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• DENNIS PAYS MORE ON SLIGHTLY HIGHER PROFIT

6th December 1940
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THE net profit of Dennis Bros., Ltd., in the year ended September 30 last, after deducting taxation, was £127,688, that for the previous year having been £120,059. The directors have transferred £25,000 to factory and plant-renewal account, and £3,000 to the employees' fund. The company is to pay a final dividend of is. per Is. share, making is. 9d. per share for the year, which contrasts with Is. 2d. in the previous year. The amount to be carried forward is £166,443, compared with £166,920 brought in.

Faster Workers' Transport to Increase Production

IN the debate on the Address, in Parliament, on Wednesday of last week, Mr. Bevin, the Minister of Labour, said that during the past few weeks he had, with the help of the Minister of Transport, established in several places in the country joint committees of industry, transport concerns and Government Departments in order that transport may be regarded as a part of our production efforts.

He said, "I want to see such staggering of hours—it does not mean more than about half or three-quarters of an hour each way to do it—that in the majority of eases we get a person from his home to his work in half an hour."

He pointed out that where it was possible to get a person from his home to the factory in half to three-quarters of , an hour, as against one or two hours, production increased by 9 or 10 per cent. He added that he was urging that more attention should be paid to feeding, welfare, amenities and transport.

Stewart and Ardern's Activities

UPON the outbreak of war, Stewart and Ardern, Ltd., vacated its premises at Morris House, Berkeley Square, London, W.1, but as much correspondence is still being sent to this address, the company asks us to point out that its head office is now at Morris louse, The Vale, Acton, London, W.3. Service, repairs, and spare parts for Morris-Commercial vehicles are now andertaken at this address and at regional depots at Catford, Harrow, Ilford, Sutton and Tottenham. Comprehensive stocks of used commercial vehicles are being maintained at Acton,

Publicizing Petrol Taxes

AMERICANS were due to have their attention called to the heavy petrol taxes paid by the U.S. motor industry by means of a special observance on Friday, November 15. On that day commercial-vehicle proprietors and others interested in road transport were to pause for a minute in order to mark the day of the year when the country's Gasolene Tax Bill passed the billiondollar stage. A similar proceeding took place in December last year, but the increase in petrol tax collections advanced the red letter day a month.

This speeding up has resulted from additional taxes raised for defence purposes, the large number •of motor vehicles being used and the greater operation of individual motors by their owners. Federal. petrol taxes in 1939 equalled the total revenue received from all other manufacturers' excise taxes. With the increase of 50 per cent., the 1940 revenue from this source should be at least one-third greater than the total of all other producers' excise duties, Municipal Official's Distinction

ALDERMAN RICHARD MAYNE has been elected chairman of Newcastle-onTyne Transport and Electricity Committee for the 26th successive year.

" See Someone Across the Road "

THE basis of a new appeal to .drivers and cyclists for courtesy in the black-out, issued by the National Safety First Association, is "See Someone Across the Road." All riders sometimes use the roads as walkers, and when doing so they should remember their driving experience and not only show the greatest care themselves, but give what help they can to others who may need it, particularly the elderly and infirm.

BLACK-OUT REDUCES L.P.T.B. MILEAGE

THE Minister of Transport stated, last week, that the average daily number of buses operated by the London Passenger Transport Board in October, 1940, was 4,749, and in October, 1939, 3,356. The number of service miles run during the four weeks ended October 26, 1940, was 14,100,000, as against 14,700,000 in the four weeks ended October 28, 1939. The decrease in miles run was accounted for by the fact that the augmented peak-hour services were more than offset by the decrease in the amount of traffic after dark.

Transport Scarce, Because Hiring Rates are Low

LEWISHAM Emergency Committee has received a report from the borough engineer to the effect that it has been found practically impossible to obtain all the hired lorries required, and the local representative of the Ministry of Transport has pointed: out as one of the reasons the comparative lowness of the council's schedule rates for hire. Since the Schedule was fixed, the wages of drivers have been raised by more than 5s. per week and petrol has increased at the rate of 6d. per mile.

It has, therefore, been agreed, in the first place, to increase the schedule rates by 3d. per hour and to allow an extra is. fid. per hour for Sunday work in place Of 81d. to 10d. It was subsequently agreed, in certain cases, to pay 6s. per hour, for tipping lorries with a capacity of not less than 3 tons. At present, the council is hiring about 60 lorries at a cost of approximately ,L1,100 weekly. A certain portion of this weekly amount is stated to be reimbursable.

Brockhouse Profit Rises

ITN the year ended September 3) last, net profit of J. Brockhouse and Co., Ltd., was • £334,200, compared with £247,180 in the previous twelve months.

The board of the company forecast last July, a considerable increase in earnings and the actual trading profit rose by over 47 per cent. to £611,005. Provision for taxation absorbs, in the case of subsidiary companies, £156,053, and the parent concern is transferring £225,000 to taxation reserve.

Carrier Fined for Stealing Meat

ACARRIER who pleaded guilty to stealing meat from the Bradford Butchers' Retail Buying Committee, in the case reported in last week's issue, was fined £8 at Bradford City Police Court. In announcing this decision the Stipendiary Magistrate, Dr. F. J. 0. Coddington, said he had had the man examined by a doctor, who reported that he was in perfectly good health except that he was deaf. The only points in his favour were that he had not been previously convicted, that he did well in the 1914-18 war, and that he had been a good workman since. For these reasons he would exercise leniency and the penalty would be lighter.


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