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NEWS of the WEEK
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GOODS TRANSPORT FOR WAR.
THE Minister of Transport announces that there has been a substantial response to his request fqr details (on forms) of goods motor vehicles for defence purposes. He emphasizes that the question of obtaining petrol in time of war is closely linked with this census. There is still misunderstanding on the part of shopkeepers owning single vehicles, who have not yet realized that in order to make the best use of their vehicles in their own and the national interests it is imperative that they should join a group.
To Help in Defence Organization.
AVOLUNTARY organizing corn mittee of the road-transport defence emergency scheme has been set up, at Norwich, under the chairmanship of Mr. V. E. Harrison. The committee will assist the grouping of A, B and C-licence holders, and at the outset its activities will be confined to the city.
Expediting Sewage Collection.
THE disposal of sewage in towns and
cities is so arranged that little difficulty occurs, but this is not always the case—in -fact, uslially the reverse— in rural areas where the practices which obtain have varied but little since the middle ages. In the endeavour to improve matters so far as practicable in the county, progressive authorities have introduced night-Soil wagons which embody really hygienic principles.
Such a machine is the Dennis tanker, which we illustrate. The capacity is 500 gallons, and the loading height 4 ft. 3 ins. The body is, in the main, a galvanized-steel tank which is enclosed except for four loading apertures provided with hinged lids that close on to rubber rave rails, and when open are protected by side flaps. Above the body is a container for several buckets which the loaders fill at the earth-closets, thus obviating two journeys at every call.
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Emptying is through • a 4-in, discharge pipe below the rear, 'controlled by a quick-acting gate-type valve. An adapter on this permits any required length of hose to be joined up. Evacuation is assisted by a handhydraulic tipping gear with a maximum elevation of 45 degrees. This machine has been commissioned by Bridge Blean Rural District Council, which controls an extensive area on the outskirts of Canterbury. HEAVY DROP IN IRISH REGISTRATIONS.
WE learn that the total number of new commercial vehicles registered in the whole of Ireland for the first time, during the year ended December 31, totalled 3,860, as compared with 4,831 during the corresponding period in 1937. In Northern Ireland. the total fell from 1,823 to 1,360 (25 per cent.) and in Eire from 3,008 to 2,590 (14 per cent.).
All types of vehicle in Eire, with the exception of the larger hackney vehicles and the exempted vehicles, showed a decline. Large public service vehicles increased from 119, in 1927, to 126 in 1938, whilst the smaller type decreased from 365 to 280. Goods vehicles fell from 2,187 to 1,915, and road locomotives from 337 to 279. The best sellers for the whole year were as follow :—Fordson, 810 (1,056 in 1937); Bedford, 385 (436); Morris, 268 (301); Dodge 130 (118).
In Northern Ireland the total number of goods vehicles at 1,266 showed a decrease of 508 on the previous year, whilst hackney vehicles increased from 49 to 94. The Northern Ireland best sellers were :—Morris, 324; Fordson, 315; Bedford, 288; Austin, 118. NORTHERN OPERATORS BACKWARD IN DEFENCE SCHEME.
r-IF the 11,000 road operators in the ‘../Northern Traffic Area, only 4,000 had, up to last week, registered under the scheme for organizing road trans
port in the event of war. Sir John Maxwell, Chairman of the Northern Area Traffic Commissioners, in a statement last week, said there were about 11,000 operators. in the area represent ing 25,000 vehicles. The 4,000 who had registered represented 8,000 vehicles and there was a big leeway to make up. The organization scheme was a good one. It was without Government control but had Government assistance.
A Polishing Mitt for Fine Coachwork.
MA DE in lambswool, a polishing mitt is marketed at the reasonable price of 2s. 6d. by Brown Brothers, Ltd., Browns Buildings, Great Eastern Street, London, E.C.2, under the trade name " Duco." It should prove useful to garage men for handling new and polished vehicles. It is of the thumbless type with a polishing surface at each side.
Pinner Road-widening Scheme.
WORK is about to begin on the widening of Bridge Street, Pinner, which forms part of the heavily trafficked route (A.404) between Harrow-and Rickmansworth. The cost is estimated at nearly £40,000 and the Minister of Transport, on the application of the Middlesex County Council, has made a grant, for the scheme, from the Road Fund. The works are expected to occupy a period of about six months.
Important Orders for Bus Bodies.
A NUMBER of important contracts /–t for the building of bus bodies has been received by Eastern Coach Works, Ltd., Eastern Way, Lowestoft, amongst which are the following i—Eastern Counties Omnibus Co., Ltd., 50 singledeckers; Thames Valley Traction Co., Ltd., 19 double-deckers; North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., 12 doubledeckers; Rochdale Corporation, 8 single-deckers and 5 vehicles of the double-deck type.
When a Farmer Cannot Claim Exemption.
WHAT ■Alas described as a difficult VI' point of law, affecting many dairymen, arose in cases before the Halstead, Essex, magistrates, when Mr. Jack Herbert Bull, a dairyman, was summoned for failing to keep records of journeys and for failing to display an identity certificate. It was argued that because the defendant was driving the van himself, and the milk was his produce, he was not affected by the provisions of the Road and Rail Traffic Act, 1933.
The magistrates found that the cases were on all fours with that of Fillingham and Hall, in the Divisional Court, mentioned by the prosecution, and said that a farmer ceased to confine his business to agriculture, and thereby to be exempt from the Act, when he sold milk retail and not wholesale. It was then necessary to obtain a certificate from the Licensing Authority exempting him from displaying a C licence and keeping records. After conviction, the cases were dismissed under the Probation of Offenders Act, the defendant paying costs. OPENING FOR TRANSPORT MANAGER.
A ROAD-TRANSPORT company of
repute, operating a trunk service between London and Lancashire, requires a manager for its northern office in central Lancashire. This is a good opening for a man with experience and connections with transport buyers. Letters should be addressed " Trunk Service," care of the Editor.