Perkins Engines for U.S. Vehicles
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PERKINS engines are now being offered as original equipment by the International Harvester Co., one of the largest American makers of com
mercial vehicles and agricultural equipment.
Engines will be sent from the Perkins factory at Peterborough to various countries to be fitted into International vehicles supplied from Chicago or Dandenong, Victoria, Australia. International-Perkins units will also be available from the International Harvester Co. of Great Britain, Ltd., and their South African associate in Durban.
International L.160, AR.160 and R.160 lorries will have Perkins P.6(V) engines, and L.180 and R.180 chassis engines of the R.6(V) type.
" NO SPARES" PLEA WEAKENED PIA PLEA that spares were impossible to obtain would no longer be accepted as readily as in the past to
excuse the unroadworthiness of vehicles, said the Northern Licensing Authority, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, when he opened an exhibition at Newcastle upon Tyne arranged by R. H. Patterson and Co., Ltd., in conjunction with the Ford Motor Co., Ltd.
Mr. Hanlon said that in a recent check on Tyneside, nearly 60 per cent. of vehicles examined were defective.
START ON LANCS MOTORWAY
in A DUAL carriageway eight miles
long to by-pass Preston, which will he built between now and 1956, will be for the sole use of motor vehicles and represent the first stage of the Lancashire motorway scheme. When this is completed, there will be a motorway from Cheshire to the south of Westmorland.
The road will have only two junctions, of the fly-over pattern, and an Order will have to be made under the B4 Special Roads Act, 1949, to restrict it to certain classes of traffic. Over 30 bridges will be required so that other roads, rivers and railways can be passed over or under, Details of the scheme have been published and an inquiry may be held.
"BOYCOTT RAILWAYS," SAY NORTHERN SCOTS
APLAN to boycott the railways has been launched by northern Scottish business interests under the leadership of the Northern Pastoral Club. The recent 10-per-cent, increase in railway freight charges has been badly received in the area. Some concessions on bulk consignments have been obtained, but not for small loads. There has been unanimous agreement by the club to send the maximum amount of traffic by road.
It is stated that rail transport to Essex is i10 per truck dearer than road haulage. From Lairg to Dumfries the rail rate is 8s. per animal, whilst road hauliers charge 4s. 9d.
MOBILE-SHOP FLEET GROWS
PIONEER users of mobile shops, Galbraith's Stores, Paisley, now have five converted Bedford singledeckers in operation. Customers enter at the near-side rear and pass between shelves to the front, selecting the goods which they wish to buy. The cash desk is by the driving seat, near the exit.
The staff of each vehicle comprises a driver-manager and a cash girl. It has been found that the vehicles are valuably employed, but a problem is posed by the stocking of the more popular sales lines as there is insuffic:ont storage space. Vehicles may be replenished with such stocks by returning to base at midday.
Inquiry into Waiting Restrictions
ALL occupants of business premises who will be affected by the Ministry of Transport's proposals to ban waiting by vehicles between certain hours in central London are to receive a questionnaire asking for details and times of deliveries and types of goods supplied.
The inquiry has been planned by the Metropolitan Liaison Committee of the Traders' Road Transport Associa tion, Road Haulage Association and Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association.
Mr. R. E. G. Brown, secretary of the London and Home Counties Division of the T.R.T.A., who acts as secretary of the Liaison Committee, is in charge of the investigation. It is similar to one he conducted in Oxford. One of the purposes of the new inquiry is to assess the volume of traffic which would have to be moved outside the period of the proposed ban, which covers about Iwo-thirds of the normal shop working day.
TO REFUND TRAINING COST TRAINEE drivers employed by I Preston Transport Department are to pay the council £10 if, within 12 months of qualifying, they are dismissed for misconduct 'or voluntarily leave without the general manager's consent. This represents the cost of training.