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MR. E. C. RUFFLE, a director of Wellworthy Piston Rings. Ltd., is making a satisfactory recovery from a recent operation.
MR. D. PArnsoN has been appointed sales representative of the North British Rubber Co., Ltd.. in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridge.
MR, R. J. EXCELL has, for personal reasons, retired from the board of Proctor. Springwood, Ltd. He will. however, continue with the company as production manager.
MESSRS. R. FOT HERBY (Sheffield), A. P. J. SQUIRES (York) and L. TURNBULL (Leeds), have been elected representatives of the Yorkshire Area on the executive committee of the National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers.
Ma. 3. J. BARKER, Of the National Farmers' Union, has been nominated as the Union's representative on the general panel to which the Transport Tribunal, under the Transport Act, may refer in matters affecting rates and charges for agricultural traffic.
MR. MICHAEL T. SHALE, joint managing director of S. and W. Motors, Ltd., Northampton, has left for America and Canada on behalf of the Austin Motor Co., Ltd. His co-managing director is his father, MR. H. SHALE, who founded the business and is its chairman.
MR. S. F. BLANCH has, owing to illhealth. resigned his position as general manager of British Light Steel Pressings, Ltd., but will continue as a director. He will be succeeded by M. G. F. SHRIGLEY, who will also be a director of this company, which is part of the Rootes Group.
LIEUT.-COLONEL K. E. Booste, assistant director of the International Road Federation (European and Eastern Region), is on a tour which will include New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon and Pakistan. The object is to make contact with all bodies interested in roads and the promotion of road development in these countries.
MR. WILLIAM FonEN, managing director of Fodens, Ltd., yesterday celebrated his 80th birthday. Last night he received a presentation from MR. CHARLFSWORTH, the company's secretary, on behalf of the directors, foremen, staff departmental heads and
• management committee of Foden's • recreational club.
MR. V. DRURY, president of the Canadian Car and Foundry Co.. Ltd.. Montreal, and the vice-president, Ma. E. I. Cosectito, are flying to the Earls Court Show on October 4. Mr. Cosford was at one time president of the A.E.C.. Ltd., of Canada, and, later, in charge of sales for Mack, Ltd. He is now general manager (sales) in his present company.
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MR. A. 1. .MONCR1EFF, of Scammell Lorries, Ltd., who is known throughout the industry as "Monty," has been touring Denmark and Sweden in the interests of the new Scammell Scarab mechanical horse. Although his journey includes the Copenhagen Show, he is certain to be back to meet his friends at Earls Court.
MR. D. Sr. CLAIR MCBRIDE has become publicity manager of Tyresoles. Ltd., in succession to MR. IAN PITT, who is now publicity manager of L.E.P. Transport, Ltd. LIEUT. COMMANDER S. D. IsiGamo, 0.13.E., R.N. (Retd.). buyer for Tyresoles, Ltd., has been elected vice-chairman of the London branch of the Purchasing Officers' Association.
MR. THOMAS F. LAURIE has been appointed chairman of the IrishAmerican Oil Co.. Ltd., as from the end of the year. He was entrusted with the formation of this company in 1922, became secretary in 1923, a director in 1931 and managing director in the same year. In 1934 he became chairman of the Dublin Port and Docks Board, and was Peace Commissioner in 1935, whilst in 1938 he was president of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce. Later the same year he was appointed a general sales manager of the Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., in London. A few months later he joined the International Association (Petroleum •Industry), Ltd. At the outbreak of war he was seconded to the Petroleum Board.
MAJOR GENERAL SIR LESLIE
WILLIAMS, K.B.E., C.13., has relinquished his post as general manager at the Rootes Group's sales and service headquarters, Ladbroke Hall, Kensington, London, and has been appointed director of export, of Rootes, Ltd., Devonshire House, to assist MR. I. G. CHALDECOTT, the export managing director, in developing the overseas markets. Sir Leslie has had a distinguished military career and created the Army vehicle and Tank supply organizatioa at Chilwell. in 1942 he became Chief of Ordnance at the War Office, The new general manager at Ladbroke Hall is MR. 0. W. ROSSITER, who will also supervise the service department at Lord's Court. He was formerly general service manager for Rootes, Ltd.
BIG U.S. TRUCKS FOR BRITAIN
I T is believ sd by Teddington Hands Garage, Ltd., Teddington, near Tewkesbury, Glos., that the dollar difficulty may be overcome and that some American trucks will be allowed to enter the British market.
It has therefore arranged to handle in this country the interests of Ward La France International Incorporated of Elmira. Ne'w York, and will, when possible, handle this company's large trucks, particularly its 20 cubic-yd. sixwheel-drive tipper with Cummins oil engine.
THREE APPEALS NEXT WEEK
THREE appeals are to be heard next 1 week at Halifax House, Strand, London, W.C.2. On September 28 the Appeal Tribunal will take the case of Walter Stevens, who is aggrieved by a decision of the West Midland Deputy Licensing Authority.
Five respondents, including the Railway Executive, will appear in the appeal of H. W. E. Aburn against a decision of the South-Eastern Deputy Licensing Authority, to be heard on September 29. On the following day, Lewis and Co. (Sutton By-pass), Ltd., will appeal against a decision of the Metropolitan Licensing Authority.
TRAVEL AGENTS TO HOLD 'SOUTHPORT CONFERENCE
THE Institute of Travel Agents,
10, Norfolk Street; Strand, London, W,C.2, will hold its annual conference at the Palace Hotel (Birkdale), Southport, from October 15-17. Proceedings will begin on October 15 at 8 p.m. with a civic reception. The annual dinner at the Palace Hotel on October 16 will be open to representatives of transport companies and other officials of the travel industry. The civic reception will also be open to non-members,
122s. FOR TIPPER 122s. FOR TIPPER
1,0 WEST price ever recorded at the sales of Government surplus vehicles at Byram Park, near Pontefract, was £2 2s, paid, during the eighth sale, for a wrecked hydraulic tipper. In contrast were such prices as £1,207 10s, for a
IO-ton oil-engined lorry. • Over 3.000 vehicles were sold at this sale, and the total receipts were £295,270. Since the Byrant Park sales began in 1946, nearly 30,000 vehicles have been disposed of, and receipts have aggregated £3,343,510.
BUSMEN ON FRENCH TOUR
LAST Sunday, 12 employees of London Transport, including two drivers and two conductors, left on a 2,000-mile tour of France. The trip has been arranged to enable representative workers to study French industrial orranizations, including municipal transport undertakings. '
OBITUARY
WE regret to announce the death of TY MR. HENRY TURNER., chairman and managing director of Pneumatic Components, Ltd., maker of service equipment and tyre-pressure gauges. Mr. Turner founded the company nine years ago. He was 52 years of age.
APPLICANTS CUSTOMERS SAID TO INCLUDE MANY HAULIERS
DECISION was reserved, last week, by the Metropolitan Licensing Authority on a fiercely contested application by T. Mileham and Sons, Ltd., London, E.16, for the addition of 19 vehicles (48 tons 17 cwt.) and six trailers (12 tons) to its A licence. Bristol Haulage Co., Ltd., L. H. Dimond and Co., Ltd., Messrs. Knee Bros., S. Oatley and Sons, Ltd., Pioneer Transport, Ltd., Messrs. Sheppard and Sons and the Railway Executive objected.
In November, 1947, the applicant was granted an A licence for 44 vehicles (137 tons 3 cwt.) and six trailers (11 tons), reduced on appeal by the objectors to 33 vehicles (102 tons 2 cwt.) and eight trailers (14 tons 15 cwt.). The latest application, if granted, would increase the fleet to 52 vehicles (150 tons 19 cwt.) and 14 trailers (26 tons 15 cwt.).
The objectors contended that the applicant's list of customers included a number of haulie.-s and that, of £42,380 paid for hiring, £34,476 was to concerns in which T. Mileham and Sons, Ltd., was financially interested. There was said to be a danger of a dual grant.
79,156 MORE C VEHICLES
THE Minister of Transport told the House of Commons, on Monday, that during the first six months of this year, 56,496 more C-licence vehicles were authorized. The figure for July was 11,036 and for August 11,624. The total of 79,156 for the first eight months of the year compares with a rise of 103,413 during the whole of 1947. if this year's monthly average be maintained, the increase in 1947 will be exceeded by about 15,000.
OIL FROM THE MIDDLE EAST
SPEAKING yesterday at a London luncheon as guest of honour of the American Chamber of Commerce, Mr. F. W. Abrams, chairman of the Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey), said that as the United States has become an importer of oil, Europe and the whole Eastern Hemisphere must look to the Middle East for much of its petroleum..
The speed with which this oil could be developed was the most important factor in expanding their economies, but the task was gigantic. It would require a far greater tonnage of tankers and, possibly, giant pipe lines to the Mediterranean. The Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., had planned a great enlargement of refining at Fawley.
87 MORE COACHES FOR LONDON
LONDON TRANSPORT will hire 87 more coaches from private owners, to help reduce winter_ queues on hardpressed bus routes in the Central Area. They will go on to the streets in batches during October and will raise the number of hired coaches to 575.
SUNBEAM ELECTRIC SERVICE I T is understood that Sunbeam battery electric road vehicles have now been taken over, for spares and service, by Hindle, Smart and Co., Ltd., and that all inquiries should be addressed to 20, Wilmslow Road, Manchester, 20. FARES UP AFTER 27 YEARS MEWCASTLE ON TYNE has . 1 11 received sanction to raise fares, for the first time in 27 years, to meet increasing costs. All fares up to and including 20. will be raised by W. and prices of workmen's tickets will be increased. There will be a half-fare for children, but with a minimum of Id. OIL FILTERED THROUGH PROCESSED PAPER
A NEW Purolator filter, known as the Micronic, to imply that it is capable of dealing with abrasive particles as small as 0.00004 in., was demonstrated on September 15 by Automotive Products Co., Ltd., at Leamington Spa. The outstanding feature of all the filters manufactured, both by-pass and full-flow, is the use of plastic-impregnated paper as the element material, which, it is claimed, is heat resisting, waterproof and warp-proof.
Tests with a normal size of filter and a circulation of 120 gallons per hour. have shown that the high-limit pressure difference of 20 lb. per sq. in. is not reached until 58 grammes of solids have been added, representing an operating test time of 23 hours and an approximate equivalent of 33,000 road miles. in another test, 170 grammes of solids were added to the oil before the insolubles in a tank, representing the engine sump, reached 0.2 per cent.
Great care is taken to ensure that the contaminent solution used as the test dirt stock" is a fair representation of everything harmful that can normally find its way into the sump oil, and to obtain a large amount of stock of standard quality, high-sediment oils have been imported from America.
The filter elements have been designed to handle detergent oils, with the result that only a negligible percentage of the additives is removed: • In the case of the full-flow 'filters, a bypass valve 'maintains circulation if failure to replace • the element after a lengthy period of running makes normal operation impossible.
Replacement-element and replaceablecartridge types are available in sizes to Suit flow requirements., .