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D EPRESENTATIVES of associations of oper
ators, professional institutes and trade unions have been invited to a meeting at the Council House, Coventry, next Friday, to discuss the future of the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition.
The letter of invitation sent by Mr. M. J. Miles, road safety + officer at Coventry, says that "the time has probably come for a body representing national interests to be formed to take charge of the final event, although, of course, eliminating contests will still be controlled locally." One of four Fader; vehicles with concretemixing eg uiPme tit recently purchased by Penmaenntawr -and Welsh Granite Co., Lid. (sea paragraph The present organizing committee consists of representatives of Coventry (who are in the majority), Portsmouth. Leeds and Slough Accident Prevention Councils. They are stated to agree that, whoever organizes it, the final contest should take place in the Midlands to give drivers from all parts of the country a chance to compete.
Among the organizations invited to attend arc—
below).
Ministry of Works, Institute of Transport. I rid !Atrial Transport Association, Institute of Traffic Administration, Road Haulage Association, Traders Road Transport Association, British Road Federation, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Standing joint Committee of Me Automobile Association and Royal Automobile Club, Nationaf Union of General and Municipal Workers. Transport and General Workers Union,
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, and British Transport Commission.
BRONZE BARS SEMI-FINISHED
BRONZE bars for bushing now being supplied by the Glacier Metal Co., Ltd., 368 Ealing Road, Alperton,. Middx.," are semi-finished instead of being in the form as cast. The ,chief advantage is that the cost is lower, as the buyer does not nay for the weight of an undue" surplus of material.
Messrs. G. and]. Paton. 97 Wellington Street, Glasgow, C.2, Glacier's principal distributors in Scotland, who are featuring the bars on Stand 154 at the Scottish Motor Show. state that a I3-in. bar as cast measuring 21 in, in outside
diameter and, with a • diameter bore weighs 10.4.2 lb. and would cost 1.2 12s. 2d. A semi-finished bar would be machined to 21: in. outside diameter and lt in. bore. Weighing 7.16lb., it would cost 7E2 9s. 7d.
The new bars involve less final machining, and, as the makers perform the initial cutting, casting faults revealed only by this process are found before the bars leave the factory. Final machining involves the. removal of 0.020 in, of material from the bore and 0.015 in. from the outside.
C.W.S. MOTOR TRADE UP N4OTOR-TRADE sales to the value lv-IL of £4,174,225 in the six months ended July, 1955, are reported by the , Co-operative Wholesale Society. This figure is £318,383 greater than that for the same period of 1954. The value of bodybuilding production was £183,034 – -£17,433 higher than a year earlier. a5
outer covers of the rams to prevent the ingress of dirt in dust-laden atmospheres. Lubrication of the bearings is facilitated by the provision of feed pipes with nipples in an accessible position.
A noteworthy detail of the wooden drop-sided 6-cu.-yd. body shown mounted on a Mercury chassis by A.E.C., Ltd., 49 Berkeley Square, London, W.1 (Stand 98), is a hinged centre post of particularly robust construction which enables the sides to be lowered separately or together. The body was built by Aberdeen County Council. The lifting gear comprises Edbro twin underbody rains.