• BIG FUEL AND VEHICLE SAVINGS BY POOLING
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AREDUCTION of 53 per cent. in petrol consumption has been achieved by a successful scheme of transport pooling for the delivery of goods, willich is now being operated by• private food traders in Paisley and district. , In all, 26 concerns are to-operating in the scheme, and the number of vehicles engaged in deliveries has been reduced ty 63 per cent.
Mr. J. R. Careless, secretary of the Paisley private traders' pool, Stated that the results compared favourably with those of the larger scheme operated by a group of Glasgow departmental stores. The latter, he said, had only to merge their existing transport departments, whereas the Paisley traders had first of all to organize a transport department before the pooling scheme could be stalled._ PUBLIC SERVICE TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION'S ACTIVITIES
efHE 45th a.g.m. of the Public Service Transport Association will be held at 12.15 p.m. on July 15, at the Grosvenor Hotel, London, S.W,1.
The ,accounts already published in the Journal of the Association show that the revenue for the year ended December 31 last amounted to £1,351, and the expenditure to £1,331, whilst a total net surplus of £1,482 has been Carried forward.
HELPING TO KEEP TRACTORS AT FULL STRETCH
SO as'to keep tractors continuously at work and to overcome demands for avoidable scares, it is in the national interest that all operators of such machines should have the fullest instructions regarditng • the problem of
lubrication. This matter is considered by David -Brown Tractors, Ltd., Meltham,, near Huddersfield, to be of such importance that it has issued a special booklet to help in this direction. The booklet details all those items which call for systematic attention, and -it isfelt that adherence to the advice given will be well repaid in freedom from breakdowns and low maintenance costs, Because of the paper shortage, the company is compelled to confine the distribution of the booklet to applicants who give the number of their tractor. , 'PERSONAL PARS
Ma. E. L. PAYTON, J.P., and MR. L. P. LORDhave been appointed joint managing directors of the Austin Motor Co., Ltd. Mr. Lord has also been elected deputy chairman.
MR. W. J. A. PECK (Rushden) has been elected chairman, and MR. G. HOLMES (Lincoln) vice-chairman of the East Midland Area Standing Joint Committee. MR. E. 0. GRAY has been appointed secretary to the Committee with offices at 1, St. Peter's Church Walk, Nottingham.
MR. C. F. LAWR'ENCE KING, M,I.A.E., general manager of the British Wagon Co., Ltd., Rotherham, which is well known as an important finance corporation, particularly in connection with road transport, has been elected an Associate of the Institute of Transport.
COMMERCIAL DRIVERS' NEW ACCIDENT RESPONSIBILITY
ONJune 25, Lieut.-Col. J. A. A. Pickard, general secretary of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, gave a broadcast. In this he alluded to the fact that now that.. private motoring is to cease, an increasing responsibility is placed upon the drivers of lorries, buses, taxicabs and other business vehicles. The Services have greatly improved in this respect. For example, in May. Service drivers were involved in less than 10 per cent. c) accidents.
An added danger is that so many mothers are now on war work, and in this respect it is important to mention that half of the child walkers killed in May were under five years of age. Children cannot always be prevented from playing or darting into the road, even in busy thoroughfares, in which case only the driver can help.
LEEDS DEMONSTRATIONS ON ENGINE RECONDITIONING
DEMONSTRATIONS. to be held in L./Leeds this month, under Ministry of War Transport auspices, for the purpose of illustrating the latest methods for the reconditioning of engine parts, will be opened by the following speakers:—Friday, July 24, at 2 p.m., the Regional Transport Commissioner, Major•F:. S. Eastwood; at 6 p.m., Mr. W. Vane Morland, general manager and chief engineer, Leeds Corporation Passenger Transport 'Department ; Saturday, July 25, at 2 p.m., Mr. G. H. Margrave, general manager, W4st Riding Automobile Co., Ltd., Wakefield ; at '6 p.m., Mr. G. F. Craven, general manager, Halifax Corporation. Passenger Transport Department. The demonstrations will be held at the headqiiartersi of the Leeds Passenger Transport Department, at 3, Swinegate.