Wheels of Industry—con.
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Gazette.
A winding-up order has been made in the case of the United MOtor Transport and Engineering Co., Ltd., of 39, Brewery Road, King's Cross, N.W.
Barimar Specialities.
Barimar, Ltd., of 10, Poland Street, London, W., has issued a useful booklet concerning its honeycomb radiators. These are supplied to suit various small motorvans, particularly the Ford.
Agrimotor Demonstrations.
Demonstrations by both Martin and Mogul agricultural motors have recently been given in Kent by Messrs Drake and Fletcher, of the Kentish Engineering Works, Maidstone. This firm is also agent for Garner and Thornycroft lorries and a large range of agricultural implements suitable for employment in orchard and fruit districts.
U.S.A. Two-wheel Trailers.
Small trailers, from America, each of the two-wheel type, are being imported by the Bell-Johnson Automobile Co., Ltd., of 37, Sutton Road, Erdington, Birmingham. The carrying capacity of each trailer is about 12 cwt..; the platform dimensions are 8 ft. long by 4 ft. wide. Both ends and sides are 18 ins.
high, and removable. The weight•of the trailer is not stated, and we are unable to gather whether it is so low as 2 cwt. The •price is £35.
Palladium Sales.
• One of the latest ordersfor a Palladium 3 or 4-ton lorry is from Vickers, Ltd. this order was secured only after exhaustive tests of the model by the purchasing company. It is, of course, owing to the fact that the Wolseley.works, which belong to Vickers, Ltd. are unable to supply outside the W.D. requirements, that this order, amongst others, has been placed. Other recent orders for the same -model. come from Messrs. Blackhurst and Co., Blackpool, and Messrs. Worsley and Co., Stockport, both being "repeats."
Royal Warrant Holders.
We observe, in the list of holders of royal warrants for 1916, the inclusion of the following .well-known names in the motor industry :— The Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., the British Petroleum Co., Ltd., the Burmah Oil Co., Ltd., and the Gas Lighting Improvement •Co., Ltd., as purveyors of motor spirit ; the Daimler Co., Ltd, as manufac-tamers of motorcars ; the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., and the Palmer Tyre Co., Ltd., as manufacturers of motorcar tires ; Leyland Motors, Ltd., as manufacturers of c30
motor lorries; S. Smith and Sons, Ltd., as manufacturers of accessories.
Belgian Motor Guns in Russia.
According to a German statement, a number of Belgian motor guns are known to be on the Rus sian front. Germans particularly want to know where the sudden Belgian overflow of motor guns has come from ; and this is not the only query by which they are oppressed. There are daily increases of evidence that more munitions exist "right here." '