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INDEPENDENT front suspension by I means of wishbones and double-coil springs is a feature of a new four-wheeldrive vehicle added to the range of Douglas Equipment, Ltd., Tewkesbury Road, Cheltenham. Known as the Pathfinder, the vehicle is capable of carrying a 30-cwt. payload. It may be fitted with either a 4-litre petrol engine or a Perkins P6 oil engine.
Self-locking differentials arc available for either front or rear axle, and whereas independent suspension is standard at the front, it may be specified as an alternative to the normal type at the rear. The gearbox provides four forward ratios and reverse, and the transfer box is of the Douglas two-speed type. There is a power take-off on the top of the transfer box.
The vehicle is 17 ft. long and has a wheelbase of 10 ft. 6 in.
NOTTINGHAM MAY SEEK NEW FARE RISE
PtA NEW application for increased bus fares will be put forward by Nottingham Corporation if the city council agree to-a proposal submitted by their transport committee. The last application, for a 3d. minimum, was rejected by the East Midland Traffic Commissioners (The Commercial Motor last week).
The new scheme is for a Id. increase on the existing 3d. fare for four stages. According to Cllr. S. P. Hill, increases already granted will yield £35,000 a year, leaving £70,000 to be found. Increases on 3d. fares would produce this sum.
[Other news of fares, page 592.] HAULIER'S 22 CONVICTIONS FOR OVERLOADING
CHECKS on two lorries owned by 1.--• Peter Slater, Ltd.. Gildersome, showed that they were both heavily overloaded, Sheffield Magistrates were told on Tuesday. Both were carrying red shale, and one had more than twice the permitted tonnage, whilst the second had nearly twice the amount allowed.
Slater's, who were said to have 22 previous convictions for overloading. were fined a total of £16, and B. Welsh and Co., Ltd., an associated company, a total of £10. The two' drivers were each tined £2.
CONTROL SCIENCE AND CUT COSTS " IF we can exploit and control and I organize the potentialities of the new sciences and technologies, our tranwort services will be revolutionized and we shall slash the costs at the same time," Sir Reginald Wilson, a member of the British Transport Commission, told the Humberside Section of the institute of Transport on Monday.
Nevertheless, he said, science could . create more problems than it solved. The present chaos of congestion was an example of what could hafopen when development was left unplanned and undisciplined.