STEEL BARREL REPORT
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THE report of the Steel Barrel Scammells and Associated Engineers, Ltd., for the year ended June 30, 1991, shows that the net income amounted to £28,906, this sum being increased to £34,220 by the balance brought forward. A dividend of 5f per cent. (less tax) on the cumulative preference shares for the year ended April 1, 1991, and an interim dividend of 8 per cent. (less tax) on the ordinary shares, absorbed £8,697, leaving a balance of £25,523.
Out of this amount general reserve takes £5,000, depreciation reserve £3,500 and general development reserve £2,000 and, from the balance of £15,023, a final dividend of 9 per cent. (less tax) on the ordinary shares will absorb 26,187, thus leaving 28,836 to he carried forward.
INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT MEETING
THE Institute of Transport meeting on October 13, at which Mr. J. S. Nicholl, C.B.E., delivered his presidential address, was well attended. After paying a warm tribute to the work of Mr. T. E. Thomas, the retiring President, Mr. Nicholl, on behalf of the Institute, -presented him with a gold repeater. At the conclusion of the address, which is dealt with elsewhere in these columns, a vote of thanks to the President was proposed by Sir Cyril Hurcomb and carried with enthusiasm,
LIVERPOOL'S EXPERIMENT WITH ARTICULATED BUSES I 1VERPOOL is one of the first muniLacipal authorities to experiment with buses of the articulated type. The corporation passenger transport committee proposes to buy two tractor chassis, suitable for coupling up to Dyson semitrailers carrying single-deck bodies produced by Charles H. Roe, Ltd., Leeds.
NEW POSITIONS ON THE .AUSTIN STAFF
CERTAIN staff alterations and additions have been made by the Austin Motor Co., Ltd. Mr. J. C. Haefeli has been appointed chief designer in the place of Mr. Hancock, who has resigned. lie will be responsible for the design of commercial and private chassis and all types of engine. He should certainly know a great deal regarding the design of Austin vehicles as he joined the company in July, 1914.
A newcomer Mr. H. N. Charles, B.Sc., A.M.I.A.E., who becomes development engineer. He has been well known for a considerable time in connection with designing and testing work, and was previously associated with Morris Motors, Ltd., and Rotol Airscrew, Ltd.
THE POSITION OF MATES AND LOADERS
SOMEtime ago representations were made to the Ministers of Labour and War Transport with a view to reserving men employed as drivers' mates. They were, however, refused, as it was thought that older men and women could often act in this capacity, but it appears that quite a number of those who described themselves as drivers' mates could more appropriately be termed "goods loaders or porters" and would then be covered by the schedule.
The question as to whether a worker can be classified as a goods loader for purposes of reservation depends upon the work he is actually doing, and on whether he is, in fact, primarily employed as a loader. If a worker in this class also travels on the vehicle in order to load or unload, this would not necessarily take him out of the loader classification.
If any operator feels that any of his workers has been wrongly classified when registering, he should approach the appropriate local office of the Ministry of Labour and have the classification changed. _ PERSONAL PARS
Ma. C. A. COMPTON, whose portrait appears on this page, has been appointed general manager of the Maudslay Motor Co., Ltd. He joined the concern some five years ago and, when the present board of directors was formed, was appointed production manager. With the subsequent development of the company's passenger and goods-vehicle interests, Mr. Compton became sales manager, which
position he held, Until still wider activities brought about an expansion of. duties, resulting in his appointment as commercial manager and leading up to his new position of general manager. He is a member of a number of technical and sales associations.
Coupled with this announcement is the appointment of Mu. J. PARDOE as assistant general manager, and MR. S. SPERLING as chief engineer and production manager. Mr. Pardoe has been with the company for almost 30 years and, in 1936, was appointed a member of the executive. . Mr. Sperling, who is an associate member of the Institution of Automobile Engineers, became a member of the executive nearly four years ago. He has had a long specialized experience in vehicle production with companies of world repute.
MR. A. E. WHITELEY, who has been a member of the C.M.U.A. staff, both in Leeds and Hull, for nearly eight years, has taken over the duties of secretary of the North-Eastern Division of the Association, consequent upon Mr. G. H. Brook having relinquished this post for the duration of the war.
MR. H. H. ECK.ERSALL, a representative of the British Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd. (attached to the Liverpool depot) with which he has been since 1913, recently attended at Buckingham Palace to receive, from the King, the British Empire Medal for gallant conduct during the air 'raids on Manchester some months ago, when he was a senior warden. He has now been appointed chief warden for the County Borough of Stretford.