New Registration Return,
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A return has been issued by the Ministry of Transport giving particulars of the number of motor vehicles registered for the first time during the month of June, 1929. So far as commercial vehicles are concerned, there were 4,504 goods vehieles and 1,272 hackney carriages.
The present return differs from the quarterly returns previously published in that it shows the number of each class of vehicle registered for the Arst time by each licensing authority, the registrations being analysed in detail according to various taxation scales.
The distinction between goods vehicles with pneumatic and those with solid tyres has, however, been restricted, as hitherto, to the three main divisions of the country and to Great Britain as a whole.
Good Positions Open.
Several good positions are advertised in the small advertisement columns (A this issue. An important Midland motorbus concern is inviting applications for the position of general manager, the salary attached to the post being £1,200 per annum. A manager is also required to take charge of a wood mill and body shops.
The Benevolent Fund Ball and Carnival.
We have been asked by the secretary' and organizer of the Motor Ball aria: Carnival to point out that this function will be held at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, W.C., on
Wednesday, October 23rd. It is, of course, in aid of the -Motor and Cycle Trades Benevolent Fund. It commences at 9.30 p.m. and ends at 3.30 ELM., the prices being £1 10s. for a single ticket and 12 15s. for a double (lady and gentleman)'. They can be obtained from the Royal Automobile Club, all branches of Keith Prowse and Co., Ltd., and from the secre.ary, Mr. A. H. Dawson, 42, Bedford Row, London, W.C.1.
Delivering a Lorry—by Lorry.
Certain advantages can undoubtedly be secured by delivering one vehicle as the load of another, especially when both are simultaneously bound for the same destination. Not only is there economy in fuel consumption, but only one driver is needed. An accompanying illustration shows the method adopted to effect delivery of two Dennis vehicles. The load consists of a Dennis LF30 refuse collector which, being intended for city use, is equipped with small wheels, giving it a low-loading height, but naturally reducing the speed at which it can proceed.
As this vehicle was to be delivered to the Old Trafford Engineering Co., of Manchester, a great deal of time would have been taken on the journey, but the
availability of the Dennis 4-ton chassis, which had -been ordered by the same concern, enabled the refuse collector to be delivered quickly., A North-country. Licence in Abeyance.
The watch committee of Chorley Corporation has .deferred consideration of the application from Mr. Frank Green for licences in respect of an express coach service between Manchester, Blackpool and Glasgow.
A Spey Bcidge Inquiry.
The Ministry of Transport is shortly to hold an inquiry into a petition by the Grantown Town Council and other public bodies which have asked that the bridge over the River Spey should be reopened for light vehicular traffic. The bridge was reported as unsafe for heavy traffic and was closed on August 17th.
Road-wearing Tests. •
Facts of interest to road users and highways authorities, which have just been made available by Mr. Gibson, county road surveyor for Western Perthshire, show the results of 14 years' test on an experimental portion of the Great North Road. The road, which was laid in June, 1915, near Dunblane, contains nine different sections each 100 yards long, and it is estimated to have carried over three million tons of traffic during the period under review.
Of the nine different processes used it is said that the best results were obtained from the portions on which British road tar was used. The actual section giving a highly satisfactory result was " a tarred material surface sealed with distilled tar," and this portion also proved to be particularly economical. The cost of coustruction and maintenance for this section during the 14 years was under 4s. .for. each ' super yard, as compared with over 12s. in a section where a foreign Material was used. The, cost per ton per mile was also found to be considerably lower on the tarred portions of the highway in question.
Foden's Visit Ferodo's.
The departmental managers, foremen and staff of Fodens, Ltd., of Sandbach, recently visited Chapel an le Frith, where they were entertained by Ferodo, Ltd. During the afternoon a bowling match was arranged and later tea was served in the works dining hall. Mr. A. H. L. Thompson made an appropriate speech on behalf of Podens, Ltd., and expressed his appreciation of the excellent reception accorded to the visitors, and this was suitably responded to by Mr. William Morris, manager of the Manchester and Liverpool offices of Ferodo, Ltd.
By-passes in Northamptonshire.
Northampton County Council is preparing a scheme for the construction of a by-pass at Wilbarston and for the elimination of the tortuous bends at Stoke Albany, the cost being estimated at £30,000. A scheme is also afoot for a by-pass at Bulwick, the cost of which would, in all probability, amount to some £15,000.