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Capacious new premises at 52, Finnieston Street, Glasgow, have just been opened by C. Crowther, Ltd., 'Which concern was recently appointed Scottish distributor of Dennis . commercial vehicles. The building, which was formerly an engine shop of the Barclay Curio shipbuilding company, is now being equipped for its new purpose, and machinery, and plant for servicing Dennis machines are to be installed.
Mr. C. Crowther told us, on the occasion of a visit to the new establishment last week, that he is stocking seVeral thousand pound's worth of Dennis spare parts; and is extremely Optimistic about his new venture. He is practically a newcomer to the commercial side of . the motor industry, having hitherto confined his activities to the
handling of private cars. His corn pally acquired its car showrooms, at 31.0, St. Vincent Street, about five years ago. He holds the opinion that it is impracticable to combine the marketing of the two types of vehicle, and will accordingly run the new business entirely separately from the old.
Receiving Sets on Motor Vehicles.
Philco Radio and Television Corporation of Great Britain, Ltd., 29, Whitehall, London, S.W.1, has published a new edition of its " Phileo News," which is now made up in the form of an interesting little journal of 28 pages, We note particularly an article describing how the company is keeping in touch with the Ministry of Transport regarding the question of regulation.
B.R.F. Secretary to Address S.M.T.A. Members.
Mr. F. G. Bristow, C.B.E., secretary of the British Rda.d Federation and general secretary of the Commercial Motor Users Association, is to give an address on the subject of " How Modern Legislation Affects Commercial Motor Users," at meetings in Edinburgh and Glasgow, on March 19 and 20 respectively, under the auspices of the Scottish Motor Trade Association, The Edinburgh .meeting will be held in the North British Station Hotel, and the Glasgow meeting in the Central Hotel Banquet Hall, both commencing at 8 p.m. The meetings are open to all interested.
New R.H.A. Subearea in the West.
A new sub-area of the Road Haulage Association has been formed recently at Yeovil, and a committee and officers have been appointed. It is also announced that Mr. C. H. Clifford, hon. secretary of the Western Regional Area, has been compelled to resign owing to pressure of business. Mr. Clif ford is continuing his work on the committee and on the Area Conciliation Board, and he will remain in office as secretary, until his successor has been appointed.
Prominent Personalities at R.H.A. Dinner.
The Northern Area of the Road Haulage Association will bold a dinner at the County Hotel, .Newcastle, on March 2, when Mr. R. W. Sewill, M.A., M.Inst.T., chairman of the Association, Sir John Maxwell, C.M.G., the Northern Licensing Authority, and several Members of Parliament will attend.
Ticket Machines for the Canaries.
Transportes Canarios, S.A., Perojo 14, Las Palmas (Canary Islands), which runs a service of buses, desires to get into touch with makers of ticket punches for conductors; it also requires details of other devices of a similar nature, such as portable ticket-printing and issuing machines..
FURTHER STEPS TO STABILIZE RATES.
The scheme to form a county advisory committee to deal with the stabilization of haulage rates in Yorkshire was advanced a further stage on Monday, when a conference took place in Leeds between representatives of the Yorkshire Regional Area of the Road Haulage Association and of the Northeastern Division of the Commercial Motor Users Association. Mr. Charles Holdsworth, chairman of the Bradford Road Transport Rates Tribunal, presided.
It was decided shortly to convene a county conference, at Leeds, and to invite representatives of all Yorkshire transport associations interested in road haulage, and representatives of the various independent rates tribunals. It is hoped to form the county committee at this meeting.
Irish Railway's Road-service Returns.
The annual report of the Great Northern Railway Co. (Ireland) for 1934, to be presented at the general meeting of the company on February 27, shows that a net loss of £8,317 resulted from the working of the company's road-transport services, as compared with a loss of £27,828 in 1933.
The report states that the result of the enforcing of the Irish Free State Road Transport Act, 1033, has been greatly to reduce uneconomic road passenger-transport competition, and steps were being taken by the company to acquire the licences Of a number of hauliers.
Fire Protection at the British Industries Fair.
The fire protection at the British Industries Fair is a highly important matter, because the show is the largest held since the Fair . in 1915, about 1,000,000 sq. ft. being occupied by some 2,600 stands.
This important work of fire protection has again been entrusted to Merryweather and Sons, Ltd., of Greenwich, which company has carried out the duty for several years. Both at Olympia and the White City detachments of the Merryweather Brigade will be on duty day and night. Products of the company will be seen at the stations Motor Licensing and Dishonoured Cheques.
In view of the fact that some dishonoured cheques in payment for motor licences are, on re-presentation to banks, subsequently cleared, or cash is , tendered in lien, Herts County Council's licensing committee suggests that an attempt should he made to secure the clearance of a cheque before sending a notice requiring the person concerned to surrender the licence.
If the cheque be not cleared, or cash tendered, within, say, seven days of the first return of the cheque, the notice should, in the committee's opinion, then be served. The committee considers that proceedings should be instituted in all cases where persons fail to comply with the notice.