L.U.T. OPERATING RESULTS.
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During 1935 the operating profits of the Lancashire United Transport and Power Co., Ltd., amounted to £70,919, compared with £69,599 in
the previous year. After charging £12,500 for debenture interest and £21,286 for depreciation, the net profit amounts to £37,133, as against £16,320 in the previous year. A sum of £1,000 has been added to the employees' fund and £5,822 carried to the reserve. The directors propose to pay a dividend of 5 per cent, on the ordinary shares, which will absorb £13,811.
20,000 Order for C,owiesons.
A £20,000. order. for bus. bodies has been placed by the Northern Ireland Transport Board with F. D. Cowieson and Co., Ltd., Glasgow. The KM order will necessitate the employment of many additional men. It is said that there are now fewer than 300 unemployed bodybuilders in Scotland.
• New Distributor for James Vans.
The James Cycle Co., Ltd., Birmingham, has appointed Morgans (Wimbledon), Ltd., Coombe Lane, .London, S.W.20, as sole distributing agent for its three-wheeled vans over a large area of south-west London, in-chiding 13attersea, Clapham, Wandsworth, Balham and Wimbledon.
Shipping Guide for Hauliers.
The following is the number of ships arriving at the London docks, wharves and jetties named, from February 28March 7 inclusive:—Docks: King
• George V. 5; Royal. Albert; 7; Royal Victoria, 4; Surrey Commercial, 4; .West India, 1; East India, 1; SouthWest India, 2; Tilbury, 6; Tilbury Stage, 2; Millwall, 3. Wharves: Hays, 5; Middleton's, 2; Mark Brown's, '1. Tilbury jetty, 3.
Bid for Removal of Taxation.
Bermondsey 'Finance Committee is approaching the Metropolitan Boroughs Standing Joint Committee with a view to action being taken to obtain relief in taxation on vehicles used on the council's statutory duties in connection with public health and cleansing services. The counCil has to pay £1,294 a year tax on cleansing machines.
The finance committee considers that such vehicles should be entirely free . from taxation.'
Simms Works Extension.
An interesting sidelight on the increasing popularity of the oil engine is to be found in the news that Simms Motor Units, Ltd., Gre,sse Street, London, W.1, has found it necessary to enlarge its East Finchley factory accommodation in all departments concerned with the manufacture of Uniflow fuel pumps and equipment. The new building is a two-storey structure, 113 ft. long and 30 ft. wide, and the ground floor is planned to provide an assembly shop, finished stores and grinding shop. MR. A. C. FALL, engineer to British Timken, Ltd., Birmingham, recently arrived in England after a lengthy 'tour in Australasia. He left England in December, 1934, and during the past year has lectured to many engineering societies in Australia and New Zealand, MR. R. B. •WISBEY, whose Portrait appears on this page; has recently been appointed chief engineer of the new Garner concern, to which we referred in our issue dated February 14. He has had extensive experience in the motor industry and, . amongst others, has been associated with the Gilford Motor ,Co., Ltd., and the ChryslerDodge concern. So far as Garner products are concerned, we. understand that no radical change is ,contemplated regarding the existing models, but Mr. Wisbey will concentrate on the design of special overseas chassis.
MR. W. G. PALLETT, until recently general manager of the Laycock Engineering Co., has now been appointed to the board of the Laycock Engineering Co., Ltd., as managing director. The board of the latter now consists of Messrs. Herbert E. Hill (chairman), N. D. Newa11, Ashley S. Ward and W. G. Pallett.
Ma. J. M.. E. FELL, overseas sales manager for the Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., recently left for a short business trip to Norway, in which country, at Oslo, the A.E.C. concern has recently appointed distributors for its vehicles. A fleet of .A.E.C. Regal single-deck oil-engined buses is in service and other vehicles are on order for use in this town and its environs.
In order to collect ideas on garage layout and equipment, MR. JAMES QUICK, of H. and J. Quick, Ltd., the well-known Manchester concern of Ford dealers, has left for a lengthy tour of the Continent, during which he will visit Bergen, Copenhagen, Hamburg,
• Amsterdam and Berlin, inspecting Ford Organizations.
The subject of a portrait which appears on this page is MR. L. A. POOLE, M.I.A.E., who is well.' known as a pioneer of the six-wheeler in this country, and who claims to have originated the forward-control position on heavy vehicles, whfch has been .very widely adopted in England and abroad. Although possessing advanced and unorthodox ideas on design, he has also evolved many of the more standard types of vehicle.
Amongst important positions he has held are experimental engineer to Le3land Motors, Ltd., and chief engineer and designer to Karrier Motors, Ltd., and Commer Cars, Ltd., respectively. In 1904 he became chief draughtsman to the Standard Company. He continued his experience with the ArrolJohnston Co. and other concerns, and in 1918 he joined Ricardo and worked there in conjunction with the Mechanical Warfare Department. He has had considerable experience with oil engines. In fact, few designers in the industry can boast such all-round technical knowledge and ability.