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Council Seeks Road-closing Order.
An application by Hants County Council, seeking power to close to heavy traffic Matchams Road, between Ringwood and Christchurch, formed the subject of a public inquiry at Winchester by the Ministry of Transport. The motor coach section of the Bournemouth Chamber of Trade objected to the application, and Mr. E. W. Marshall Harvey, who represented it, stated that the road, which is Eve miles long and embraces a rhododendron forest, is included in a favourite tour of Bournemouth motor coaches.
In the opinion of the county council, the road was considered unsafe for heavy traffic, in view of the condition of the foundations, and an alternative main road was stated to be available.
Doubt Over Weight Regulation.
With a view to obtaining a judicial decision regarding the permissible weight allowed to be transmitted to the road surface by a two-wheeled trailer forming part of an articulated vehicle, under Regulation 60 of the Motor Vehicles (Use and Construction) Regulations, 1931, Cheshire County Council's highways committee had decided to authorize the clerk to apply for a case to be stated in the event of a summons under this regulation being dismissed.
Widnes Obtains Consent.
When sitting at Widnes, last week, the North-Western Traffic Commissioners granted Widnes Corporation permission to operate a bus service outside its boundaries, to St. Helens. Objections were entered by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Co., Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., and St. Helens Corporation.
West Ham Road Contracts.
The Ministry of Transport has sanctioned the placing of contracts by West Ham, Council for the building of a viaduct on the new arterial road at West Ham, at a cost of 1330,352, and for the widening of High Street, Stratford, for £63,000. Oil-engined Buses for Aberdeen?
A few days rp.o the transport committee of Aberdeen Town Council recommended the purchase of 12 doubledeck buses equipped with oil engines, at an estimated cost of £23,000. For nearly a year the corporation has been operating an oil-engined bus, with results that have proved satisfactory. The trausport manager has been instructed to make inquiries with regard to creosote fuel as a substitute for petrol, and to conduct experiments, if it be thought advisable.
Gas-coal Fuel for Buses.
Arrangements are in hand at Manchester to develop a process for extracting from gas-coal a fuel suitable for use in the corporation buses. The fuel is said already to be produced on a small scale at the gas committee's Rochdale Road Works, and it is proposed to erect plant at the Bradford Road and Partington gas works, capable of yielding annually about 340,000 gallons of fuel.