33-ton Load Tilted to Reduce Width
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cPECIAL dispensation for a 20-ft.
I-in.-wide stern frame was not needed by Siddle C. Cook, Ltd., Consett, when the company carried it from Sunderland to Glasgow. At the request of the Ministry of Transport, special packings were placed on the load-carrying vehicle, which allowed the frame to be held at an angle of 18 degrees, thus reducing the overall width to 19 ft.
The length of the frame was 27 ft.
11 ins, and the weight 33 tons. The normal road distance between the two towns is 160 miles, but the route that had to be taken by the load was 250 miles.
N.C.B. DRIVERS DEFER RESTRICTIVE MEASURES
nELEGATES representing 1,400
drivers and traffic staff employed by the National Coal Board agreed, at Bolton, last Sunday, to defer their decision to stop deliveries of concessionary coal and to refuse to work overtime from January 1, in support of a claim to be granted concessionary coal and to be included in the Board's pension scheme. Some workers maintain that before nationalization they received these benefits.
It was stated at the meeting that workers in the Midlands were pressing for similar concessions. Representatives of the Transport and General Workers' Union said .that although the decision to adopt restrictive measures had been deferred, they were determined that the problem should be speedily brought to a successful conclusion. It was stated that bodybuilders, canteen. staff and other workers employed by the N.C.B. already received the concessions.
I.R.T.E. FIXTURES
VORTHCOMING meetings of the I Institute of Road Trans por t Engineers include the 'following:— January 6, Eastern centre, W. A. Bevis on heavy-vehicle electrical equipment, Eastern Counties Omnibus Co., Ltd., Norwich, 7 p.m. January 7, East Midland centre, 'T. MaxwellHudson on synthetic-resin adhesives, Mechanics Institute. Nottingham, 7.30 P.m.
January 8, Western centre, Mr. ilevis*s lecture, Grand Hotel Bristol, 7.30 p.m. January 9:South Wales group, A. Towle on lubricating oils, South Wales Institute of Engineers. Park Place, Cardiff.
January 12, Scottish centre, A. ,J. Hirst on rubber bonding, North British Hotel; Edinburgh, 7.30 p.m. January 13, Midlands centre, Mr. MaxwellHudson's lecture, Crown Inn. Birmingham, 7.30 p.m. January 20, North-east England group. E. C.. Tuff on passenger-vehicle maintenance, King s Head Hotel, DaxlingtOn, 7 P.m.
January 21, North-west centre, R. H. Wilson. on rear axles. Victoria Hotel, Wigan, 7.30 p.m. January 22, London centre, J. W. Tayler on maintenance organization for a large fleet, Royal Society Of Arts. John Adam Street, London, W.C.2, 6.30 p.m.
BUYERS' MARKET
" E are now in a severe competitive W buyers' market—one which demands the keenest costing, good quality and, very important, quick delivery." Mr. G. R. McNear, managing director of the North British Rubber Co., Ltd., gives this warning in a New Year message to employees. itt