Oil Engine in l5-cwt, Van
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I T is understood that a well-known manufacturer will be exhibiting a 15-cwt, van with a small, multicylindered oil engine, at the Commercial Motor Show at Earls Court.
Other light-van manufacturers are employing this unit experimentally in chassis, but it is unlikely that any, apart from the maker in question, will be able to complete a model in time for the Show.
The compression-ignition unit is installed in a standard 15-cwt. chassis having a new gearbox case to obviate the use of a plate between the bell housing and main casting. The front suspension has been modified. A prototype vehicle has been on test for several months.
"The Commercial Motor" believes that two makes of oil engine are under test by the chassis manufacturer and that both have yielded satisfactory
results. '
PARK ROYAL INQUIRY
ASPECIAL meeting of the joint wages board of employers in the vehicle-building industry decided last week to ask the Minister of Labour to investigate a stoppage of work at Park Royal Vehicles, Ltd. A protest was made to the National Union of Vehicle Builders against recogn.izing art unofficial strike after Union organizers had advised the strikers to resume work.
600 BUSES FOR ISRAEL
THE Israeli Minister of Communications is negotiating for the import of 600 buses at a cost of $10m. He stated recently that Israel was suffering transport difficulties because the population had risen-by 150 per cent. since 1948, whilst the number of buses had increased by only 58 per cent,
MINERS' SUBSIDY TALKS
j AST Friday, the National Coal LA Board held a brief meeting with members of the National Union cf Miners to discuss the question of subsidizing miners' fares. The N.U.M. wants a subsidy to relieve those workers who pay more than 5s. a week in fares. The meeting was adjourned until August 29.
SHIFT DISPUTE ENDS
A SETTLEMENT has been reached tA in a dispute between the Road Haulage Executive and employees at Thornaby-on-Tees depot regarding the introduction of a two-shift system, instead of three shifts. The new shift system has been brought into operation.
STANDING PASSENGERS
THE whole question of allowing standing passengers in buses, including transit-type vehicles, is under review by the Minister of Transport, who proposes to consult all interested parties as soon as possible.