WHEELS OF INDUSTRY.
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L.G.O.Co..'s Coaching Plans.
Although the full summer motorcoaching programme of the London General Omnibus Co., Ltd., does not open until Monday, May 17th, the company have made arrangements this year to supplement their Easter programme of country-bus excursions by 15 motorcoach tours. Some of these will be whole-day trips and others half-day runs. During the coining season the L.G.O.C. will be employing a new type Of motor coach, of which several are now in course of construction. The vehicles will be 25-seaters and will be equipped with pneumatic tyres. One of the features of this new type is that the body can be enclosed to afford protection to the passengers during bad weather.
Tilling-Stevens Profits.
The directors of Tilling-Stevens Motors, Ltd., have just issued their report for the year ended December 31st last, and this reveals a profit of 130,888, to which has to be added a sum of 17,135 brought forward from the previous year. This makes a total of 144,023, out of which the directors propose to pay a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent, for the year to the preference shareholders (this will absorb 121,786) and to transfer £15,000 to depreciation reserve. After making these allocations the sum of 17,257 will he left to be carried forward.
A New Two-sided Map.
An extremely good double-purpose map of London and the south-eastern district of England has been produced by Edward Stanford, Ltd., and has been published by the Daily) Mail at 3s. net. Per the first time within our knowledge (and we have studied road maps for— we hesitate to say it—over 40 years) the folding linen-hacked map has both
of its sides used, so that although we have here two maps laminated with linen the material is quite thin—suggesting, in fact, a new process of double-surfacing the linen foundation. The chief map covers south-east Enghind from the line Oxford-Newbury —Winchester to the east coast—and
from the line Leighton-Buzzard-Stevenage-Colchester to the south coast—at four miles to the inch. The roads are coloured red and the new arterial and by-pass roads are marked clearly in black. The map on the back is a large scale plan of London and 10 miles round at one mile to the inch, and here again the new roads are clearly set out, their connections to the old roads being carefully denoted.
A.E.C.'s New Factory.
The Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., inform us that, in order to deal with increasing trade, the company have under construction at Southall an entirely new factory which will be built on modern lines. It is anticipated that when, at the end of the present year, the existing factory at Walthatnstow is vacated and operations are commenced in the new works, an even wider field than that hitherto exploited will exist for A.E.C. products. The present A.E.C. works are we understand, at present working at full capacity.
Control of Advertisements.
It appears that the Advertisements Regulation Act of 1925 is a dead letter in many parts of the country owing to the failure of local authorities to avail themselves of the powers givenunder the Act to make by-laws for regulating, restricting or preventing the exhibition of advertisements so as to disfigure views of rural scenery or interfere with the amenities of any village or historic place, etc. In the Rouse of Lords on March 24th, the subject was raised by Lord Newton, who was disposed to blame the Home Office as well as local authorities for failure to frame by-laws. Lord Desborough, speaking for the Government, denied that the Home Office had any hostility to the Act and said that in many instances the local authorities had neglected to draw up by-laws for submissionto the Home Secretary. The Earl of Crawford urged further action by the Home Office as he said the new roads now being constructed were in danger of becoming an offence to the community.
Newport's Hackneys Inspected.
The annual inspection of hackney carriages in use at Newport (Mon.) took place recently, and indicated that a great change has taken place in the character of vehicles plying for hire during the course of three years. At the inspection held three years ago some 40 horse-drawn vehicles were present, whereas this year there were only two horse " brakes," one of which was considered to be unsuitable for further plying-for-hire work. Over 50 motorbuses and coaches were inspected, and the majority were passed without criticism, although the owners of a few of them were ordered to have certain body alterations made.
The Newport Council has recently agreed to permit two-seater taxicabs to ply for hire at 8d. per mile—one half the rate for larger taxis—and several vehicles of this character were prusuled and approved.
A Luton Amalgamation.
At a meeting of the Luton Watch Committee a letter from the National Omnibus mid Transport Co., Ltd., was dealt with, in which they stated that they had entered into a contract to purchase the omnibus section of the business of the F. C. H. Motor Haulage
and' Engineering Co. The company asked the councii to transfer the relative licences to them, and stated that their aim is to develop the services so as to give the public every facility for travel. The committee, after consideration of the matter, agreed to the transference of the licences.
Garner's London Office.
In our last week's issue we published a paragraph referring to the London depot which Henry Garner, Ltd., Moseley Motor Works, Birmingham, have established in Wells Street, W.C. We are asked to make it clear that this is purely a service depot and that the company's London office is at Sentinel House, Kingsway, W.0.1.