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A.B.C.C. Proposals Not Accepted
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THE Transport Bill, as amended, did not reveal that any of the alterations proposed by the Association of British Chambers of Commerce had been accepted, said Mr. C. E. Jordan, in a report of the road transport committee of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce to a council meeting on Monday.
Efforts were still being made to exclude C-licensees from the levy, and the chamber would be associated with a deputation appointed by the Central Committee of Transport Users to meet local Members of Parliament about this matter.
Mr. Jordan said that the Road Haulage Executive had replaced a large number of old vehicles with new ones and therefore the value of the fleet had increased, although this was partly because of purchase tax.
HL contended that employers should he protected against liabilit9 for contraventions by employees of the drivers' hours regulations if all reasonable steps had been taken to ensure that drivers ' were conversant with the law.
It was agreed that a higher proportion of Road Fund receipts should be spent on highway construction. The Midlands had not had their fair allotment of road. expenditure, Mr. Jordan said The Association had been asked to take appropriate action with the Minister of Transport.
NEW RANGE OF EXIDE BATTERIES
ANEW range of heavy-duty batteries for commercial vehicles has been introduced by Chloride Batteries, Ltd., Clifton Junction, Swinton, Manchester. Known as the Exide KHV series, these units are claimed to have a starting performance up to 35 per cent, better than that of equivalent types, besides being less bulky and up to 20 per cent, lighter in night.
It is stated that operators of oilengined vehicles will obtain faster engine-cranking speeds /and a greater reserve of power, ensuring easier starting at low temperatures. Light commercial vehicles which have hitherto had to rely on car-type batteries may be fitted with heavy-duty models.
KHV batteries are available in capacities from 81-135 amp.-hours in 6-volt sizes and 67-135 amp.-hours in I2-volt sizes. Their efficiency is attributable to the provision of a, larger number of plates and a new system of dual separation with Porvic plastic and glass-wool retainers. Porvic is more than 80 per cent, porous and, claims the maker, will outlast the life of the plates.
SOUTH MIDLAND TOURS IGHT eight-day tours will be run by South Midland Motor Services, this year. Itineraries embrace the Wye Valley, the Welsh Coast, Devon and Cornwall. Prices range between £11 us. and £22 10s. The Cornwall tour, the most expensive, is based on Newquay and during the week one whole-day and two half-day sight-seeing trips will be run to Land's End, Mevagissey and Falmouth.
A Heart of England tour based on Oxford will cost £15 15s. and passengers will be taken to the Cotswolds, the Malvern Hills and the Shakespeare country.
FI.o.T.A. FIXTURES UTURE meetings of the Institute of Traffic Administration include the
February 9, Birmingham centre, lecture on bus crew schedules by J. Birch. Crown Hotel, Corporation Street, Birmingham, 7.15 P.m.
February 18, Manchester centre, lecture on mechanical handling by A. Ardittl, Carlton Restaurant, Brown Street, Manchester, 7 p.m.
February 19, Hull centre, lecture on mechanicalhandling appliances by R. W. Saunders, Imperial Hotel, Hull, 7.30 p.m.
February 25. Preston centre, lecture an rural bus transport by W. G. Hunnibal, Bull and Royal Hotel, Preston, 7.30 P.m.
February 25, London centre, debate on denationalization. Kingsley Hotel, Bloomsbury Way, London, W.C.Z.
N.U.V.B. DEPUTATION
A DEPUTATION from the National rt Union of Vehicle Builders is expected to meet the Minister of Supply shortly to discuss redundancy in the motor industry. It will largely be concerned with the recent laying-off of workers in the Midlands by a substantial number of bodybuilding concerns. Mr. Maurice Edelman, M.P., will introduce the deputation.
CANADIAN OUTPUT UP
ATOTAL of 150,000 commercial vehicles was built in Canada last year-20,000 more than in 1951. Commercial-vehicle output rose proportionately higher than car production. About 18 per cent. of all motor production was sold in the export markets, where sales increased substantially.
IN A LINE OR TWO Robert Jenkins and Co., Ltd., Rotherham, welded fabrication specialist, has published a new catalogue.
Desmo, Ltd., Nechells, Birmingham, has introduced a Union Jack pennant, costing 17s. 6d. complete, for Coronation Year.
Guy Motors, Ltd., has received an order for 24 Otter oil-engined chassis from the Travancore State transport undertaking.
Thos. W. Ward, Ltd., Sheffield, has been appointed general distributor for Staffa mobile cranes and Weatherill hydraulic shovels.
The Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., has added 7.00-20-in. 10-ply and 7.50-20-in. 12-ply covers to its All Traction special-purpose range.
The organizers of the Paris Salon de l'Automobile have announced that the exhibition will be held bi-annually. The next Paris Salon will be held in 1954.
The mobile electrical sub-station Mounted on a Dyson trailer (" The Commercial Motor," January 2) is fitted with a Clayton Dewandrc two-pipeline air-pressure braking system.