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COUNCILLOR A. WHITESIDE, excursion and tour operator, has been returned unopposed to Blackpool Town Council.
• Lancaster Corporation has appointed Ma. C. Szarrir, chief assistant to Leigh Corporation's transport department_ as transport manager.
Glasgow Transport Committee has unanimously adopted the recommendation of a sub-committee to appoint as deputy transport manager MR. ERIC FITZPAYNE, who holds a similar position in Edinburgh.
MA. R. C. Rooms, deputy chairman of Rootes Securities, Ltd., sailed on Sunday last for Buenos Aires, on a visit to Rootes Argentina S.A., the branch in the Argentine Republic of the world-wide Rootes organization. He will be away for about 10 weeks.
MRP. J. HAYES has been appointed transport sales manager of the Gandy Belt Manufacturing Co., Ltd., following some years of association with that concern. In his new capacity he will be in charge of all sales matters pertaiMng to passenger transport.
MR. H. T. DAVIS, A.M.I.Mech.E., has been appointed established certifying officer for the Metropolitan Area, under the Ministry of Transport. For the past 18 months Mr. Davis has beta assistant engineer with Thomas
Ltd., and was previously with United Service Transport, Ltd.
We are sure that the many friends of Ma, H. C. Mar.,Larr would wish to join us in congratulating him on his election to the Board of TillingStevens, Ltd. Mr. Mallett has had a long connection with the industry, and was for many years with Garner Motors, Ltd., as London manager of that concern.
Many Orders for Fodens.
During October, Fodens, Ltd., Sandbach, Cheshire, received 136 orders for oil-engined commercial vehicles. Included amongst them was one for 15 DG4 74-ton Luton vans from Ltd., of York, and another for 10 standard vehicles of a similar type for Messrs. W. Hill, of Mansfield. Six of the last-named have also been ordered by a Johannesburg concern.
National Savings Schemes That Provide for the Future.
Many small concerns cannot afford to institute a complete and elaborate pensions fund for their employees and the provident scheme, put forward by the National Savings Committee should, in such cases, make a particular appeal, although it is equally applicable to large businesses. The scheme is already operating in upwards of 450 places of employment and more than 20,000 employees are regular contributors.
The scheme is flexible and readily 1330 adaptable to the requirements of individual factories, whilst the amount contributed by the employer may be fixed at any level and vary according to the age, length of service or earnings of each employee. Particulars are obtainable from the National Savings Committee, Sanctuary Buildings, Westminster,. London, S.W.1, or, in the case of Scotland; from the Scottish Savings Committee,. 35, Manor Place, Edinburgh. Communications may be sent OHMS., without prepayment of postage.
New Offices for Hepworth and Grandage.
Mr. G. R. Hall Caine, C.B.E., M.P., chairman of the company, last week carried out the formal opening of a new office block at the factory of Hepworth and Grandage, Ltd., Bradford.
The Farmer Federal Stand.
In the advertisements concerning Federal vehicles appearing in our issues dated October 22 and 29, and in a few of this number, the stand is given as No. 73 in the gallery. This stand is actually in the main hall.
OVERLOADING COSTS £490.
Middlesex County Council seems to be taking even stronger measures to prevent overloading. A report by the council states that 106 prosecutions were instituted and 118 official cautions were given. In every prosecution more than one summons was issued, the driver being charged with using the vehicle and the employer with permitting. In many cases double offences were committed.
Four employers were acquitted, whilst 54 had had previous convictions (in one instance, 16). Altogether, operators were fined £339 5s., with £125 18s. special costs, and drivers £21 13s. 6d, and £2 14s,, respectively, for overloading. Drivers who refused to allow their vehicles to he weighed were fined a total of £8 10s., with 10s. Oct. costs. These figures relate to the year 1936-37 and show an increase on those for 1935-36.
Where Has the Money Gone?
The Commercial Motor was informed en Tuesday that Capt. W. F. Strickland,.at the request of the British Road Federation, is to ask the Minister of Transport how much has been paid out in grants under the five-year road plan. The reply should be illuminating—if not incriminating.
Street Lighting Starts in " Lab."
For many years, the General Electric Co., Ltd., has, at its Wembley laboratories, been studying the problems of illumination. Last week, another laboratory, intended solely for the examination of this subject, was inaugurated. This latest addition is equipped with the most modern scientific instruments and has been designed so as to allow, a number of experiments • to be conducted simultaneously without interference with each other.
Various examples of street lighting were demonstrated both in the laboratory and on the private roadway which has been especially constructed for this purpose.