Transport as Vital as Production
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(-LICENSED vehicles represented It•-■ the . trantport . of industry • -and • accounted fcir a `gre,at,dal of eic'port trade, said Mr.' F.".C." Hooper at the annual dinner of 'the." Trader* . Road Transport "ASstieiation;• in London; On
Tuesday.' "" . • .. . „" Mi. Hugh 'Molsori,:: Joint Paella . _ ,
mentary "Secretary, Mitiistry•Cif -Transport, Said the Government.believ.ed:that those who owned transport those to serve the country in the way.-thy. felt ' appropriate and least :expensive. "Transport wag as important a's production and must be speedy and efficient.
Nationalized .transport . justify itselfin fair conipetition: • • Improvement of roads must be at the cost of other Government.activities, but now the time had come to deal with them. ,
.Lord Rochdale, •. president ofthe National • Union of Manufacturers, emphasized -the •importance Of nlat restricting the..0IicenSce, Otherwise he would have to build up strategie:stOcks at various 'pointstand "thus -reduce his cash resat:I-tees. • • •
"Mr. .S. C. Bond. president of the
• T.R.T.A., mentioned that the Association had -quadrupled its membership since 1945.. He believed in motor roads, hut it was more important -to clear city thoroughfares..
THE MOST VERSATILE TOWER . WAGON? • .
A NEW and highly-versatile:lifting p'atform .made %by. the. hydraulic machinery branch; of Thomas Adshead and Son, Ltd., -Queen's Cross,Dudley, a memberof the Simon Engineering Group, is. ,to be. dernon.strate.d• at the Royal Festival Nall, South Bank, London, on, April :2‘8. • . The device consists of two main jointed arms on which is mounted a caged platform. A system of levers arid rods maintains this. platform horizontal at: any point inits travel, which can be fromthe ground at'-the .backof the carrying vehicle to amid-way height in' front of the radiatbr,.or to almost its maximum height, of what appears to be over 30-ft. from ground level, above the vehicle's cab, Any. other position within some three-quarters" of a circle can be selected, and the whole gear is operated hydraulically.
NEW 120-BUS GARAGE
ANEW depot of Birmingham Transport Department was opened on Tuesday by the Lord Mayor. It can accommodate about 120 vehic'es and has nine inspection pits. Planning for the depot began in 1939, when the ground was acquired. Building on the 3k-acre site started four years ago.
MeKELVIE TRANSFER GRANTED
ON Monday the Scottish Licensing Authority granted the application (reported on another page) by R. Dickson, Jnr., Ltd., to take over the coach tours of •McKelvie and Co.. Ltd.