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C.M.U.A. PLANS FOR GENERAL ELECTION.
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The Commercial Motor Users Association is making plans for placing the case of road transport before candidates at the forthcoming General Election. Arrangements are, we understand, being made for candidates to be interviewed by members of the local committees of the C.M.U.A., with a view to discussing matters affecting the industry.
Particular attention will be given to legislation, reduction in motor-vehicle licence and fuel duties, increased speed limits, reconstruction of weak and narrow bridges, removal of railway crossings, toll roads and bridges, raids on the Road Fund, provision of adequate coaching facilities and an investigation of railway finances.
Tecalamies Good Trading.
The report of Tecalemit, Ltd., covering the period from October 16, 1934, to July 31, 1115, shows a profit, before charging depreciation and directors' remuneration, of £53,686. After deducting depreciation (£4,557), provision for income tax (z13,c00), written-off preliminary expenses (£6,500) and certain other items, the balance available is £19,405. It is proposed to pay a dividend at the rate of 12 per cent, per annum, plus a cash bonus at the rate of 2 per cent, per annum for the period from December 12, 1934, to July 31 last, which will absorb £13,793 and leave £5,612 to be carried forward.
The Vigzol Dinner.
The annual dinner of the Vigzol Oil Refining Co. (London), Ltd., was held at the Savoy Hotel, London, on October 19, when Mr. Percy Hilton was in the chair. The chief guest was Sir George Hume, J.P., M.P. who, in proposing the toast of the company, said that it had never looked back since it started.
The chairman, in responding, mentioned that from the time operations commenced in 1919 every year had created a record, the latest achievement being an increase in business of 15 per cent, over the figure for 1934. He mentioned that the company had a 100 per cent, approval of its oil from.oil-engine makers and added that the best test for any oil was an engine of this class.
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Dissertating further on this point he referred to a Gardner-engined oiler that had run efficiently for 157,000 miles on
Vigzol oil. He spoke of a scheme, details of which were not yet available. whereby big users of the company's oil would benefit from its success and the profit made.
Experimental Work on Roads.
The report for 1934 of the Technical Committee appointed by the Minister of Transport to advise upon experimental work carried out by the Roads Department has now been published and is available from MM. Stationery Office, price is. firi. net.
It covers work in collaboration with highway authorities on roads in various parts of the British isles, with the object of determining the best Materials and methods to be adopted, having regard to durability, non-skid properties and economy.
Experiments have been mainly with materials typical of those in general use, viz., concrete, tar and bituminous sarfacings, and experiments have been carried out with cement-bound macadam.
The number of authorities cooperating has increased from 22 to 38 and the experiments by 20 to a total of 57.