New Integral Bus with I.F.S.
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A PROTOTYPE single-deck 44-seat r bus of entirely new design is being road-tested by the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd. Its unladen weight, including poweroperated doors, heater, demister and other refinements, is 4 tons 19 cwt. 3 qr.
The new vehicle is of all-steel integral construction. Rubber suspension is employed all round, with independent suspension of the front wheels and using Metalastik rubber-bonded units. Hydraulically operated disc brakes are fitted to all wheels, and a disc transmission hand brake is Located just in front of the rear axle Provision is made for coupling the hand brake to the wheel discs, if necessary.
The use of disc brakes by the B.M.M.O. was reported exclusively by The Commercial Motor on April 17.
The new vehicle incorporates the B.M.M.O. standard 8-litre direct-injection oil engine and a hypoid-bevel rear axle.
198 BEDFORD OILERS FOR BURMA
I-1 A CONTRACT has been signed
between Vauxhall Motors Ltd., and the Burmese Government for the supply of 198 Bedford vehicles with Perkins oil engines and spare parts, for use by various civil departments in Burma.
The order calls for 116 5-ton tippers, the remainder being 4-ton and 5-ton long-wheelbase drop-sided lorries. All have steel bodies. Delivery will be completed by the end of September.
Because of import restrictions, few British vehicles have been exported to Burma since the war. The present contract was placed by a Burmese purchasing mission now in this country, led by Bo Min Gaung, Minister of Works-and Rehabilitation.
INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL HEAR WAGE CLAIM
AMEETING of the National Joint Industrial Council for the road passenger industry last Friday considered the application for a substantial increase in some 75,000 municipal bus workers' wages. In a statement issued later the council said: "Negotiations are continuing."
The National Council for the Omnibus Industry, which represents company passenger transport undertakings, is expected to consider similar claims affecting about 90,000 employees of private companies later this month.
WHEN TIME IS PROPITIOUS' . . .
WHEN Sir Wavell Wakefield asked the Minister of Labour what he Wai doing to ensure that agreement was reached between employers and employees on a 30 m.p.h. speed limit for heavy goods vehicles, Sir Walter Monckton replied that "as soon as the time and circumstances are propitious" he would be willing to assist a settlement by all appropriate means.