59 Per Cent. of Output Exported
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T AST year the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., 1—• produced 73,070 commercial vehicles and tractors, of which 42,973 (58.8 per cent.) were exported. Output for 1948 was 87,879 units, of which 46,356 were exported. The company's total production last year comprised 151,793 vehicles, including tractors.
Lord Airedale, chairman, who gave this information at the annual general meeting last week, said that the company's best export markets were Australasia, Europe and the Middle East.
Referring to the restriction of supplies for the home market, he said: " The need for replacement of vehicles of all types in this county is being perilously deferred. These arrears will reach great numbers, with the result that exports will have to be curtailed when the time arrives, as it will, to meet the requirements necessary to maintain our national economy."
UNION RATES IGNORED?
j N a circular issued to Socialist and 1 trade-onion organizations, Mr. H. !Myth, passenger trade group secretary of the northern area of the Transport and General Workers' Union, complained that certain firms were engaging in coach hiring without meeting tradeunion requirements. He urged hirers to ensure that coach proprietors were observiing union rates and conditions.
PLEASE NATIONALIZE:
QTATING that the company had been L) running at a loss, and that even if the present application for increased fares were granted, the undertaking could not be carried on, a solicitor appearing for Ardgour and Acharacle Motor Services, Ltd., before the Scottish Licensing Authority, last week, said that the British Trans-port Commission should be asked to acquire it.
Permission to increase certain fares on short runs was granted. It was stated, however, that losses over the past three years necessitated the closure of the company in September. It provided the only transport for goods and passengers in Ardgour, Acharacle and kilchoan, and held the mail contract for the district.
INJECTOR NOZZLES RECLAIMED
A MACHINE capable of dealing with
types of lap used in the rectification of fuel-injection equipment, has recently been introduced by the Merlin Engineering Co., Ltd., Hebble Mills, Salterhebble, Halifax. The basis of the tool is the Merlin grinding machine, which is in the precision class and used for refacing valves, and for numerous other grinding operations which call for a high degree of accuracy.
With the additional equipment now available, it is claimed that at least 80 per cent, of all injector nozzles can be reconditioned as new. The complete machine is priced at 095.
ROADS DANGEROUS TO BUSES
BECAUSE roads in the island of Lewis have deteriorated in. the past year, the Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority may have to curtail or withdraw some bus services. An article on bus operation in Lewis appeared in "The Commercial Motor" on January 6.
GLASGOW BAN ON HORSES
HORSEand hand-drawn vehicles I I are to be banned from Il streets in the centre of Glasgow, the corporation has decided. Objections will have to be heard before the order becomes law.
NEW GOODS GUIDE
THE July-December, 1950, issue of Transport Goods Guide" will shortly be published by Iliffe and Sons, Ltd., Stamford Street, London, S.E.1, price 5s. Details of private-enterprise and State transport services are listed for quick reference, forming a valuable book for the consignor.