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by VAN, WAGON and TRACTOR.
Pending the arrival of a five-ton White lorry, Rawlings, Ltd., used a three-ton model of the same make for the cartage of mineral waters to Epsom for the Derby meeting.
Crawford and Sons, Ltd., of Leith, which was one of the first purchasers in the district to experiment with motor transport, has just ordered another Albion vehicle, thus bringing its total of machines of that make up to 11.
To Overcome the Hills at HuddersTield.
A local correspondent draws attention to the necessity for motor transport in coal delivery to various mills in and near Huddersfield, and he rightly suggests that great economies could be effected by the use of a class of vehicle which rises superior, in more senses than one, 1-.0 the increased demand for power when stiff gradients have to be climbed.
Present-Day Transport.
In these times of trouble for transport users, it is pleasant to note the increasing reference to and quotations made by the daily and weekly Press from THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. "The Engineer," the " Manchester Courier," and the "Yorkshire Observer" have each, during the past week, based interesting articles on material culled from this journal with acknowledgment to their source of information.
Tenders for Mail Services.
We have received a set of the forms which are being issued in connection with the tenders which the Postmaster-General is inviting for motor-mail services between :
(a) Birmingham and Gloucester ; (b) Bath and Gloucester via Bristol ; (c) Cardiff and Gloucester. A set of these papers may be obtained by application to the Secretary, General Post Office, London.
An Attempt to Open up China.
We have received an interesting document in the shape of an advance proof which sets forth the origin and purpose of the British Engineers' Association. This body, which is of comparatively recent date, has been formed for the purpose of acting as a National Organization for the promotion of the interests of the British engineering industry in China. Twenty-two well-known engineering firms in Great Britain are responsible for the organization of the Association, and it is the intention of the body to offer membership to every manufacturing engineer in the country who may care to avail himself of the opportunity. This organization, we understand, is not intended to clash with existing institutions or associations. it is a fairly well-known fact, we think, that, the expansion of British industry in the Chinese Empire is being hampered by outside influences, and it is quite possible that this new British association, in under
taking the technical education of the Chinese on British lines and in the English language, will do something to remove these obstacles. The subject is, or will be, in the near future, of great interest to makers of heavy commercial vehicles.
The G.C. Vaporizer.
We are pleased to record what appears to have been a satisfactory general meeting of G. C. Vaporizer, Ltd., which was held recently. Orders were reported from the London and North Western Railway, Daimlers, Pickfords Ltd., Aster Engineering Co., J. and E. Hall, White, Hughes and Co., and others. The Daimler Co. is to fit one of the vaporizers to a 105 h.p. agricultural tractor. Mr. Nigel 0. Walker, one of the managing directors of Pickfords, joined the board, and this must be particularly gratifying to G. C. Vaporizer Ltd., in view of the fact that its apparatus has lived through Pickford tests.
Napier Vans Figure Well in. Dyeing Trade.
A highly-creditable performance, which has resulted in increased business both for the buyer and seller, stands to the credit of the first Napier motorvan owned by Messrs. Achille Serre, the well-known dyers and cleaners, whose head depot is at White Horse Lane, N.E. This owner, who has branches all over London and its suburbs, took delivery of the Napier, illustrated herewith, a little over two years ago, and put it to all classes of work—running trade services from the head depot, fetching goods for the works, parcel delivery from the branches, and depot-to-depot duties. All of these it accomplished admirably—so well, in fact, that five vans are owned at present. This, however, does not quite satisfy many of the depots, and the branch at 159, High Street, Kensington, outside which the machine is shown, wishes the firm had more Nap iers. Not less than 45,000 miles of running is already to its credit.
Although the run from Hackney to the various branches, before commencing delivery work, tends towards waste of petrol and extra wear of tires, the Achille-Serre Napiers are stated to be most satisfactory as regards running cost. They are light on tires and in fuel consumption, and are of unquestionable reliability.