57% of Vehicles in List 7 Sold
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WITH only three cases involving 35 VV vehicles still outstanding, the position on Tuesday evening was that about 73% of the transport units and 57% of the vehicles offered in list 7 had been sold. The total sold was 643 units (1,466 vehicles) out of a total of 873 units (2,537 vehicles) available.
Figures relating to vehicle-only units engaged on general haulage were as follows:—
Sold, 631 units (1,401 vehicles); all tenders rejected, 201 units (666 vehicles); deferred, 1 unit (4 vehicles); total, 833 units (2,071 vehicles).
Vehicle-only units on contract hire: Tenders accepted, 9 units (21 vehicles); all tenders rejected, 3 units (18 vehicles).
Units with premises: Sold, 3 units (44 vehicles); all tenders rejected, 12 units (202 vehicles); no bids, 11 units (150 vehicles); deferred, 2 units (31 vehicles); total, 28 units (427 vehicles).
So far as vehicle-only general-haulage units are concerned, the results were good, for over 75% of the units and 67% of the vehicles were sold. The poor showing by units with premises. however, greatly reduced the proportion of sales.
Only a quarter of the units and about a fifth of the vehicles offered in list S.1 have been sold. On Tuesday evening the results were: Sold, 11 units (246 vehicles); all tenders rejected, 24 units (469 vehicles); no bids, 6 units (342 vehicles); deferred, 4 units (99 vehicles); total, 45 units (1,156 vehicles).
It is expected that results will be available next week for list S.2 and for the vehicle-only units offered for sale in list R.4.
LATTICE-SHELL ROOFING THE lattice-shell roof-building system, which would seem to be suitable for large garages, is described in a booklet issued by Scaffolding (Great Britain), Ltd., Mitcham, Surrey. The system, which embraces the principles of triangulation, allows a large floor area to be covered by a steel-tubular network which may be glazed as required. Opaque cladding, if desired, may be in various materials, including corrugated asbestos cement, boarding or Ribmet shuttering. PITS NEAR SITES
QPEAKING about the difficulty of
finding and opening new gravel pits, Mr. H. E. Pierce, chairman of the Ballast, Sand and Allied Trades Association, said in London on Monday that the mineral had to be excavated near the site on which it was to be used. To carry a ton of gravel cost is. 9d. for the first mile and each additional mile cost 6d. A journey of 13 miles doubled the cost to the purchaser.
GOODYEAR TUBELESS TYRE
ATUBELESS tyre that does not require a heavy rubber liner but only a thin protective covering of specially compounded rubber on the inside of the carcass, has been introduced by the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co, (Great Britain), Ltd. It has an all-weather tread and sells at a price no higher than that of the conventional tyre and tube assembly.