B Licence for Bagging Coal
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IT was a dangerous principle to say that because the railways could not and do not put coal in bags,' the abstraction of traffic was justified, Mr.. H. C. Beaumont submitted to Mr. J. H., E. Randolph,, Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority, at Beverley last week. He was objecting to an application by Mr. N. M, Grewer, York, for a new B licence for one vehicle.
Mr. R. E. Paterson said Mr. Grewer was a coal and coke merchant with four vehicles on C licence. The vehicles collected coal from collieries in the Casticford area and Were not fully occupied. The application was to bag and carry coal and coke from the collieries to depots and industrial users for E. Mercer and Co. (Hull), Ltd., who, because of bagging difficulties were unable to get suitable transport. The collection and bagging at the collieries must be in expert hands.
British Railways had gone to much expense to cater for coal traffic, said Mr. Beaumont. If it had been any other commodity, they would not have pushed their objection to such lengths.
Mr. Paterson suggested that the railways were making a mountain out of a mole-hill. This was a modest application.
Mr. Randolph said this was an application by a newcomer, and the principal difficulty was the carriage and delivery of bagged coal. He was not satisfied on anything else, but bagging was a service ancillary to haulage, and he would grant a B licence for the carriage of coal, coke and manufactured fuel in bags only.
"THE LIGHT CAR" TO CEASE PUBLICATION
DUBLICATION of our associate 1 monthly journal, The Light Car, is to cease with the December number, which will be on sate on November 22.
Production costs, state the publishers, have mounted rapidly since the war and have now reached a level at which production of the journal in its present fortn and at an acceptable selling price is no longer economically possible. Rather than resort to lower standards of production and printing, it has regretfully been decided to terminate The Light Car and its record, of 44 years of continuous service to motorists and lo the British motor industry.
RIBBLE TRY ATLANTEAN
A LEYLAND Adantean 78-seat ri double-deck bus is this week being tried out by Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., on their Crosby-Liverpool service, which has heavy peak passenger loadings.
Following an inspection of an Atlantean by Bury Town Council last week, suggestions of a non-technical nature made by members of the transport committee and their employees are to be submitted to Leyland Motors. Ltd. Atkins. on Output Record pRODUCTION of Atkinson vehicles last year set up a new record, Mr. W. 0. Allen, chairman, told the shateholders of Atkinson Lorries (Holdings), Ltd,, last week. Exports were numerically more than 50 per cent, higher than jet the previous year. Throughout the year increases in cost had been absorbed. The directors proposed that the authorized capital should be increased by 2m. ordinary shares of 2s. each.
In some supplementary observations, Mr. Allen said that in the first six months Of the current year the number of vehicles delivered was 16 per cent. 'higher than in the corresponding period of last year. The ratio of exports had been maintained. Prices had recently to be raised slightly to deal with increasing costs.
The most recent extension at the works was now being occupied and 24-hour service could be given in. spare parts and repairs. Another. 14-acre plot close to the present works had been bought.
RECORD FOR MR. CURTIS
" IN the past 24 years I:have attended many functiOns similar to this, but I cannot recall one where as many as 135 public service vehicle-drivers have been brought together for awards for 10 years' and more safe driving," Mr. A. G. Curtis, chairman of the East Midland Traffic Commissioners, told drivers of Trent Motor Traction Co., Ltd., at Derby.
Oilers Save 200 a Year
IL-ENGINED buses save 1200 a year over a mileage of 30,000 compared with petrol vehicles. This is the ding of Midland Motorways Services, Ltd., Christchurch, New Zealand. The company-have 45 buses, 22 of which are oilers.
Leyland Comets, both petrol and oil-driven, form the major partof the if and since they have been acquired sufficient time has been saved on maintenance to enable 17 lorries and a fleet of rental cars to be looked after by the same staff.
The petrol-engined Comets covet 200,000 miles with little engine wear. They weigh 5-1 tons and carry 36 Seated and -12 standing passengers. The oilers weigh 5 cwl, more and return 14.5 m.p.g., compared with 8.25 m.p.g. by the petrol models.
Valve grinding is required by the petrol vehicles at 16000 miles and by the oilers at 50,000-100;000 miles, whilst new piston rings are fitted to petrol engines at 100;000 miles and to the oil units at 200,000 miles. New sleeves, pistons andare installed in petrol units at 200,00 miles, .but it iS estimated that the oilers will cover 350,000 miles before such reconditioning is needed.
Sparking plugs and -distributors are checked at 4,000 miles, and injectors and pumps at 60,000 miles. The company require their vehicles to be capable of speeds of up to 50 m.p.h. for longdistance tours, normal cruising speed being 42-45 m.p.h. The fleet, which has risen from eight vehicles in 1936 to 45 today, last year covered 1.4m. miles and carried 1.9m. passengers.
WHY PUNISH THE MOTOR . INDUSTRY?
DURING the last war, the Government called on the motor industry for an all-out effort to provide war materials. There was a great response and the Government ektolled its achievements. After the war came an immediate call to switch over to mcitor vehicles for export, and again the industry -responded.
Today, however, the Government were taking every possible step to down-grade the industry and it would almost seem as if they did not welcome itS survival, Apart from crushing taxation, they had now taken punitive action by increasing purchase tax and hire-purchase restrictions.
These were some of the many cogent remarks made by Mr. F, A. Perkins, president of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, at the Society's dinner on the eve of the Motor Show.
Replying, Mr, Harold Macmillan. Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that now that the Government had to make some re-adjustment in the pattern of industry as a whole, it was natural and inevitable that -pressure had to fall on the motor industry.