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S.T.R., The Corqmarciai Motor costs expert, would be interested in the operating costs of a Rhyall, Stamford (Lines), man, writes our LeiceSter Correspondent. He admitted at a Leicester sitting of the East Midlan4 Licensing Authority that he had obtained a new Bedford lorry and applied for a contract licence for it, on a contract providing for the exclusive use of the vehicle for £128 a year.
The Licensing Authority told Mr. A. B. P. Caunt, the applicant, that he was probably saved from rain when he was refused an A licence On the figures
which he had given. The vehicle would be licensed hi the B class front January 1 next, Four operators, the Authority revealed, had written to him on the matter.
Sternol Completes 50 Years.
To mark its 50th anniversary as an oil-refining concern, Sternol, Ltd., Royal London House, Finsbury Square, London, E.C.2, has issued a well-produced picibrial booklet, which deals with the history of the company, and gives, by way of a wide variety of pictures, an excellent idea of the extent of its present-day ramifications.
New Road to By-pass Whitchurch.
A new road to by-pass the village of Whitehurch, on the route from Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil, is to be built by Glamorgan County Council, and the Minister of Transport has approved a grant from the Road Fund for the first section, which is to be put in hand immediately_ The by-pass will be about two miles long, and ii estimated
to cost more than £80,000. The old road through Whitchurch is -very narrow and carries daily an average of 10,000 tons of traffic, Palestine's First Double-decker.
A law has been enacted by the Palestine Government to permit the trial in Tel-Aviv of a Leyland Titan 60-seater double-deck bus, the first of its type to operate in Palestine. The vehicle has attracted much attention, for, prior to its exhibition outside the British Pavilion at the recent Levant Fair, the bus was guarded by a military escort during its journey from Haifa to TelAviv, on account of the Jewish-Arab disturbances.
Freeguard Business to be Sold?
An application has been made to the South Wales Licensing Authority by British Conveyance's, Ltd., 57, Dock Street, Newport, Mon, to take over the business and six vehicles (27 tons 142cwt.) of Freeguard Bros. Transport Co., of the same town. A NEW TYRE THAT WILL GO ANYWHERE .
The R.G. tyre, a section of which is illustrated on this page, is the result of two years' intensive research by the laboratory staff of Henley's Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., 20-22; Christopher Street, London, E.C.2. The object was to build a tyre which could be used with complete satisfaction under any condition of • operation and resist all kinds of rough going.
The new tyre has a unique tread of extreme toughness and durability. Carefully conducted tests, with numerous patterns, have confirmed theoretical study and resulted 1w the adoption of a tread pattern known as the
which, it is claimed,, provides maximum grip, even on the Most treacherous surfaces. The new tyre is of particular interest to commercialvehicle operators, whose vehicles are frequently called upon to negotiate unmade roads in connection with building and demolition work, quarrying and other similar duties.
Busy Bodybuilding Works.
The factory of Eastern Coach Works, Ltd., Laundry Lane, Lowestoft, is busily engaged on the construction of a variety of passenger bodies for leading operating concerns, amongst the Orders in hand being the following:— Nine B.E.F.-type single-deckers for the Caledonian Omnibus Co., Ltd., and four of a similar pattern for the Yorkshire Traction Co., Ltd.; seven singledeckers for United Automobile Services, Ltd., and a similar number for United Counties Omnibus Co., Ltd.; 19 doubledeckers and 18 single-deckers for the Eastern National Omnibus Co., Ltd.