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" IF we are not careful, the powers of granting licences will go to the miners union so far as coal is concerned, and to the education authority so far as school meals and school contracts are concerned." This observation was made by the, Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority when he heard an application by Mr. James Small, Blairgowrie, to carry schoolchildren between Blairgowrie and Blacklunans. The application was opposed by Mr. H. .Maclachlan, who previously held the contract. The Deputy Authority said that the contract had evidently been "going backwards and forwards." It seemed as if it was to be the director of education, and not the Licensing Authority, who would decide who was to obtain the licence, and the same thing was happening in connection with school meals. The Authority had every sympathy with the director, who accepted the lowest offer. In Fife, the union changed their minds about every six months about the haulage of coal, he added. He reserved his decision.
CORPORATION SHOULD BUILD ROADS FOR BUSES
IT was incumbent upon Glasgow CorI poration to make available in their housing schemes roads suitable for public service vehicles, Mr. James Law, for Lowland Motorways, Ltd.', told the Scottish Licensing Authority, last week. The company sought to run a service between Shettleston and Ruchazie housing estate. The case had been adjourned since March because several of the roads along the proposed route had not been completed. Mr. Law said that the corporation, did not seem to hate done much work to the roads in the interval, except to put a top dressing on them. The Authority approved an amended route to be used temporarily, and said that he would inspect the one originally proposed.
HULL TRIES WINKING LIGHTS
EXPERIMENTS with winking-light La' direction indicators are being made by Hull Transport Department. They have been fitted to buses in front of the driver and slightly below eye level. Mr. A. Smith gave this information to Hull and East Riding Accident Prevention Federation last week. He said that semaphore indicators for large vehicles were too heavy, expensive to replace and liable to strike cyclists. The positions in which winking-light indicators were fitted to current production vehicles were criticized by members. The opinion was that the indicators should not be incorporated in side and rear lights, but be placed where the semaphore type used to be fitted
T.S.3 Engines for Furniture Vans
TO enable a full-sized furniture-van body to be built on an existing chassis having the Commer T.S.3 engine, Ray Powell, Ltd., Eastern Avenue, Ilford, have used Commer Avenger coach chassis for two vehicles constructed for Greaves and Thomas, Ltd. The 22-ft.-long body is comfortably accommodated on this chassis, which has a wheelbase of 15 ft. 9 in. The body is 9 ft. high, 7 ft. 6 in. wide and has a well 14 in. deep. The total capacity is 1,650 cu. ft. Commer 7-tonner forward-control cabs are used, the engines being mounted at the front under the floor.
These are rated at 105 b.h.p. and are of the opposed-piston two-stroke type.
The body is constructed of timber and composite panelling, reinforced with steel angle section. Batteries and spare wheel are carried in compartments under the floor on the near side, to balance the weight of the fuel which is contained in two 24-gallon tanks on the off side. Access to the batteries, the engine and the rear axle is provided through traps in the floor of the body. The sides are slatted and two interior lights are fitted in the roof and are operated by a switch at the rear. Roller shutters are fitted and both vehicles are identical except for the Eaton two-speed axle used in one case.
LONDON HAULIERS EXTEND
AN extension of their organization has enabled W. H. Martin, Ltd. (Martin's Transport Services), 3-5 Rangoon Street, London, E.C.3. to provide a long-distance road service. They have branches at Birmingham, Glasgow, Hull, Liverpool. Manchester and Southampton. The long-distance service is under the direction of Mr. F. C. G. Mills.
Joint Corporation for Colombo?
A TRANSPORT corporation for rt Colombo should be formed, it has been proposed, to solve the serious passenger-carrying problems facing the city. The corporation would combine municipal, government and private interests and the capital required would be about Rs.20m. Nearly 600 buses would be needed, to operate within a 15-mile radius of Colombo. The mayor and the municipal commission have agreed to the suggestion, indicating that 51 per cent. of the capital should be allocated to the municipality. Giving evidence before the Bus Commission, the mayor said that the council
planned to have 500 trolleybuses. These would cost nearly Rs.100,000 each, because there was a heavy import duty. The council were prepared to take over the entire transport services within Colombo in the next two years and the mayor wished to see this done.
-Sir Richard Aluwihare, InspectorGeneral of Ceylon Police, told the Commission that although it was originally intended to use 58-60-passenger double-deckers, single-deckers could carry as many as 64 people. He advised that only single-deckers should be employed.
FINED FOR CARRYING R.A.F.
MOTTINGHAM magistrates on Monday fined W. Gash and Sons. Ltd., Newark, a total of £3 15s. on three charges 'of carrying R.A.F. personnel without a road service licence. The men were returning from leave to Cranwell R.A.F. college. Mr. H. S. Whitby, prosecuting, said that had they been taken to a dance or a football match, it would have been a special occasion and no licence would have been required.
The company pleaded guilty.
Operators Told to Meet Railways