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Dundee Police and Fire Brigade Committee unanimously recommended, on Monday, that MR. WILLIAM MACKEY, deputy firemaster since 1922, be appointed firernaster.
MR.DAVID ATKINSON, for the past seven years transport manager of Tweedside Industrial Co-operative Society, has been appointed transport manager of Hawick Co-operative Society.
The ne-w clerk to the East Midland Traffic COM.filissiOrterS, MR. H. MAYO, who succeeds MR. A. W. JACICEIAN, took up his duties at Nottingham on Wednesday. Mr. Mayo has been deputy clerk to the South Eastern Traffic Commissioners since 1931.
Tributes to his ability and congratutions on his appointment to a higher grade on the staff of the North-Western Licensing Authority were paid to Ma. Inats OwEN, at a Chester inquiry, by Mr. G. H. P. Beames, on behalf of the railways, and by Mr, V. R. Shepherd, for solicitors in private practice.
Sir William Hart. Deputy Licensing Authority, said that Mr. Owen had been a great help to him and his work had contributed largely to the smooth operation of the inquiries. Mr. Owen has acted as clerk at public inquiries.
"Transfer " Case Fails.
Sitting at Aberdeen, last week, the Northern Scotland Licensing Authority refused an application by James Gibb and Sons, Ltd., Fraserburgh, for the " transfer of the A licence held by Mr. James M'Queen, of Old Deer, whose business the company had agreed to acquire. Mr. M'Queen had ceased operating in June of this year, it was revealed at a previous hearing, and the " transfer " application had been made on October 14. Doubts were then expressed about whether or not a business was in existence to be acquired.
Giving evidence, Mr. M'Queen admitted that he applied for a variation of his licence on October 6 last, at the instigation of James Gibb and
Sons, Ltd. This variation was to allow him to substitute a new 2-ton vehicle for an old 11-tanner.
Mr. Sydney Duffus, for the applicant, maintained that the application was in order. The vehicle still belonged to Mr. M'Queen, because if the application were refused, the agreement of sale would become invalid.
Double-drive Six-wheelers for Pipe Carrying Overseas.
A group of Fordson-Sussex 4-ton double-drive six-wheeled vehicles has recently been built to the order of the Assam Oil Co., Ltd., for use in Assam. The vehicles have special bodies for carrying pipes up to 40 ft. long.
The chassis employed has a wheelbasa of 157 ins., and the steel platform body and bolsters extend to a point beyond the front wheels.
The cab is built of teak and has a rear door and opening roof to enable the driver to reach his compartment when the vehicle is loaded. A 4-ton winch, hawser and rear bollard are provided for loading and off-loading The winch, driven by a powei take-off, is mounted alongside the driver.
The vehicles were supplied by M. 0. Harper, Ltd., Guildford, Surrey, an.d were shipped to the Assam company in India a short time ago.
AVON TYRE-SALES INCREASE.
The staff of the Birmingham branch of the Avon India Rubber Co., Ltd., was recently the guest of the manager, Mr. H. L. Stanley, at a dinner and social function. Mr. Alan Young, the company's tyre-division sales manager, presided, in the absence of Mr. R. H. Comiey (director of sales), and, in reviewing progress during the past year, said that it had been most satisfactory in all departments. The company could point to a record factory output, a record number of employees and record sales. It had shared, to some extent, in the rearmament programme, but sales of normal products had increased materially, in support of which he _Mentioned that the number of Avon car tyres sold in the past year was up by 30 per cent, on the previous year's figure.
TRAFFICKING IN IDENTITY DISCS.
At Manchester City Police Court, last week, two men were each fined a total of £.4 for offences in respect of having in their possession a document so closely resembling an identity certificate issued by the Licensing Authority as to be calculated to deceive. In addition, each man was ordered to pay five guineas costs. During the course of the proceedings it was mentioned that the Licensing Authorities suspected that there had been trafficking in these discs and they were determined to put an end to it.
Hackney Installs First Luminescent Street Lighting.
The Borough of Hackney is the first public-lighting authority in the world to adopt the new Osira luminescent lamp for public-thoroughfare lighting This type of lamp gives a whiter light than the standard Osira high-pressure mercury-vapour lamp. So far as Hackney is concerned, the lamps are being housed in G.E.C. Di-fractor lanterns at 150 ft. spacing and a mounting height of 25 ft., whilst, generally, they are being arranged in staggered formation.
Lantern Slides of Welding Repairs.
Bariniar, Ltd., has prepared a series of 60 lantern slides, illustrating a number of welding repairs which the company has carried out to commercial vehicle 'components, industrial machinery and other metal .parts. The slides are available on loan to motoi • ing organizations, engineering societies, technical colleges and similar institutions, together with descriptive material. Applications Should be made to the company at 14-18, Lamb's Conduit Street, London, W.C.1.
Railways Not Anxious for Traffic.
"The railway companies do not care whether they get traffic or not. If the railways were very anxious for traffic, they would try to make their service suitable. If I tried to run my business with as little effort as the railways show, I would not be manager of the mart very long."
These remarks were made by Mr. James Howie, manager of Kincardineshire Auction Mart, Ltd., Laurencekirk, when he strongly criticized the railways at a sitting of the Northern Scotland Licensing Authority at Aberdeen. He was giving evidence in support of an application by Messrs. A. Aitken and Son, contractors, Laurencekirk, to substitute a 4-ton 8-cwt. vehicle, with trailer, for a 2i-tonner on their A licence.
Questioned by Mr. J. Weir, for the L.M.S. Railway Co., Mr. Howie stated that cattle could be brought from Glasgow to Laurencekirk in six hours by road. This compared with 10-12 hours by rail.
On Mr. Weir disputing Mr. Ifowie's claim that 10-12 hours were required by rail, the Authority adjourned the hear,ing until February 17'.