RAIN INCREASES LOAD WEIGHT BY 17 CWT.
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The plea that rain had added 17 cwt. to the wthght of a load of sand was made at I3ellshill J.P. Court, when Messrs. Hugh Harper and Sons, contractors, Armadale Road, Whitburn, and Mr. John Gilmour, lorry -driver, Crossroads, Harthill, were charged with owning and driving respectively a motor vehicle of more than the per
mitted laden weight. • The Justices admonished the driver and fined the firm Transport Tenders Required for Christmas Mails.
The Post Office authorities are inviting applications for the provision of motor vehicles for the conveyance of mails in London, during the Christmas season. Boxvans of about 150-450 cubic-ft. capacity are required, and tenders may be submitted for one or more vans.. Forms. of tender may be obtained from the controller, London Postal Service (Christmas Arrangements), King Edward Building, London, E.C.1.
1,000-mile Trial for " Alternative" Fuels.
Organized by the Societe Suisse pour l'Etude des Carburants, in conjunction with the Swiss Automobile Club, a reliability. trial of lorries and coaches using all classes of " alternative " fuel was held in Switzerland from September 8-17. The competing vehicles made eight daily runs over some of the highest passes in the
country. The, total distance covered was 1,070 miles, the daily runs ranging from 102 to 145 miles.
The points to be taken into account by the judges in making their awards will include the consumption and cost of the different fuels, the ease of starting lip, the power developed by the engine, and the general behaviour of the vehicles during the trial.
Big Plan to Improve Welsh Communications.
Big improvements in Welsh road communications are probable. A conference of west and mid-Wales county councils is being convened by Cardigan County Council with a view to formulating a scheme for a good trunk road from Fishguard to Shrewsbury, via the Cambrian coast, Aberystwyth and Cardigan.
The proposal is important to both goods and passenger-vehicle operators in South and West Wales, the border counties and the north of England. The aim is' to have the existing routes from the Cambrian coast to Shrewsbury scheduled by the Ministry of Transport as trunk roads, so that they may be developed into a main artery.
At present, the bulk of the traffic from the north of England to West Wales makes the long journey around South Wales and the border counties.
It is believed that the Government will readily further this scheme, in view of the importance of good road communications to Milford Haven, a key centre in the national rearmament and defence programme.