AT THE BATH AND WEST SHOW.
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A Varied Display of Goods and Passenger-carrying Vehicles, Tractors, Rollers and other Appliances that Appeal to the Farming Community.
THE Bath and West and Southern Counties Agricultural Society's Summer Show opened at Bath on Tuesday lastamidst Ideal surroundings and fine weather.. It is 150 years since the first Showwas held. This took place at Bath, and it is only fitting that the anniversary should be celebrated there.
Generally.speaking, tlei' entries in the implement sections were upCo the normal standard of numbers, but the road vehicle section was very weak. In fact only a few manufacturers were directly represented, the bulk of the exhibits being in the hands of agents, except, of course, some bf the American firms. The Strongest feature of the motor section wag the motor lawn mower. There weremany of these of various makes" in all Sizes and at all prices.
Among the: manufacturers of petrol vehicles Dennis Bros., Ltd. Guildford, exhibited their 30-cwt. four-cylinder chassis fitted with standard van body and pneumatic tyres. Fiat (England), Ltd., had five vehicles to represent the firm. These included the model 502F Windsor 15-cwt. boxvan, the model 505F 25-cwt. drop-sided lorry, the model 603F 2-ton lorry with body-loading space of 9 ft. by 6 ft., and the Spa • model 31 5-ton lorry.
A most interesting occupant of the Fiat stand was a representative of the model 30 24-seated one-man-operated omnibus. It has six rows of seats, its entrance being at the front on the near side, and is fully equipped in every respect. It makes quite an attractive exhibit.
Another excellent show was made by Guy Motors, Ltd., Wolverhampton, comprising a 1-ton chassis with van body, a '30-cwt. chassis fitted with cattle truck body and movable platform, a speed model chassis 20-seater all-weather coach, a 30-seater dropped-frame bus chassis With double-entrance omnibus body, a rigid-frame six-wheeled chassis with lorry body, and a dropped-frame fou-r-wheel chassis with a horsebox by Vincent.
The stand of Morris Commercial Cars, Ltd„ contained, in a fine display, a 12-cwt. van, a 1-ton truck, a 25-cut. van, a 30-Cwt. fiat lorry, a six-wheeled truck and a model of the firm's general
utility-vehicle. '
The only exhibitors of steam road vehicles Were Wm. Allchin, Ltd. (who showed a 6-ton hydraulic three-way tipping wagon), andFodens, Ltd. The latter had quite a big show, including a 6-ton overtype wagon With a locomotive-. type boiler, a similar machine with tipping body, and an over-type tractor with the names of recent purchasers painted on them all.
Wallis and Stevens, Ltd., had on their stand a model of the new Advance pattern roller with self-cambering hind axle. The claim is made for this roller that it will do perfectly every process of road rolling required. It is fitted with tyre blocks for both wheels.
Some of the motor agents had the best collection of road vehicles. Among these were Bath Garages, Ltd., showing Morris 8-cwt. vans and a convertible touring or goods body on a Morris chassis ;'the. Cater Motor Co., Ltd., showing an Overland 25-cwt. lorry and a 10-cwt. Whippet delivery. .van ; the Curtis Automobile Co., Ltd. (London), showing the Curtis pattern motor box for three horses and a general utility vehicle on a 35 h.p. Lancia, commercial and passenger-carrying chassis.
The horsebox is splendid of its kind and marks an advance in the development of road carrying of live stock. The body is patented and produced by the Curtis Co., and constructed with Vickers duralumin.
The Kingsmead (Ford) Motor Co., Ltd., had a very large collection of various types of Ford lorries, vans and cars, and Fordson farm and industrial tractors, and accessories, besides numerous patent equipments for vehicles and tractors.
Another big and . useful collection attractively staged was that of Welch and Co., Ltd., Bristol, Chevrolet agents. It contained the following on 20-25-cwt. Chevrolet chassis :—A farmer's general and live stock wagon, a specially constructed milk lorry to carry 12 churns, a market gardener's lorry framed in ash and with special sides, an endtipping lorry, a lorry with drop sides and tilt, and a 10-cwt. delivery van.
Windmill and Lewis, Ltd. (Bristol), showed a Bean chassis, a 25-cwt. Bean lorry, a 25-cwt. Bean tipper with vertical-screw tipping gear and gritting gear attachment and a Bean van for perishable goods.
The International Harvester Co. showed the International motor truck, " six-cylinder model fitted with 20
seater. bus body, an industrial tractor (International) of 28.9 h.p. R.A.C. rating with trailer, and the International Junior farm tractor.
The Twin City farm tractor was staged by Fairbanks, Morse and Co., and the Case by Associated Manufacturers. The light garden tractors that have become somewhat popular of late were represented principally by the exhibits of George Monro, Ltd.
Merryweather and Sons, Ltd., had an attractive show of fire-engines and appliances, among the collection being the Hatfield 1927 model motor fire-engine.
Of the large nuither of motor lawn mowers, the extensive use of which has been encouraged by the rapid growth in popularity of outdoor games and sports, as well as public parks, the following were the principal exhibitors :—Dennis Bros., Ltd., Guildford, two models only, 4 h.p. two-stroke engine ; Auto Engineering Co., various patterns auto-mowers from 15 ins. to 30 ins.; Ransomes, Sims and Jeffries, HawItes and Co., Kendall and Co., Tangent Tool Co., W. A. Wood and Co., Ltd., R. Memhery, C. H. Pugh„ Ltd. It will thus be seen that though iload vehicles were not' numerously represented, the motor•trade iii its many forms lad devoted some attention to the Show.