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"A CCOMMODATION was not avail1-3. able by train for the number of passengers who travelled by road," was the answer given by Mr. J. Callaghan, Parljamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, to a questioner who wished to know why spectators at a Bristol football match could not have travelled by rail.
• Mr. Hollis asked how many coaches were used to take spectators from Dartford to Bristol to see a football match • on December 6. Mr. Callaghan replied that 28 coaches were hired for that purpose.
Mr. Alms also asked a question designed to show that fuel was being wasted by coaches operated on contract work.
20,000,000 MILES COVERED WITH " PRE-FABS."
AFLEET of 1,700 vehicles, run by the Ministry of Supply, will shortly log a total of 20,000,000 road-miles. Most of the machines are articulated Fordsons.
For over two years they have been engaged in transporting pre-fabricated aluminium houses, from factories to sites in all parts of the country. Many of them are conversions of ex-Service vehicles, which had covered large mileages before being taken over by the Ministry of Supply in 1945.
Speedy and efficient transport is vital to the four former aircraft factories making aluminium "pre-fabs.' Their manufacturing programmes rely entirely upon up-to-the-minute clearance of production, for, with lack of adequate storage space for so bulky a product, the slightest transport hold-up can bring output to a standstill. Despite all kinds of difficulties, however, trans!•ort delays have never occurred.
IMPORT OF MACHINERY FREE OF DUTY
UNDER Section 10 of the Finance Act, 1932, as amended, the Treasury is empowered, after consultation with the Board of Trade, to license the dutyfree importation of machinery. It is a statutory requirement that application for the issue of a licence under the section should be made before the machinery is imported.
Cases continually arise in which application is made for a Treasury licence after the consignment of machinery has reached the United Kingdom. Whatever the merits of the case for duty-free importation, it is not possible under the statutory provisions for a Treasury licence to be granted in such circumstances, says the Board of Trade.
GLASGOW BUILDING BODIES
TO -eplace existing single-deck trams, Glasgow Corporation Transport Department is now building single-deck bodies on a fleet of 42 Daimler C.V.D.6 chassis.
Designed and bunt in the Larkfleld bus works, the bodies are being constructed on the metal-section-frame principle, have 6 ft. 7 ins, headroom, and seat 33 passengers. Front-entrance and rear-exit doors of the jack-knife pattern are power-operated by Peters pneumatic gear.
Seats are upholstered in moquette, with leather edgings, and are interchangeable, side for side, to give a longer life to the seat edges.
DOMINION TYRE MOVE
IN the New Year, the Dominion 1 Rubber Co., Ltd., will set up its office at 62-64, Horseferry Road, London, S.W.1, and its new London warehouse in Beresford Avenue, Stonebridge Park, N.W.
NEW H.F. WINCH
AWINCH with the capacity of 15 cwt. has been added to the wide range of salvage and workshop equipment manufactured by Harvey Frost and Co., Ltd., Bishop's Stortfo A. It is rtgidly constructed and is fitted with the H.F. patented universal gear unit, which is
totally enclosed and incorporates an automatic friction brake.
It is 3 ft. wide and I ft. 4 ins, deep at the base, and is 2 ft. 7 ins. high. It weighs 2 cwt.
1947 ACT TO BE EXPLAINED rIN January 2, at 1.15 p.m., at the ‘,--/ offices of the Port of Bristol Autho.rity, Mr. T. D. Corpe, 0.B.E., an authority on road transport law, will speak on "The Transport Act." He will address members . of the Western Section of the Institute of Transport.
MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS Exeter Corporation Is to buy a Commer van for police purposes.
Herefard Corporation is recommended to buy a Muir Hill shunting tractor.
Salford Corporation is reCOMiliCtIded to bin a COMM' 4-5-ton short-wheelbase tipping lorry with steel-lined body.
Carlisle Corporntion, subject to the approval of the finance committee. is to purchase two Lewin street sweepers. .
Chester Corporation proposes to buy five 56-seater full-height composite bus bodies and two other double-deck bus bodies from Massey Bras., Ltd.
Swansea Corporation is LO purchase from C K Andrews. Ltd., a Morris-Commercial tractor with Eagle trailer for carryingcable drums, and from Kerswell (MOWS). Ltd.. a Neal crane The borough engineer also Proposes to buy three Morris-Commercial Derby-type refuse collectors from C K. Andrews; Ltd., and three Karrier Chelsea-type refuse vehicles from J. and P Bevan, Ltd.
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
A PPLICATIONS may now be sub
mined for the award, in August, 1948, of up to. five Henry. Spurrier Memorial Scholarships of an aggregate value not exceeding £1,250, and at least five Henry Spurrier Memorial Grants not exceeding £20 each. Applications must be made on a form to be obtained from the secretary of the Institute of Transport, 80, Portland Place, London, W.I. Completed forms must be deposited not later than May 31 next.
It is desirable that candidates should have passed the graduateship or associate-membership examination of the Institute, or some other professional or academic examination.
Scholarships may be awarded to assist in meeting travelling expenses incurred in studying road transport, for specific projects of research in or in connection with road transport, or for full-time study in subjects connected with or ancillary to road transport, at a university or other educational establishment approved by the Institute.
GROWTH OF SLIP FACILITIES A THOROUGHLY modern factory 1-1. and garage at Coombe Bridge, on the Kingston By-pass have been acquired by Slip group of independent companies, . of which Baron Rolf Beck is chairman and governing director. The export department and showroom are at 22, Gilbert .Street, London, W.1 ••The new Slip works covers 35,000 sq.
ft., of which 5,r.00 sq. ft. is garage and workshop space, the remainder comprising production, paCking. and administrative buildings. The garage is operated by Slip Auto Sales and Engineering Co.
During a Visit to the-United States and Canada. last summer, • Baron Beck obtained many thousand. dollars' worth Of orders and formed a company called Slip World Corporation, to market Slip products in the United States. • He has also been to Spain and Portugal.