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:r3rown Bros'. Report.

30th March 1926, Page 5
30th March 1926
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report of Brown Bros„ Ltd., for ii,jsar ended December 16th last shows a profit of £65,728, after seakiug due allowance for taxation and deprecintion, directors' fees and managing director's remuneration. The sum for distribution is brought up to 171,449 by bringing in £5,721 from the previous year. The total amount will be appropriated by the payment of a dividend

for the year on the per cent. cumulative, preference shares, which will absorb £16,875 (£8,437 has already been paid) ; by the payment of a dividend of Ti per cent, on the ordinary shares, which will account for a further 128,125; and by allocating S10,000 to the reserve fund, bringing this up to £110,000. After making these disbursements, £16,449 remains to be carried forward.

The establishment of an Fiectrie Truck Committee to promote the use of electric vehicles and handle other problems wae decided oil at a recent meeting of electric vehicle manufacturers called by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce at New York. It is reported that a definite and growing ;field foe the use of electric vehicles has developed in the cities, where the economies of electric operation give it preference over horse-drawn vehicles. An educational campaign bringing out facts ini favour of electrics will be conducted by the Chamber in co-operation with the National Electric Light Association, the Society for Eke-. tri cal Development and other organizations.

Service Equipment for Morris Users.

A series of tools. specially designed for the use of owners a `Morris vehicles is described in a little booklet which has just been issued by Joseph Bradbury, New Street Works, Braintree, Es-sex. These tools are specially designed for facilitating the operations involved in taking down, -reassembling and repairing the components of the Morris vehicle, and they are marketed at a reasonable price. Amongst the equipment is a combined flywheel, front hob and brake drum extractor, a universal joint fork drawer, an engine sling, a steering wheel drawer, a valve spring lifter and a valve reseating tool. The present range, together with a garage jack and set of garage box spanners—a total of 30 tools—costs about £13.

The Sidcup By-pass.

To-morrow (Wednesday) the Sidcup by-pass will be opened for traffic. This new road forms one Of the links in the chain of improvements along the London-Maidstone-Folkestone Road, which now extends as a modernized traffic-route from Lee Green, Lewisham, to Wrotharn; Heath. The completion of the Eltham by-pass in 1923 and the widening and improvement of the Sideup-Wrotham Road from Reixley Corner south-eastwards, left the existing highway through Sideup and Fonts Cray as an inadequate and congested section between two lengths of a transformed route.

The solution of the difficulty has been found by constructing the new Sideup by-pass. This has a length of 2i miles and its steepest gradient is only 1 in 25—and that for a distanee of only 150 yards. The construction of the road was commenced in May, 1923, and the average daily number of

men employed on the work has been 132. The road has been laid out to a standard width qf 80 ft. between fences and comprises a central carriageway 30 ft. wide, and two footways, each 10 ft. wide, the remaining space being devoted to verges and reservation for future widenings of the carriage-way. The cost of construction for the 21miles has been approximately £150,000, and it is worthy of particular note that attention has been given to the qaestion of visibility at all road junctions.

Mr. C. R. Ralston, who has for some time represented the Fisk tyre interests in Welsh territory, has been appointed representative for this make of tyre in the northern zone, his field of activity including the Lancashire and Yorkshire districts.

Personal Pars.

Mr. P. Bradstock hses,taken up the position of sales manager, tyres section, to Chas. Macintosh and Co., Ltd., of Manchester, whilst Mr. N. G, Proctor is taking up the duties of London manager to the company in succession to Mr. Shankland, who, we are told, is joining the staff of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., at Fort Dunlop, at the end of April.

We reproduce on this page a portrait of Chief Inspector Claro, who has now been promoted to the rank of superbatendent and appointed by the Chief Commissioner of Polies; as the new Traffic -Chief for London in place of Chief Constable A. Bessom, who died a few weeks ago. Mr. Clara wan Mr. Bassom's right-hand man at the Public Carriage Department of Scotland Yard, and since Mr. Baneom's death has supervised London's traffic.

The subject of the sketch which is reproduced on this page is Mr. Leonard 0. Smith. of C. H. and L. 0. Smith, of Nottingham and London. Although he is only now approaching the prime of life, Mr. Smith has had a highly varied and interesting careerHe went to Canada as long ago as L903, from which time his whole life has been connected more or less with transport matters. -His first years in that country were spent in ranching and breaking in horses and bnllocks for wagon work, and as the animals were ready he sold them to new settlers. The winters he spent in the big mountain lumber camps, and had many exciting experiences in the task of transporting timber down the valleya on to the ice.

When *war broke out in 1014 Mr. Smith was appointed by the War Office as a horse-transport instructor. After 18 months on this work Mr. Smith went to France to the machine gunners, where he was again mostly connected with Arst-line transport.

At the conclusion of hostilities Mr. Smith was quick to appreciate the growing demand which would be felt for motor vehicles. and he then entered into that line of business, buying op considerable quantities of lorries of all makes. He later joined forces with his brother, Mr. C. H. Smith. who had experienced years of work in connection with mechanical transport both before and during the war. Their joint-activities have proved very successful. At the present time the company held the conoesision for F.W.D. vehicles in this

country.

Safety First Posters.

Part of the scheme te ensure greater safety on the road which is being promoted by various motoring interests. consists in the issue by the National " Safety First" Aesociation, 111), Victoria Street, London. S.W.1, of a series of six illustrated emetere &aline with road perils. The flist deals with cutting in and the others with such outstanding road hazards as skidding, improper overtaking, failure to give hand signals, collision at road junctions and inefficient brakes.


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