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A dividend of 20 per cent, has been declared by the Federated Malay States Motor Service Co.
C. and R. Motor Springs, Ltd., is the title of a new company recently registered in Austraha. The company is capitalized at 230,000 and has its offices in Sydney.
Turton. U.D.0 has to be added to the list of authorities who gladly afford owners of steam wagons facilities for the taking of supplies of water from hydrants.
Southampton Town Council has refused a licence to Mr. N. Way entitling him to run a. motorbus service between that town and the surrounding districts. Is this tramcar influence 2 The York City Council is beginning to feel the pressure of its electric-tramcar undertaking, and is certainly showing anxiety about future charges on the rates. Assistance by means of feeder motorbuses may be sought.
Tenders from Fodens, Ltd., at 2580, C. D. Phillips, at £525, and Mann's Patent Steam Cart and Wagon Co., Ltd., at 251.7, have been received by Southampton Town Council for the supply of a combined steam road roller and water cart.
The Town Clerk of Ilford has received instructions to report as to his Council's legal position, so far as relates to extraordinary traffic, in regard to the alleged practice of the L.G.O.C. in permitting their employees frequently to traverse Barley Lane for purposes other than that of conveying passengers.
A New Registration.
Rotherham Motor and Taxicab Co., Ltd., with an authorized capital of 24000 in 21 shares, by Jordan and Sons, Ltd., to carry on the business indicated by the title, and to adopt an agreement with J. B. Huxley and W. G. Laycock, who are the first directors.
Weight per Passenger.
Mr. W. Worby Beaumont, the technical adviser to the Metropolitan Police, upon whose advice the weight of motorbuses was seriously reduced a few years ago, has given the following interesting figures with regard to the dead weights of vehicles, per passenger, in relation to their full passenger capacity : motorbus, 2.14 cwt. ; horse omnibus, 2.34 cwt. ; electric tramcar, 3,99 cwt. ; motorcab, 8.76 cwt. ; private motorcar, 8.0 cwt. He still advocates the adoption of smaller motorbuses, under certain circumstances, but existing vehicles in London are seen to hr already the lightest per seat provided. Traffic Control.
Colonel Hellard, chief of the London Traffic Branch of the Board of Trade, in the course of his evidence last week before the Select Committee of the House of Commons with regard to traffic accidents, strongly expressed the view that the capacity of the roadways will have to be increased before accidents can be diminished. He thought that the use of numerous refuges in the centres of the streets would be a trap to unwary pedestrians, but he fully believed that refuges were necessary at important crossings. He considered that fixed stopping-places for motorbuses, in the same way that they were adopted for tramcars, would not work ; motorbuses could land their passengers practically
on the pathway, whilst the tramcars could not. The safety of Landon traffic would be increased. by the removal of electric standards and other obstructions from. the centres of the roads, and by widening the roads.
Halleys Abroad.
Mr. G. D. Russell, of Halley's Industrial Motors, Ltd., who has just, returned to the Yoker works from a trip in Australia; New Zealand and South Africa, finds that Halley machines in those countries are rendering excellent service. Many fresh orders have come to hand recently, from overseas, inclusive of one for two further five-tonners for the Sydney Ha-rbour Trust, per Messrs. Dalgety and Co., the Halley agents for Australia, Macintosh Tires.
We have received from Chas. Macintosh and Co., Ltd., of Manchester, whose London offices are at a, Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W., a copy of the company's latest catalogue of solid tires. This is neatly arranged with a thumb index, which method, as we have found in respect of the 1913 Overseas Annual of THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR, is greatly appreciated by all persons who have to refer to the
contents, sectional or otherwise, of a reference book.
After a concise statement of the company's terms of guarautec, we find an interesting page on the important subject of testing alignment. There next come dimensional, load, and price partiealars of the company's complete range or solid-rubber tiros. This starts with the 50 mm. tire, for a load or 6 cwt,, and goes not only as far as the usual 150 min. tire, for a load of 43 ewt., but also includes particulars of a 280 mm. tire for a load of 70 cwt.. The last-mentioned width of single tire is surely a record? The 32page catalogue is completed with particulars of the company's terms of sale and delivery.
Military Subsidies.
Germany has got together a magnificent fleet of subsidized vehicles (see pages 408 and 409), but she has done so by liberal terms for owners. The total of licensed motorbuses plying for hire on the London streets on the 30th of last month was 3239. This shows an increase of 60 over the preceding month.
Cleekheaton U.D.C. is again going into ways and means with regard to the acquirement of its own motor fire-engine. The alternative is to make terms with Bradford.
Complaints have been made that the Swansea fire-engine was late, at a recent fire at Llansamlet, and the Chief Constable of the town has explained that it was due to delay in getting extra. horses, Motor Mails.
The Postmaster, C.P.O., Sheffield, desires to receive tenders for the conveyance of mails between the head office in that city and several district sorting offices, by motorvan. The average weight of the full load of mails is at present 10 cwt. Full particulars may be had on application, and the latest date for tendering ic the 16th inst. Wanted at Home.
Scarborough Town Council has declined to allow its motor fire-engine to go to any fire outside the borough, in the absence of the settlement of terms in advance. Subject to the conclusion of an agreement with local authorities— within a radius of eight miles of Scarborough—service of the kind can bi secured.
Dennis Success in Greece.
The purchase of Dennis fire-engines by the Greek Government is ancient history, but the photographs which we reproduce on page 420, concern the official tests, and are new. One of these was taken during the course of a 27-ft. deep-lift test from the sea, near Pirceus, with the first and second officer of the brigade on the driver's seat, and Mr. Byron Lampros Constantaras, who is the contractor to the Greek Government, and through whom the engine was supplied, alongside of them.