• BATTERY ECONOMY MOVE OF LONDON TRANSPORT
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TO enable buses to start up easily in the morning, thereby increasing the life of batteries, London Transport is to purchase 126 booster trucks and 50 tppping-up trucks for use at garages. The topping-up trucks are fitted with a tell-tale device to indicate when the battery is adequately " topped "; this obviates the risk of over-filling or under-filling, and thereby adds t,o the life of the battery. Under war conditions batteries are subjected to increased stress. The operation of short journeys, due to war conditions, necessitates additional starting up. The new equipment will, it is anticipated, effect a considerable economy.
A.R.O. AREA HAS 112 NEW MEMBERS IN YEAR WHEN the annual meeting of the YV South Derbyshire and Burton-onTrent Sub-area of A.R.O. was held it was stated that the Sub-area was in the unique position of having a membership representative of 98 per cent, of the A and B licence-holders in the district. After the annual reports had been presented, Mr. W. G. Cooper was re-elected chairman and Mr. E. Hacker secretary. Delegates appointed to represent the Sub-area of the East Midland Area were Mr. W. G. Cooper and Mr. E. Francis, and on the West Midland Committee Mr. W. G. Cooper and Mr. T. Watson,
The area secretary, Mr. W. G. E. Dyer, reported an increase of 112 members during the year.
A.R.O. MANCHESTER MEETING
THE annual general meeting of Associated Road Operators, East Lancashire Area, is to be held at the, Grosvenor Hotel, Manchester, on Monday, April 13, at 7.30 p.m,
CATALOGUES SOUGI4T
CATALOGUES, photographs, etc., of the Super Sentinel steam wagon and D.G.4 type of this make, also of the Foden Speed Six and Twelve models, are required by Mr. J. H. Edwards, 40, Hawarden Avenue, Liscard, Wallasey, Cheshire.
"WEST YORKSHIRE" RESULTS . FOR 1941
THE West Yorkshire Road Car Co.'s net profit for 1941 was £95,188, a decrease of £2,457 on the previous year. Payment of a final 5 per cent. brings the year's total dividend on the ordinary shares to 10 per cent., tax free. Gross profit was £492,030, an increase of £44,209 on the previous year. Fuel taxation and licence fees absorbed £52,414, and income tax and provision for E.P.T. £275,530. Depreciation accounts for £41,500, and contingencies reserve £25,000.
COVENTRY 'CONCERN CHANGES ITS NAME
AS announced in the advertisement pages of this issue, the general engineering concern of Pattison and Hobourn, Ltd., of Coventry, has changed its title to Hobourn Aero Components, Ltd. Under this new title the company will, we understand, continue to operate under the control of its managing director, Mr. P. L. Hobou rn.