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B.R.S. Takes Longer
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TWO or three days were required by British Road Services to deliver parcels within the Kingskettle area, whereas a private, haulier needed only one. This was stated before the Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority recently, when Messrs. A. B. Robertson and Son, Kingskettle, applied for an extension of their radius of operation from five to ten miles. Mr. A. Grieg, a director of a Kirkcaldy ironmongery concern, W. L. Ireland, Ltd., said the B.R.S. apparently took consignments to a depot at Methil or Leven and delivered to Kingskettle when there was a sufficient amount of goods to make a load. Objections were lodged by B.R.S. and the Railway Executive. The application was granted with the proviso that no individual consignment should exceed 10 cwt.
CREWS MAY REFUSE TO CARRY "DRUNKS"
BUS crews at the Hockley depot of Birmingham Transport Department are considering refusing to work weekend services on the route to West Bromwich beyond the city boundary. Many people travel from Birmingham to public houses in West Bromwich at week-ends, and on the late return journeys arguments and disputes are apt to break out on the vehicles. Conductors and conductresses have been subjected to violence. The matter is being investigated by the local trade union official and a deputation from the depot may visit the general manager of the undertaking.
BELFAST'S NEW DAIMLER DOUBLE-DECKER
THE first of 100 Daimler doubledeckers for Belfast Transport Department was handed over recently at a ceremony in the grounds of Belfast Castle. The vehicle , is fitted with. a Gardner 61W engine and has Daimler fluid transmission. Features specified by the operator include Clayton Dewandre air brakes, automatic chassis lubrication equipment and telescopic shock absorbers: Harkness Coachworks, Ltd., built the body, which is of all-metal construction, 8-ft. wide and 14 ft. 11 ins. high. The seats are upholstered in Dunlopillo and trimmed in leather.
STANDARD'S BONUS SCHEME SPEEDS PRODUCTION
nETAILS have been given of an incentive scheme in operation at the Coventry works of Standard Motors,. Ltd., which has enabled 15 per cent. to be taken off the time needed to produce a Ferguson tractor, has cut overheads and absenteeism, and reduced labour turnover to 0.1 per cent. per week. In working out the bonus scheme, a target is fixed for the number of manhours needed for the production of a particular unit, and at the end of each week the total number of hours worked
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is divided by the number of units made. This is expressed as a percentage of the target and forms the basis for the ratio of the bonus payable. For example, if the target for making a number of tractors were 100 hours and the job occupied 110 hours, the bOnus would be approximately 90 per cent. of the basic rate. Should the number of hours taken be less than 100, the bonus would be above 100 per cent. Previously, the company dealt with 98 different rates of pay. Lower-paid workers have been upgraded and the number of rates has been reduced to 10.
UNUSUAL USE FOR ELECTRIC HAMMER A
METHOD adopted by Alderbrook .t1 Motors, Ltd., Balham, London, S.W.1, for driving home cylinder liners, is to use , a Black and Decker 2-in. portable electric hammer. Previous to the use of this tool a press was employed, the setting-up of which took between 10-15 minutes. With the hammer method a liner cart be driven home in 30-45 secs, and, of course, no setting-up is necessary, a block of metal is first placed on top of the liner to protect it from direct hammer blows.
DIRECT SERVICE REFUSED
WHEN Blyth Corporation urged United Automobile Services, Ltd.; to run a direct service to London, it was informed that this proposal would "conflict with ,the decision of the Minister of Transport." The company has been asked to provide feeder services to link with London-bound vehicles at Newcastle-on-Tyne.
India's First Royal Tiger
THE first Leyland Royal Tiger to be delivered to India was recently inspected by the director-general of West Bengal State Transport, Sri. N. C. Ghosh. The vehicle has been fitted with a 46-seat body by Dewars Garage and Engineering Works, Calcutta.. Light alloy was used in preference to steel and wood, and 30-cwt. was saved on this account. This will permit the carriage of 30-40 standees 'during peak periods. It had been thought that the underfloor location of the engine would prohibit the use of the vehicle in certain parts of India, but in the 4,000-mile test run under extremely bad conditions, the Royal Tiger acquitted itself well.
NEW I.T.D. WEIGHING DEVICE SAVES TIME.
ANEW devIce offered by I.T.D., Ltd., 95-99, Ladbroke Grove, London, WA!, obviates the necessity of double handling hitherto associated with the precise assessment of weight. In the operation of a mechanicalhandling system, speed is often lost while materials are taken for weighing on a static machine. Known as the Wheelerweigh, the equipment is exclusively applicable to Stacatruc machines and complies fully with Board of Trade regulations.• Once a load has been picked up on the forks, the depression of a lever causes the weight to be shown on an indicator in front of the driver. The device works on the beam principle of weighing and has renewable and interchangeable hardened-steel knife-edge centres and bearings specially designed to stand up to rough treatment.
SOUTH AFRICAN CALL FOR VEHICLES
THE Union Tender and Supplies Board, 271, Visagie Street, Pretoria, has issued a call for tenders for the supply of lorries to the department of transport. The number of vehicles to be purchased will depend upon the prices quoted. Between six and 12 6-7tonners are required, between 12 and 23 7-8-tonners, and between five and 10 6-7-ton tippers. One 12-ton tipper is also needed. Tenders must be submitted by July 17. Further details can be obtained from the Commercial Relations and -Exports Department of the Board of Trade, Horse Guards Avenue, London, S.W.I.
SHEFFIELD PREFERS TRADITION
HAVING considered for some time the possibility of painting its trams and buses in a new all-green livery, Sheffield Transport Department is reported now to favour the original blue-and-white colour scheme. The city council agreed, last April, to the change to green, which,it was estimated, would save £4,500 a year in painting costs for the whole fleet.