Order Gained from Oslo Operators
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A N order for 15 Worldmaster maximum-capacity buses has been obtained by Leyland Motors, Ltd.,
from A/S Oslo Sporveier, the face of severe Scandinavian and German competition. A/S Oslo Sporveier have had experience with over 50 Leyland-engined vehicles.
The Worldmasters will have 150 b.h.p. engines, and will be equipped with power-operated steering. They are left-hand controlled models with a wheelbase of 20ft. designed for a 36ft. body. Heavy springs will be fitted to allow a gross laden weight of 15 tons.
Orders for the Worldmaster, valued at nearly £750,000, have been placed with Leyland over the past month.
COMPANY FINED 112: 180 FT. TO BRAKE LORRY
AFINE of £12 with £5 12s. costs was imposed on Smethwick Drop Forgings, Ltd., by Kidderminster magistrates last week. Prosecuting for the Ministry of Transport, Mr. M. T. A. Matthews said that a vehicle had been hired by the company and a check by a vehicle examiner showed that it required 180 ft. to pull up from 20 m.p.h.
The company had stated that they attributed the defect to the detrimental effect of snow, ice and slush. A representative of the ancern stated that it was their intention to bring the vehicle in for attention.
"We do consider these offences are very serious," said the chairman.
PRIVATE OPERATOR WITHDRAWS
AN application by Mr. A. Davenport to run a service from Cradley Heath to Tividale has been withdrawn on the advice of the Road Passenger Transport Association. Soon after Mr. Davenport made his application, the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., submitted proposals to extend their existing services to cover Tividale.
Rowley Regis Council rejected the company's request to support the application, council members complaining that they had been waiting seven years for the company to institute a service to Tividale.
The Association advised Mr. Davenport that it was unlikely that his application would be granted.
1.0.T. CONGRESS CANCELLED
BECAUSE of thestrike, the congress of the Institute of Transport, due to be held at Southport from June 7-10, has been cancelled. This cancellation will hold good even if the strike ends before next Tuesday. A summary of Prof. Gilbert Walker's paper, "New Thinking in Transport," to have been delivered at the congress, will be published in the next issue.