• Plastics-bodied Oilers for Bread Delivery r1VE Wales and Edwards three-wheeled vans
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delivered to Price and Co. (Bakers), Ltd., feature Eafield air-cooled oil engines and plastics bodywork. Four are being employed at the company's Stanmore depot on rounds -beyond the radius within which battery-electric vehicles can operate. Flooring is of a harder material than that used for the remainder of the body. A galvanized-steel frame to accommodate trays is bolted to the hardwood crossbearers laid on the chassis. The main racking is 5 ft. 2 in. wide. 6 ft. long and there are seven tiers. Fortysix trays, each measuring 2 ft. 6 in. by 1 ft. 10 in. can be carried. Access to these trays is gained by raising a sliding shutter of corrugated plastics at the rear. Two Flettner ventilators are fitted on the roof. At the front of the body there is a narrower shutter on each side to give access to the transverse racking in which 12 trays of cakes or biscuits may be carried. The pieces forming the floor of this compartment can easily be removed to reveal the gearbox. A peephole is provided so that the fuel gauge can be seen. Servicing of the engine, a twincylindered 1,135 c.c. unit developing 131 net b.h.p. at 1,800 r.p.m., can be done by removing a plastics box.cover, which also serves as a bench seat for two persons—the driver and, occasionally, an inspector. Sliding doors are provided. These have light-alloy frames and are panelled in Perspex. The door runners are of plastics channelling. Styling of the body, built by Mickleover Transport, Ltd., Whitby Avenue, London, N.W.10,resembles the design evolved by the company for the W. and E. dairy vehicles currently being produced for the United Dairies organization, of which the company are a part.
OBITUARY
WE regret to record the deaths of MR. " GEORGE WHFWELL. MR. VICTOR W. JOHN PRICE and MR. ALFRED GOAD. Whewell was director of George Whewell, jr., Ltd., furniture removers, Radcliffe. He was 58 and died after an accident at work.
Mr. Price was sales manager of the City Motor Co. (Oxford), Ltd., which he joined in 1935. He was 60 and died after a short illness.
Mr. Goad was the London representative of Abingdon King Dick, Ltd.
PERKINS IN GERMANY
T°improve their after-sales service in Germany, F. Perkins, Ltd., have formed a new company, F. Perkins Kundendienst G.m.b.H., at Aschaffenburg. Since 1952, nearly 10,000 Perkins oil engines have been exported to Germany, and spares have been held by a number of consignment stockholders. Under the new system, Perkins signholders will be appointed throughout the Federal German Republic on the lines of those in Britain. Coach Operators Beat. L.T..E. Opposition APPLYAPPLYING for new excursions from ING to Gatwick Airport, Windsorian Motor Services, Ltd. were opposed, last week, by the London Transport Executive. Mr. Richard Turnbull, of the L.T.E.'s country bus and coach section, asked the South Eastern Traffic Commissioners for protection on the ground that both Windsor and Gatwick were within their area of operation.
He said the L.T.E. had applied to operate a similar excursion, but they did not propose to start until next year when the airport would be a bigger attraction. Mr. Turnbull contended that Windsorian's application was premature, as the airport was not yet ready to receive sightseers.
Mr. C. R. Beddington, for Windsorian, pointed out that although the two points were in the L.T.E.'s general area, they were outside their special area, so the L.T.E. should be treated as ordinary Operators.
Granting the application. Mr. H. J.
Thom, chairman, said both parties agreed that a peed would exist in the future, even if it were not present now. The Commissioners were always ready to listen to a stage-carriage operator seeking protection, but in this case it was clear that Windsorian were the chief caterers for excursions and tours from Windsor.
A.E.C. BRICK LORRY FOR POLAND A N A.E.C. Mammoth Major, with a Duramin body capable of carrying 20 tons of bricks, is to be exhibited by A.C.V. Sales, Ltd., at the Poznan Fair, Poland, from Jime 8-20. Many new factories and large blocks of flats are being built in Poland, and it is expected that the vehicle will attract great interest. After last year's event, the Polish Ministry of Building purchased A.E.C. equipment. The Leyland Group will exhibit a Worldmaster bus and a Cornet oilengined lorry, both with bodywork by Dansk Automobil Byggeri, the Danish associate concern, and a Scarnmell Scarab mechanical horse with semi-trailer. The Worldmaster will have Pneumweydic transmission.
Three Road Projects Will Cost £7m.
woRK will start shortly on the second VV section of the St. Albans By-pass, which forms the southern end of the London-Birmingham motorway. This section, five miles long, is expected to be finished by the end of next year. It will have twin carriageways, and will incorporate a fly-over at Waterdale, at the junction with the North Orbital Road. The cost of the whole by-pass will be about £6m. Plans for two more new roads were announced by the Ministry of Transport this week. To relieve congestion where l2 the ALondon-Great Yarmouth road passes through Ingatestone, Essex, a £248,463 road two miles long will take traffic away from the narrow village street. Work will start shortly on the project, which will remove a serious bottleneck, particularly during summer week-ends. Where the new road passes under Fryerning Lane, a new bridge, with a 78-ft. span, will carry the lane over the by-pass.
In the London area, a £761,000 contract for building an underpass on Western Avenue, one of the capital's principal radial roads, has now been awarded. The underpass will take Western Avenue traffic below Hanger Lane, Middx. New roads will branch from both sides of the underpass to form a surface connection with the North Circular Road.
000,000 FOR BY-PASS
ABOUT £300,000 is to be spent on building a by-pass at New Ferry. on the A41 Birmingham-Birkenhead trunk road. The new road will run east of the centre of New Ferry from the Birkenhead boundary, and will rejoin the A41 road at a roundabout farther south. The project is part of a general improvement scheme for the trunk road. which carries a large volume of traffic between Merseyside and the Midlands. Another diversion is planned at Little Sutton.