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Improving Great North Road

17th August 1956, Page 41
17th August 1956
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TWO works schemes are to start this month on the Great North Road as parts of a broad plan to provide a double carriageway from London to Newcastle upon Tyne. One scheme is for the construction of more than five miles of second carriageway between Alconbury Hill and Woolpack crossroads, Hunts, at an estimated cost of over £300,000.

The other scheme is for the improvement of Sinderby Bridge, Yorks. This will complete the duplication of more than six miles of the Great North Road between the junctions with the RiponThirsk road and the Burneston-Bedale road.

HEATER AIDS SALES

INSTALLATION of a G.E.C.

Nighstor heater in a mobile grocery shop, operated by E. G. and V. L. Payne, Ltd., Felton, Somerset, has proved to prevent deterioration of stock, and has helped to maintain custom during bad weather. Customers were averse to visiting the shop when the weather was cold, and stock was affected by condensation.

The heater comprises a sheet-steel casing around elements surrounded by blocks which store heat. The unit can be plugged into mains supply at night and disconnected in the morning. It remains warm until about 4 p.m., so that it is effective during most of the period the shop is in use.

ANTI-FREEZE FOR OILERS AN anti-freeze compounded especially for oil engines is to be offered next winter by Smith's Motor Accessories, Ltd., 50 Oxgate Lane, London, N.W.2. Known as Bluecol D, it will be available in 1-gal. and 5-gal. containers and the retail price will be £2 18s. a gallon.

The company state that variations in the temperature of the cooling system of an e41 engine are different from those of a petrol engine, and that Bluecol D has been developed to meet the oiler's needs.

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Victoria Expand: Newly appointed Ford main dealers, the Victoria Motor Co. (Bristol), Ltd., have extended their premises to 45,000 sq. ft.

Commercials Predominate: Of over 10,000 vehicles exported by Sweden last year, about 6.000 were Scania-Vabis and Volvo commercial vehicles.

Weatherill Orders: British Railways have ordered 13 Epping Auto-Shunters from F. IL Weatherill, Ltd., and the Port of London Authority, four shunting tractors.

New Patching Solder: Fry's Metal Foundries, Ltd., Tandem Works, Merton Abbey, London, S.W.19, have introduced a new body-patching solder known as Cloister.

Kays Extension: Kays (Derby), Ltd., have added 10,000 sq. ft. to their goods-vehicle sales department and claim to have lite largest organization for the sales and service of commercial vehicles in the Midlands.

Chloride Catalogue: Details of all ExideIronclad and Exide heavy-duty batteries for buses and coaches are contained in a new catalogue issued by Chloride Batteries, Ltd., Clifton Junction, Swinton, Manchester.

N.B. Share Increase: Capital of the North British Rubber Co., Ltd. has been increased to £2,225,000 by the creation of 875,0()0 ordinary £1 shares and the conversion of 125,000 unissued preference shares into ordinary shares.

One-man Bus Success: A 43-seat one-manoperated single-deck bus had been in regular service with " complete success" on a country route, the chairman of Bolton Transport Committee said at the annual inspection of the undertaking.

Training Supervisors: Obtainable from the Director of Public Relations, Ministry of Labour and National Service, 8 St. James's Square, London, S.W.1, a new publication, "Training for Supervisors " contains the views of five industrial executives on the subject.

London Accidents Analysed

OF 71,625 vehicles involved in 45,511 road accidents which occurred in the Metropolitan Police District in 1955, 10,237 were light goods vehicles, 3,737 buses and coaches, 985 trolleybuses and 1,217 heavy goods vehicles. These figures are given in " A Statistical Analysis of Road Accidents in 1955," published by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, New Scotland Yard, London, Compared with the previous year, 14.7 per cent, more light goods vehicles were involved in accidents, 10.7 per cent, more buses and coaches and 10.4 per cent, more heavy goods vehicles, but 0.6 per cent, fewer trolley buses. It is stated that it is difficult to judge, pending the results of a 1956 traffic census, whether these results reflect corresponding variations in the proportions of various classes of traffic.

Stopping suddenly was held to be a contributory cause of 43.5 per cent. of accidents in which motorbus, coach and trolleybus drivers were involved, but only 4.4 per cent, of those concern ing goods-vehicle drivers. Crossing without due care at road junctions occurred in 16.2 per cent. of accidents involving goods-vehicle drivers; the corresponding percentage for drivers of buses and coaches was 5.2.

Overloading, defective loading or shifting of loads were factors in 2.9.4 per cent of accidents concerning goods vehicles. Of lorries involved in mishaps, 17 per cent, had no rear lights and 13.6 per cent, had bad brakes.

A total of 1,399 passengers was killed or injured while boarding or alighting from public service vehicles, and 2,087 killed or injured while travelling in them HANDLING CONVENTION

AA CONVENTION on materials handling is being organized by the Institution of Production Engineers to be held at Leamington Spa from September 27-29. It is to be emphasized that improved handling plactice does not involve extensive reorganization or the purchase of expensive equipment.

Visits will be made to a number of companies, including Fisher and Ludlow, Ltd., Humber, Ltd., Lockheed Hydraulic Brake Co., Ltd., and Joseph Lucas, Ltd.

THORNY CROFT AT DAMASCUS A MONG the British exhibits at the

Damascus International Trade Fair from September 1 to September 30 will be a Thornycroft Trusty heavy-duty export chassis designed to meet the needs of the Middle East markets. It will be shown by Messrs. Nicolas Stephanou and Fils, Thornycroft distributors in Syria and the Lebanon.

In addition to their Mighty Antar tractor, the Thornycroft concern have made deliveries to this market of Nubian six-wheel-drive chassis, Big Ben and Trusty machines.


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