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MR. J. R. LANG IS to become secretary of the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd.
MR. J. COLPOYS CHAMBERS has resigned his directorship of the Devon General Omnibus and Touring Co., Ltd.
MR. J. WALLIS, chairman of the Leeds sub-area of the Road Haulage Association, is in hospital with a splintered ankle.
MR. F. GRAINGER has joined British Paints, Ltd., Newcastle, and his immediate task will be to develop sales in the transport industry.
MR. ROGER FALK will take up his duties in the New Year as the first director-general of the British Export Trade Research Organization.
MR. G. HOWARD HUMPH REYS and Mg. W. S. GRAFF-BAKER have been re-elected chairman and vice-chairman respectively of the Engineers' Guild.
MR. W. a Smate, chief accountant of Henley's Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., was recently made a presentation to mark his 50 years of service to the company.
Ma. E. C. McKnotors, M.I.E.E., Chief Engineer of the Chloride Electrical Storage Co., Ltd., was recently made a presentation to mark his 50 years of service to the concern.
MR. G. H. FIE-a:rim has been appointed general manager of the Sheffield works of the MetropolitanVickers Electrical Co., Ltd. MR. H. NEWSAM becomes chief engineer of the traction motor department. MR. R. P. KNIGHT assistant manager, and MR. H. TAYLOR superintendent of the works.
MR. N. G. CADMAN, formerly chief brake engineer, has been appointed deputy works manager (engineering) of the Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd. Other appointments are as follows: MR. K. H. LEECH, chief design engineer, becomes chief mechanical engineer; MR. C. F. B. SHATTOCK assistant design engineer, is made deputy chief mechanical engineer (design); MR. J. W. KERSHAW becomes deputy chief mechanical engineer (brakes); and MR. H. M. HOATHER, formerly assistant brake engineer, is made brake equipment engineer.
MR. G. BRAGG, the new sales director of Commer Cars, Ltd., and the Karrier Motor Co., Ltd., joined the Sunbeam concern in 1912; in 1920, the Pytchley Autocar Co., Ltd., and in 1925 became factory representative on the commercial side of Bean Cars, joining Commer in 1928. MR. J. SHERWIN, works director, joined Commer from the Daimler Co. in 1946, his apprentice.
ship being at • Leyland. He was appointed works manager Of Daimler; and then general manager of two of its B6
ja REDUCTION of 50 per cent, in i Road Fund licences for vehicles operated by hauliers within the 25-mile limit after February 1, was called for by Mr. W. A. Weatherhead.at a -recent meeting of the Stratford-on-Avon branch of the Road Haulage Association. This proposal was made in the light of the concession given to private motorists running solely on their basic petrol ration.
It was further suggested that a petition be presented asking the Government to consider the matter.
WE regret to record the death of MR. J. T. FORSYTH, Nuffield representaa five in Canada. He died in Toronto, after being taken ill with heart trouble.
We also regret to announce the death, at Workington, last week, of MR. THOMAS M EAGEEN, managing 'director of Cumberland Motor Services, Ltd.
The deaths are also announced of MR. A. T. FIDLER, former secretary of the Dunlop Rubber Co.. Ltd., and MR. ALEXANDER NAPIER, a well-known
• Fifeshire haulier, who was killed in an accident.
NEW ESSO ANTI-FREEZE
ANEWEsso anti-freeze solution has been marketed by the AngloAmerican Oil Co., Ltd. It is claimed that the mixture cannot boil away, is non-inflammable, and contains anti-; corrosive additives to protect the cooling system. The -new product is slightly more expensive than other mixtures.
, Road Transport on the Railway Altar
WHILE discussions continue in this VT country on the question of whether nationalization is intended to bolster up railway finances, in France, last week, the Government issued a decree whereby all forms of road and rail transport become subject to a process of co-ordination. This was promptly dubbed by the daily newspapers as an action to sacrifice road transport, the economy of the country and the cost of living on the altar of railway monopoly.
Principally, the decree is aimed at co-ordinating public services operated for hire or reward. Rail services, whether seasonal, irregular or continuous, and road transport, includin-z company-owned taxi and short and long-distance haulage services, will be affected. Privately owned vehicles rim for personal, domestic or social reasons are exempted from the decree, as are bus services operated by local authori
ties forschool children and others,
: privately run taxis, ambulances, etc.
The new decree in its 53 sections defines goods and passenger services subject to reorganization, outlines the conception of regional passenger transport plans, details the scheme for tidying up the fare and rate-charging structure of the country and indicates the conditions under which all vehicles will be required to operate. All services under the act will require ministerial authorization to operate, and international services will receive special treatment.
Goods vehicles are dealt with in a comprehensive scheme. The equivalent of C-licence vehicles are excluded from the decree, as are agricultural vehicles and certain other rural public carriers' vehicles. It would appear that goods services will be subject to careful . integration EMPLOYERS FINED IN "HOURS" EINES aggregating £49 were imposed on hauliers in two recent Yorkshire prosecutions concerning drivers' hours. At Keighley, Cowlayshaw's Greyhound Services, Ltd., Alice Street, Keighley, was fined a total of £29 and ordered to pay £7 7s. in respect of advocate's fees. On four other counts the defendant was discharged under the Criminal Justice Act on payment of costs.
At Bingley. W. C. Forder and Sons, Ltd., Strand Garage, Bingley, was fined a total of £20.
LETTERS TO PASSENGERS ILLEGAL DECAUSE he distributed letters to 1/bus passengers notifying them of a proposed change of route, Bailie B. Dickson, Greenock, has been informed by the manager of Greenock Motor Services, Ltd., that he has contravened statutory regulations which prohibit the distribution of ,advertising matter on bnses.
The matter was being investigated by the Licensing Authority.
R. ME. Cutting Costs
TERMS. of transfer of road haulage undertakings to the Road Haulage Executive had generally proved satisfactory: objections were mainly from men who disliked not being their own masters, said Mr. I.). Derham, a divisional officer of the R.H.E., when he addressed Wirksworth Rotary Club.
Great economies had resulted from bulk purchase of supplies, said the speaker. Costs had further been cut down by diminution of empty running. Kates were more or less standard throughout the country, but no attempt had been made to establish them on a national basis.
Mr. Derham claimed that by leaving control in local hands, the Executive was able to maintain personal contact with users.
1ROOTES SHARE ISSUE
A13IG issue of shares was made yesterday by Rootes Motors, Ltd., a new public company, formerly known as Routes Securities, Ltd. The capital issued, or to be issued, totalled £3,025,000, consisting of £2,025,000 of 5 per cent, redeemable cumulative preference shares of El each, and £1,000,000 of ordinary shares at 4s. each The company's authorized capital is £4.525,000.
The Prudential Assurance Co., Ltd., has taken up 500,000 of the shares.
PRIZES FOR BODY DESIGNS ACOMPETITION is to be held by the Insitute of British Carriage and Automobile Manufacturers, 30, Pall Mall, London, S.W.1, for designs of a low-height double-decker. There will be three prizes of a total value of £127 10s.
Similar competitions are also to be held for designs for a 5-cwt. utility vehicle and an ambulance. The prize for the first of these amounts to £33 and for the 'second to £90.
THREE TRACTORS HAUL 115-TON LOAD
A FRACTIONATING column, 84 ft. 1-1.1ong, 10 ft. 8 ins, in diameter and weighing 115 tons, left the Greenwich works of Harvey and Co. (London), lid., last Sunday, and is due to.arrive at the new Shell refinery at Stanlow, near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, next Wednesday.
Pickfords, Ltd., is undertaking the haulage of this column, which is the largest ever made in this country. It is being carried on a 32-wheeled double bogie and towed by three Scammell 20-ton tractors. The length of the combination is 166 ft. Average speed is 5 m.p.h.