A Glasgow Bus Company's Profits.
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The report of the Glasgow General Omnibus and Motor Services, which covers the period to September 30th last, shows a profit, after making full provision for depreciation, of £7,572, and the directors recommend that this sum, which is subject to income tax, should be carried forward.
Our readers will perhaps recall that the cornpanY was formed in JUIN, 1926, when a substantial order fbr buses was placed. The vehicles were put into service as and when they were delivered, but it was in May, 1027, before the 70 vehicles were on the road. At a later date 30 additional vehicles were ordered, and at the end of the period covered by the report the company had 100 motorbuses in. operation. 'frs the course of the next few weeks it is anticipated that
1503 buses will be in the service of the concern. Mention is made of the fact that keen competition has been encountered, particularly in Lanarkshire, but the measures adopted to overcome it have been 'largely successful.
Mythto-Liverpool Licences. Myth Licensing Committee has granted the application of the Wane., beck Trading Co. for licences for two buses in connection with a service between Myth and Liverpool via Links Road, Whitley Rag, North Shields, Newcastle, Darlington, Harrogate, Leeds, Huddersfield, Manchester and Warrington, Prospects in the Argentine.
A report on the commercial, economic and financial conditions in the Argentine has just been issued by the Department of Overseas Trade and it indicates that there has recently been an increase in the importation of commercial motor vehicles, largely as the result of the growth in the establishment of bus services which, it is thought, will extend even more when proper regulations are brought into force.
Motor vehicles arc not manufactured in the Argentine so that there is keen competition for the market. For some years American makers have given much attention to it, and by far the largest number of vehicles importbd into the Argentine is built in the United States, although it is satisfactory to note that the number imported from the United Kingdom increased from 99 in the year 1925 to 1S3 in 1926, whilst for the opening six months of the present year it is estimated, from the returns of the Association of .Importers, that 315 vehicles of British origin have entered the country.
Concerning the potential market which exists for motor vehicles the report makes it clear that, indirectly, a step in the right direction has been made by the visit to Australia of a delegation from the British motor -trade, for it is felt that many of the conclusions arrived at as to the methods of meeting the requirements of the Anstridian market will also apply to the Argentine.
Travelling Dispensaries for Sick Animals.
The other day there was a little function in the West End of Landon, when a fleet of six motor dispensaries for sick animals, which is being put on the road by a voluntary association known as the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals of the Poor, was paraded. The vehicles consist of lorry chassis fitted with covered yen bodies,' the interiors of Which are equipped with all the necessary fittings, appliances and medicines for the treatment of sick dogs, eats and other animals.
A Tyre-pressure Indicator for Giant Pneumatics.
A. Schrader Sons, Inc., of 26-29, New Street, Landon, S.W., has just brought out a new form of the Schrader tyre gauge, this being fitted with a 6-in, extension to enable it to be conveniently used in connection with giant pneu matic tyres. Originally developed for dual pneumatic tyres, the new gauge makes it easy to 'test the-inside tyre without stretching the arm through the handhole in the disc wheel.
An Automatic Battery Cut-out Device.
Simple in design, although working on an ingenious principle, the Sico safety ignition Cut-out, which has recently been placed on the market by Brown Bros., Ltd., Great Eastern Street, London, E.02, should prove suitable for commercial motors equipped with battery-and-coil ignition.
This neat little instrument comprises a 'special form of battery switch, which, is connected to the oil • circuit of the engine. It is so constructed that with the motor, to which it is fitted, in operation, the pressure of oil forces a diaphragm within the Sico device to make contact, thus switching on the current from the battery. Should this pressure of lubricant be cut off or fail, contact is immediately broken, and thus the current from the battery is switched off.
• It will be readily seen, from these facts,that the instrument serves two important purposes, these being the prevention of the engine from running until it seizes, should its oil supply fail, and of wastage of the power in the battery should the main switch be inadvertently left in the " on " position.
Two-seater Cabs for Glasgow.
At, a sitting of the Glasgow magistrates recently it was decided that licences should be issued for two-seater cabs on the usual conditions, which means that whilst a maximum fare of is. 6d. is fixed there is no minimum rate. . .
Express Buses at Prestwich. a •
Prestwich Urban District Connell has granted the application of the Prestwich Garage, Ltd., for permission: to run express motorbuses within the Prestwich district.