56 OBJECTIONS TO , RAILWAY APPLICATIONS.
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In connection with recent railway applications for tonnage to be acquired in Manchester, 56 members of the Commercial Motor Users Association have lodged objections. It is the first con-. certeci action which has been taken since the Association organized its goods-vehicle licensing scheme. An
officer of the remarked: " 56 may seem a large list of protests—but we ought to have had at least 200! "
Next Tuesday, a deputation from the Manchester Area CoMmittees of the C.M.U.A. will wait on Lanes and Cheshire Members of Parliament at the House of Commons. Among the subjects for review will be the Huston appeal decision, on which legal opinion has been taken 'already. This matter is having special attention at the Association's London headquarters.
Mr. W. A. Macve (Manchester chaitsman) has been elected to the National Propaganda Committee:
A Noise-abatement Exhibition.
An exhibition of appliances, materials, etc., for the prevention of sound • transmission has been organized at the Building Centre, 158, New Bond Street, London; W.1, under the auspices of the Anti-Noise League, 66, Victoria Street,' London, S.W.1. •
It opens to-day and will remain open during the month of June, the hours. of admission being 10 to 6 daily, with the exception of Saturdays, when they are 10 to 1.
There will also be a conference, commencing on June 26 with a reception at 3 p.m. by Lord and Lady Hor.der in the exhibition gallery of the Science Museum, South Kensington. The only papers of interest to readers of this journal will he those entitled "Sound and Noise," by Dr. G. W. C. Kaye, ODE., and "The Law and Noise," by Mr. FL G. Strauss, at 11.30 a.m. on June 27.
Mechanical Foam Apparatus at Sheffield.
In connection with our article " Expert Views on Fire-fighting," published in last week's issue, we are asked by Auto Fire Protection, Ltd., A bford House, Victoria, London, S.W.1, to point out that, in addition to the two foam appliances mentioned, the Sheffield brigade uses a mechanical Airfoam apparatus of a type now manufactured, by the company in this country. The actual appliance was supplied before those made here, but it has been overhauled and brought up to date, whilst the necessary stabilizer fluid is provided.
Road Co-operation Amongst Railways.
A pooling arrangement whereby, in certain towns, one railway company carries out cartage and delivery work for itself and another company, was mentioned during the hearing of applications by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Co., before the Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority.
In applying for licences for vehicles in Halifax and Keighley, the company
asked for a hiring allowance. It was explained that the pooling arrangement between the L.M.S. and L.N.E.R. companies provided for the L.M.S. effecting the cartage and delivery for both companies in these two towns, but the arrangement necessitated a special provision in the licence. The application, including .._the hiring allowance, was granted.
Sudden Death of Mr. R. Delpeche; Mr. Reginald Delpeche, sales director of the Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd., died suddenly last Wednesday morning. Mr. Delpeche was the pioneer of safety glass and was one of the most popular and respected men in the trade. He was 54 years of age.
Mersey Tunnel Revenue EstimateDoubled.
Mersey Tunnel Joint Committee reports that the success of the undertaking continues unabated. Traffic revenue from the date of the opening in July, last year, to the end of March was £167,000, as compared with -the financial expert's estimate of £85,000.
Hearwithy Toll Bridge Freed.
The Minister of Transport has made a grant to the Herefordshire County Council to aid in purchasing the Hoarwithy toll bridge. The grant is subl jeer to the bridge being freed immediately. It carries the Hoarwithy-Fawley road over the River Wye, and links the main roads A.49 and B4224.
BID TO REMOVE ROAD-RAIL COMPETITION.
M. jadot, the director of the Belgian State Railway Exploitation Co., has just submitted to the Belgian Royal Commission on Transport a scheme to eliminate the existing competition between road and rail transport. fle proposes that two new Boards shall he set up, one consisting of representatives of road-transport undertakings and the other of canal and river-transport concerns.
The executive committees of the two Boards would co-opt representatives of the State Railway undertaking and similarly the latter would co-opt delegates from the two new Boards. Out of the three bodies thus brought into being would be formed a Transport Co-ordination Board, to be presided over by a Government delegate.
Each of the three Boards would monopolize its respective mode of transport, but the Co-ordination Board would have as its duty the task of seeing that this was carried out in the economic interests Of the country_ According to the project, there would be no interference with existing roadtransport _contractors forthree years; after which the Road Transport Board would put lip concessions to public tender, with a priority in favour of old-established concerns.
Official Orders in April.
During April last, the Air Ministry ordered Albion 2-ton chassis, whilst tho G.P.O. Authorities purchased Duple bodies and Morris-Commercial chassis. The Crown Agents for the Colonies ordered a Merryweather fire-engine and a number of Leyland lorries.