"John Bull" Denies Rumour.
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We have been officially informed by Wood Brothers (Blackpool), Ltd., Coronation Street, Blackpool, the concern openating the John Bull coach services, that there is no truth in the rumour that an arrangement is being, or has been, made between that concern and the North-Western Road Car Co., Ltd.
U.S. Move to Prevent Evasion of Petrol In order to stop the evasion of the impott duty of 21 cents (about 2t1.) per gallon on foreign petrol, the American Treasury Department has given orders that the same rate should be levied on foreign naphtha, which is said to have been imported in large quantities for conversion into motor fuel.
Derby's Guy Trolley-buses.
We learn with interest that the 20 Guy trolley-buses which are being run at Derby are equipped with the Haworth patent ball-beating steering joints supplied by Masers. Charles A. Haworth and Son, Maleham Street, Great Cheetham Street East, Manchester.
It is claimed that these joints, being totally enclosed and of anti-frictional construction, can be run for well ovor 100,000 miles without requiring attention.
An Adjustable Jet for Carburetters.
P. J. Evans, Ltd., 249, Cricklewood Broadway, London, N.W2, announces that it has produced a device called the Evans' Economy Jet, to take the place of the ordinary main jet of a commercial-vehiele carburetter.
The jet, which is supplied for certain well-known makes of vehicle, mainly of the lighter class, is of the type incorporating a needle, which, by means of a thumbscrew, may be adjusted from the exterior when the carburetter is in position. The needle is of hard bronze. We understand that patents are pending concerning this device, the retail price of which is 4s. complete.
Britannia Batteries Gives Big Party.
A Christmas party was recently given by Britannia Batteries, Ltd., the manufacturer of Pertrix dry batteries and accumulators, to 730 children of the company's Redditch works' employees.
Mr. R. A. Bachman, the managing director, was particularly interested in the event and received the guests, who were provided with a cinematograph entertainment, a Christmas tree 22 ft. high, and gifts of all sorts, whilst an orchestra, under the direction of Mr. E. G. Freeman, Pertrix sales representative for Birmingham, took part in the festivities.
At the end of the party, Mr. Bachman was presented by the Britannia Batteries' Recreation and Social Club with a silver cigarette case in appreciation of his generosity.
Road Accidents to Children Lower.
The Registrar-General's statistical review for 1931, which has just been published, reveals the fact that, during the year in question, 147 fewer children were killed in road accidents in England and %Vales, as compared with the previous year. The many education authorities, teachers and parents, whose teaching of "safety 1122 first" principles have contributed to, this welcome change, will feel encouraged by these returns to further efforts to reduce the death rate to children in road accidents, which is still over 1,200 per year.
"Royal Welsh" Show Date.
The Royal Welsh Agricultural Show Council has accepted the invitation to stage the 1935 show at Haverfordwest. We publish on this page a portrait of Mr. Scott Blair, who is changing his headquarters in connection with his activities with S. Smith and Sons (Motor Accessories), Ltd. Mr. Scott Blair, who is well known in the commercial-vehicle world, has acted as assistant sales manager in London, hut, as from the beginning of the New Year, he will take over the control of the company's Manchester depot.
A portrait on this page is of Brits Horace W. Gammons, who, we learn with interest, has recently been appointed a director of Walter Gammons, Ltd., the well-known concern of road-transport contractors, founded by his hillier, Mr. Walter Gammons. Mr. Horace Gammons becomes a director at the early age of 24, although he has had 10 years' experience of the business, which he joined upon leaving school.
Mr. C. R. F. En,gelbach has been elected president of the Institution of Automobile Engineers for the session 1932-34, and he will be called to this office in October next.
No more suiteble representative of the industry could have been chosen for this position. Mr. Eagelbach is one of the most charming and best-liked personalities in the trade. He has a great fund of humour and is an extremely able speaker. Many of our readers, no doubt, listened-in to his excellent broadcast address from l3irmingham, the subjects he selected being the choosing of a career, and the position of the craftsman in industry. He is works director of the Austin Motor Co., Ltd., being responsible for the running of the whole of the production side of that vast organization.
First Irish-built Double-deckers.
It is learnt that the first double-deck bodies to be built entirely in the Irish Free State will soon be ready for service in Oork. The bodies, eight in nutnbar, are being constructed at the works of the Great Southern Railway, at Inchicore, Dublin.
The Conuner Six-wheeler.
In Table ha of the specifications contained in our issue dated December 16, the Commer B60-type six-wheeler was described as having four driving wheel's, instead of two. This point should be noted by readers who are filing their copies.
Russia's Oil Output: 20 Million Tons.
Oil production in Russia for the past 11 mantle] amounted to 19,838,500 tons, the output having been stabilized on the level of the same period last year. Daring the past 11 months more than 18,728,000 tons was refined, or 2.9 per cent. more than a year ago.
Heavy Restrictions on Lorries in Uganda.
The governing authorities of the Uganda Protectorate are now empowered to prohibit lorry traffic between points adequately served by railways. Licences are granted only on personal application, and decisions rest entirely with the Government. The system is the same as that adopted in the neighbouring Kenya Colony.