repair Shop, under Major H. A. Sharp, who hekdescribes as "the best O.C. that ever breathed." In 1917 he became O.I.C. Stores at the B.M.T.D., Salonica ; after this he came home as a representative of General Long, to expedite the supply of agricultural tractors for Salonica. He was invalided out of the Service shortly after his return to Salonica in 1918, and is now manager of the Merles Steering Co., Ltd. Capt. Egerton is an enthusiast over things in which he believes, but he is prepared to back 'hi beliefs by sound arguments and an astonishing amount of technical detail, though he will not admit to being a technical Man.