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The Shields Motor Co. of Melbourne, Australia, are supplying the 'Victorian Post Office with an Auto-carrier.
Swansea Watch Committee is busy collecting information with a view to the overhauling of local regulations covering the licensing of public-hire vehicles.
The Chairman of the General Purposes Committee and the Chairman of the Works Committee of Leeds City Council have been authorized to purchase a motorbus and a chassis at a cost not exceeding £1500.
The Birkenhead Town Council is to seek Parliamentary powers to enable it to run motorbuses in Birkenhead and the tudoining dis tricts, it is also suggested that the Bill should include the provision of vehicles for the distribution of goods brought over by the ferry boats. The receipts of the National Steam Car Co., Ltd., for the week ending 7th September, 1913, were 13358. This shows an increase of 11323 over the corresponding week of 1912.
The L. and N.W.R. Co. has inaugurated a motor road service between Holyhead, Trearddur Bay and Rhoscolyn, the first vehicle to be employed being a 25-seated observation Commercar. A CO h.p. Leyland motor fireengine was put through tests recently at Mansfield, and created a very favourable impression.
A Mr. 13011 Hyman, writing to "The Star," asks, with some degree of emphasis, "Should the motorbus be abolished? It has had its day." We hardly think so.
Southwick Urban District Council is of opinion that it requires an increased motorbus service, and suggestions are made that buses should be run from Portslade to Shoreham for that purpose.
Tenders for the four-ton petrol motor wagon for the collection of household refuse and street watering, for which the Corporation of the County Borough of Burnley is asking, must reach the Town Glee': on or before the 12th October.
A service of Commercar vehicles recently established between Campbeltown and Tarbert supersedes what was the last stage-coach route in Scotland. For over 40 years a horse-drawn coach had made a daily trip between these places. Only once did the coach fail to cornplete its journey.
At the last monthly meeting of the Teign mouth Urban District Council, the captain of the fire brigade reported on the threatened wholesale resignations of members, unless some better means of proceeding to fires were provided, and he was instructed to report on the cost of providing equipment necessary and also on the cost of providing a motor are engine.
On Wednesday of last week a taxicab driver was charged at the
Central Criminal Court with the Manslaughter of a woman owing to Ms cab knocking a porter's harrow on to her. It was stated that the
driver had admitted that he had had DO sleep for two nights, and
that he was asleep at the wheel The defendant denied these state ments, and insisted that the acei dent was due to the wheel of tha cab catching in the tramlines and skidding. The jury found the defendant " not guilty," and he was discharged.
The Inspector of Omnibuses at Folkestone is on the look-out for 4nother motor proprietor to run the Motor service between that town and Cheriton in place of the Folkestone Motor Services, Ltd. This company claims that when it signed its agreement to provide a fixed service of cars on the Cheriton Road it had more cars than at present, now that the Council has refused to license five cars which were continually running on the route in question; it now considers it impossible to abide by its undertaking.
Motor Rollers Beat Steamers. Reports from Municipal Officers at Winnipeg.
We have recently had brought to our notice a series of very gratifying testimonials which have been given to Mr. E. A. Perkins, during his recent tour in Canada, by municipal users of Barford and Perkins rollers in Winnipeg. The Street Commissioner of that city, Mr. W. F. Tallman, lets it be known that he likes the motor rollers much better than the steamers, as "the machines are always ready to start in the morning without having to fire up. They do away with the smoke nuisance on the street, and also save hauling fuel and water. As the city water is so hard, two out of our six steam rollers are generally in the shop at the same time for repairs to boilers."
Mr. John W. Astley, the City of Winnipeg s Engineer of Construction, reporting with reference to the two Barfosd and Perkins rollers bought for his department in 1011, says that he finds that the cost of operating with these ma
chines is one-third of that by steam, and the cost of maintenance about one-quarter, a circumstance which is very largely due to the use of the hard water which we have already mentioned.
Mr. G. Champion, the Superintendent of the Public Parks Board of Winnipeg; has secured "entire satisfaction in every way" from a Barford and Perkins roller. "Its adaptability to the different phases of park requirements, lawns, walks or drives is one of its best. features, with moderate cost of operation."