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The wheel of wealth will be slowed by all dieicullies of transport at whatever paints arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which it runs."—John _Beattie Crozier.
Lincoln Trials Complaint.
In the rules and .regulations governing the Tractor Trials to be held by the R.A.S.E. and &ALM. and T. at Lincoln commencing September 28th, it is laid down that all competing tractors must haul a particular make of plough, which happens to be an English one. Anieri' can manufacturers of tractors have taken exception to this rule, as it is aeserted that their machines will be handicapped by this arrangement. It is possible that if this regulation is not amended, the result may be the withdrawal of most of the American entrants. This wOuld be. a most utyfortunate occurrence, and we are sure that the organizers of the trials will do all in their power to find a satisfactory 'solution of the difficulty. A tractor is usually called upon to haul a plough which is recommended by the makers of the machineasan.d it certainly seems unnecessary to stipulate any particular make.
It will be remembered that we published a 'digest of the rules and regulations for these Trials in our issue dated August 24th.
Tyre Longevity.
A Halley char-4-hancs, which has been running for 23 months, from September, 1918, to August, 1920, is still equipped with a Shrewsbury and Challiner tyre, which in that time has covered 51,848 miles ; another tyre on the same car, fitted on September, 1919, has covered 16,142 miles.
New Dunlop Depot.
One of the recent improvements in Dunlop organization is the establishment of a distributing depot at Broad Street, 'Birmingham, Where' a great want in distributing supplies for Birmingham and the surrounding district has been filled.. Considerable advantage has accrued in removing this work from Aston, which is a considerable distance from tile railways and from the heart of the city.
The latest up-to-date presses have been' installed for the fitting of solid tyres, •
and the depot is able to deal with 50 sets per day. The manager of the depot is Mr.. J. A. Taylor, for many' years manager at Newcastle-on-Tyne, then Irish manager and recently returned from a year's trip to India on Dunlop business.
August Memories.
Gale and gust; Drifting dust, Rain and rust!
Lucia's lust Tempts the.Trust: Now w&re bust
Lorry v. Rail Rates.
Some interesting figures thawing how the motor lorry is competing successfully with railways, not only asregards the question of time, but also as regards the question of price, aoe given by Mr. Clewes, the transport manager of Lipton,
Ltd. He points out that by sending their goods by road this company is making an average sa.ying of 10s. per ton. He qnotes, amongst others, the following figures:—
A Gas-bag Still in Use.
The illustration which we publishon this page recalls the campaign of The Commercial Motor whiCh, during the war, resulted in. the extensive use of gas in the propulsion of commercial vehicles.
The Eastbourne Corporation has equipped the Ransotnes motor kiwis mower (with which the grass on the Devonshire Park tennis courts at that popular resort is cut) with a gas container, in order to reduce .expense, and the arrangement is Raid to work very satisfactorily.
Motor 'Vehicles in Durban.
A Natal contemporary, of August 7th devotes some apace to the unpacking of a consignment of motor vehicles of all sortNvhichhad lately arrived in, Durban. African Motors, for example, were busy with a shipment Of:Re' public. trucks; the Natal. Mater Industries were " assembling " some new Reo light vans and cars ; whilst Colonial Motors were also very active in the unpacking line, The paper noted with pleasure the fact that the Durban City Fathers were calling for tenders for "eight 4 ton motor or electric trucks fitted with dump bodies' suitable for carrying road metal. . . And they Want a 4 tonner, too, for general service."
Salesman Wanted.
We know of a vacancy in the post of head salesman for one of the best-known commercial vehicles for the Glasgow and western Scotland district, comprising ihe western half of Scotland. A. good. salary and commission will be paid to the right man. In the territory referred to it has previously been found that Scotsmen are generally preferred. We hall be glad to put any suitable manein touch with the firm of manufacturers if letters are addressed " care of the Editor of this journal.'
A Mighty Drop.
An unrehearsed incident, involving an unintended test, occurred recently when a 4 tan Orwell lorry (electrically driven and equipped with Ironclad Exide bate teries),-used for general cartage by the South Lancashire Cartage Co., Lta., of Atherton, dropped 15 ft. into the condenser room of the power house, owing to the fact that the driver, when backing the vehicle under a gantry, misjudged. the distance. Except for the breaking of a portion of the driver's cab, no damage was done to the lorry, whilst the battery was absolutely uninjured.
The makers rightly claim that although the simplicity of the electric vehicle and its ability to withstand rough treatment are its predominant features, great credit is really due to the palters of the battery and the builders IN the chassis for-the material and workmanship that have withstood such a test.
The All American Truck Co. announce that the sole concession 'for the A.A.. 25 cwt.-truck has now been granted to the Transactor General Trading Co., 6, Great St. Helens, London, E.C., to whom all inquiries in -connection with this vehicle should now be addressed.
At the recent fete given by , the directors of the Hoffmann Manufacturing Co. to their employees and their families, together with the friends of unmarried employees, there was an attendance of nearly 10,000 people. The fete was held in Hylands Park, near Cheltenham.
With reference to our paragraph ift last week's issue concerning the B type bus chassis and buses, which the Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., is offering for sale, we are asked to state that the price for the chassis is 2450, not £400, as stated,
Horse v. Motor Costs and Values.
Some interesting items of expenditure in the maintenance of transport services are contained in the half-yearly report and balance sheet of the Liverpool Ce-operative Society,. which during -the period ended June 30th spent £2,270 15s. on carriage, freight and cartage, and £2,128 us, for new horses, motors, and rolling stock, whilst petrol costs only amounted to £1,669 12s. 6d., horse keep came to £3,760 plus £787 for stabling.. These figures, read in conjunction with the following figures, are illuniinating
Police Exceed Speed Limit.
Following heavy motor vehicles judged to be travelling at an excessive speed, a police eonstable, on a motor-bicycle, gauged their speed by a speedometer, on the Crosby Road, near Liverpool The officer, no doubt, is going on the right road les promotion, for his bag included drivers from Birkenhead, Liverpool, Blackburn, and PrestOn, whose speeds were between 18 and 23 miles per‘hour...
-Bridging a Danger.
One of the best known, if not the most picturesque, of the modern bridges in North Wales is that known as the Waterloo Bridge at Bett-ws-y-.Ceed, the joint property of the Carnarvenslaire and Denbighshire County Councils. Owing. to the heavy motor traffic which passes over the structure, it has been in danger of collapsing, with the result' that it is TIOW to be reconstructed at a cost of £8,000. The Ministry of Transport has offered to pay one quarter of the cost, but the County Councils are asking the Ministry to contribute one-third. It is interesting to note that on the average 32. chars-a-bancs cross the bridge every day.
Diesel Engine Advances.
The internal-combustion engine is widening in scope, and its application for ship propulsion is increasing by leaps and hounds. A motor vessel carrying 14,000 tons of eargo—the largest ship of its typeeever built—has just been completed on the Clyde, and the illustrations and description published in the Septenn
her Motor Ship of the two 3,200 h.p. Diesel engines -installed, in the new vessel give an idea of the important developments which are now proceeding in oil engine construction. In the same issue of the journal named are published details of the machinery of the first motor passenger liner which will shortly be completed on the Clyde. - Transport Facilities in Nigeria.
The lack of adequate transport feeilities in Nigeria has repeatedly been ex
emplified in the arti&s on the subject which have appe,a.red in these pages, and it is not surprising to hear, on the authority of Mr. H. T. Miller, chairman and managing director of the Tin Areas of Nigeria, Ltd., that the failure of proper transport on the -railways of the country has cost his ournpany for the last few years. "hundreds of thousands of pounds." More than ever is the need of motor transport apparent in Nigeria, though; of course, until the road question is settled, there is not much chance for the motor lorry as a solution to the transport problem. Mr. Miller declared that his company had the opportunity of making aIrofit of £150,000 through the sale of ground rents, and they; did
everything possible to get the produce down to the railway, "but owing to the tremendous delay. . . . a very great deal of that profit was whittled away and lost." The moral is obvious,at lea-st to anyone knowing the capabilities of motor transport.
Motor Transport in he Argentine.
Official -confirmation of several of the statements respecting motor transport in the Argentine, which will be found in an article on the subject we shall shortly publish, is given in the Board of Trade Joitruat for August 19th; which quotes at some length from the report of Mr. H. 0. Chalkley, Commercial Secretary ELM. Legation, Buenos Aires, Mr. Clalkley, we note, observes that, considering the absence of roads, the Argentine people are good buyers of motorcars' and,decessories, " bat the trade is almost entirely in the hands of the Americans, and until British manufacturers are in a position to offer similar facilities in the way of prices, local stocks, spare parts, and repairs and local salesmanship, the openings for British cars must lasrlimited to a few of the high-class makes." He adds that the local conditions of Buenos. Aires and the provincial centres do not call for motor lorries in any quantity, and these only of the lighter type.
Travelling Thieves.
Evesham fruit growers have suffered greatly of lath from robberies by parties of men who visit the district in chars-abanee. Parties have entered the fjut plantations and plundered them in a most barefaced way, taking away plums . in bags and pillow-cases.
At the police court last week two men • were fined £10 each, with an alternative of one month's hard labour for stealing • 7 lb. of growing damascenes valued 3s, 6d. the property of William Byrd, The chairman of the bench said the magistrates had very carefully considered sending prisoners to gaol, and this course would be adopted in any future cases.
• A.A. Clearing Houses.
Following the inauguration of the Automobile Association's clearing-house scheme for return leads, it is proposed to hold a series of meetings in various Scottish centres, when commercialvehicle owners will have an opportunity of discussing local requirements, available facilities and rates with the officially appointed A.A. agents. Notice of the date and place of each meeting will be sent to those likely to be interested. Arrangements have already been completed for a meeting at Edinburgh on Wednesday, September 22nd, at 3 p.m., in the offices at 43, George Street.
Alcohol Fuel Patents.
The Empire Motor Fuels Committee of the Imperial Motor Transport Coate cil has recently been considering the abnormal and unhealthy activity shown by pseudo-inventors he respect of alcohol motor fuels and mixtures containing alcohol. Shortly before the House rose, Mr. E. Manville, M.P. at the request of the Empire Motor Fuels committee, addressed the following question to the
• President of the Board of 'Lade :— "If the Patent Office will pay special e attention to the 'lumber of applications for letters 'patent in respect of admixtures
of such bodies as alcohol, ether, kerosene, benzole, and toluol, as motor fuels, in which applications no element of novelty, discovery or inventionajipeare to be disclosed; and if he will give instructions to the Patent Office to be especially careful not to hamper or prejiedieci the production. or utilization of new motor fuels by the creation of ground for litigation in respect of alleged master patents."
Sir Robert Herne's ropPy was that "Full and proper consideration will be given to all applications for patents in respect of inventions relating to new motor fuels before the patent is granted. The Comptroller of the Patent Office in considering what is a proper subject of a patent is, of course, bound by the provisiOns of 'the Patents and Designs Act in accordance with which he must act."
It is felt by the Empire Motor Fuels Committee that great damage may be done to the prospect of early production: and marketing of new motor fuels if disregard is shown -by the Patent Office for the known miscilbility within various limits of alcohol, benzole, petrol. and other hydro-carbons and carbo-hydrates, and the Committee wishes to give warning to the investing public that any claim to a master patent should in any conceivable circumstances be viewed
c4 with the maximum of doubt. The Committee feels it is regrettable in the public interests that the Patent Office should be allowing patents to be granted for mixtures which every chemist knows can be employed as fuels, and which every engineer knows are more or less applicable to existing engines.
Private Cars as Hackney
Carriages. •
Advertisements are sometimes seen in the daily Press stating that persons travelling by motor to some particular point have seats available in their cars.
Most of these notices end up with the eepression : "Terms on application." We would point out that by using motorears for this purpose they' become hackney carriages, and, unless hackney carriage licences have been obtained the owners are liable to severe penalties.
• A Bartle Bus.
The accompanying illustration shows. an attractive designof a single-deck bus built by Messrs. Jas. Bartle and Co., Ltd., of Lancaster Road, Notting Hill, W. De There are five pairs of garden seats inside lacing forwards, -with hinged gangway seats between, all upholstered in real leather hide made up on spring foundations. There are also four seats on the hind platform, so that the total capacity with an allowance for three on the driver's seat is 32. The body is , strongly yet lightly built, the hind
fender being panelled each aide. eheet steel. One large window On each side takes out illOmpletely when requiredeand there are hinged windows above Ithe ventilating rail and one in the front bulkhead., A sliding door, provided at the rear end of the gangway, runs on ball bearings. The panelling is in mahogany. The body is painted in yellow relieved with black lines.
Coach Clearing, House.
Something in the nature of a clearing house, founded on quite a voluntary basis, is being instituted by Liver-, pool char-aeleancs proprietors, who have recently organized themselves into an association. It frequently happens that parties who have ordered coaches have cancelled their contract at the last moment, causing the vehicle to be idle on the day for which it was booked, while at the same time other owners have been chasing all over the city for an additional coach or two.
It is obviously to the advantage of the
proprietor to keep his coaches on the move—perhaps in the cage of the-owner-driyer there is a greater incentive still, end-naturally he resents the cancellation Of an outing when he has turned subsequent inquirers away. By means of the Q.entral Call Office, which has been, or is being, established, owners may communicate all their vacant-dates for vehides, which, together with those from other Proprietors, will be available to all 'associated -members.' It is a clearing house' under another name, and has a tendency to create a pool in traffic. Suppose a party A approached the ma-tor coach owner B, who owns two 20 seaters, to convey a, party of 140 passene ,gers to Blackpool. B has two alternatives. (1) to charter extra, coaches or (2) to admit his inability to provide the eosches. Some proprietors have favoured the course of booking all parties that come along, providing that they agree upon terms and general conditions, -and trust to luck intbeing able to, get the
requisite number of coaches. It ha,s sometimes involved the expenditure of a great deal of time. to he able te locate an additional one or tie9 cars, to Bay nothing of telephone calls, and the -anxiety to the contracting proprietor who taker up the time of the firms from. whom he makes his inquiries.
Doing the Heavy.
Owners of lorries should bear in mind that the weighing machine between Esher and Cobham at the fcot of-Horse Shoe Clump, on the Portsmouth road, is being put into working order again by the manufacturers of the plant. This looks as if the Surrey County Daiwa is going to resume its campaign under the Heavy Motor Car Order. It will be remembered that the County Council made good use of this money-making tool during the first two years-of the war. At a time when business firms were short of motor lorries and vans owing to the demands made by the vans, the
energetic clerk of the scales and a man in blue religiously weighed each axle of the many vehicles passing along. It should be noted that this trap can be easily avoided by passing through Hershani; it is only two miles further, and is a time saver Seeing that it takes such a time "doing the heavy." Directly this weighingmachine business starts working, it is expected that there will be a, considerable increase in the amount collected at Kingston under the category of motor fines.. The Surrey County Council this season has already reaped a rich harvest from the motoring community.
Objectionable By-laws.
In reply to the request for a deputation to wait on the home Office and Ministry of Transport in reference to their objections to the new Motor Hackney Carriage By-laws, the solicitors to the [Liverpool Motor HirersY Association, Messrs. Dean, Son and Wright, have received the following letter from the Home Office:—" I am directed by the [Secretary of Stat8 to inform you that the objections forwarded by you on the Garage IllotZir Hackney Carriage By-laws made by the City Copricil on May .5th last are being carefully
considered, and that the Association in question will be given an opportunity of supplementing its written statement by deputation before the by-laws are allowed to come into operation.—Yours, etc., Signid Edward Tudor." .
Recent Registration.
'Leo Swain and Co., Ltd., have been registered wit:: a capital of £50,000, in £1 Shares, to take over the business carried on at 237-239, Deansgate, Manchester, as Leo Swain and Co., and to manufactuse pneumatic and other tyres.
£10,000 Fire.
The extensive warehouses and motor 'garage of William Rexford, a haulage contractor of Leigh, have been destroyed by fire, and motor vehicles, cotton goods, etc., and buildings suffered to the extent of about £10,000.
Motor Show in Australia.
It has been decided by the Motor Traders' Association of South Australia to hold at Adelaide, in October, a motor show on the lines of the Olympia Show in London. This will include lorries, tractors, etc., as well as working exhibits of trade processes.
. Chains for W.D. Lorries.
• We understand that the Covehtry Chain Co., Ltd., are now in a position to give immediate delivery of 'heavy roller chains for practically all the W.D. lorries, as well as for many other British, Continental; and American makes.
Weave received from C. A. -Vanderyell and Co., Ltd. an advance copy of their "Running Instructions for Magnetos." This is a publication which should prove of considerable interest to users of
this make of magneto.
Local Proceedings.
Liverpool Watch Committee has authorized the head constable to purchase a motorvan at a cost of about £450.
Manchester Corporation Gas Corn; mitten has arranged to purchase two Lye ton Sentinel steani end-tipping wagons.
Bolton Corporation Streets Committee has decidedsto_purchase a Straket-Squire ton tipping wagon from McGuinness and Co., -Ltd.
-Leeds Corporation Cleansing Committee has authorized the chairman and deputy-chairman to pu.rchase a motor vehicle for use in connection with farms.
Bonen Watch Committee has asked the chief constable to report with reference to the driving of vehicles past stationary tramcars to the danger of the public.
Bolton Corporation Cleansing Cernmittee has appointed a sub-committeø. to visit Rochdale to inspect a gully-emptying steam wagon belonging to the con. poration, with power to purchase such a vehicle if thought advisable.
Increase of -Dunlop Capital.
An extraordinary general meeting of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., will be held at 14, Regent Street, London,
on Friday, September 10th, at 11.30 a.m., for the purpose of consid.ering, and if thought fit, of passing, certain resolutions, one-of which being for the increase of the capital .of the company to £20,000,000 by the creation of 12,500,000 additional ordinary sharesof £1 each, ranking for dividend in respect of rapital, and in all respects par: passe with the existing ordinary shares of the company.
COACH OWNERS' 16 POINTS.
Objects Which New Association Wants . to Accomplish
UNATTACHED motor char-it-banes proprietors in Liverpool haeie received from the seceetary of the recently--formed Liverpool District, Cheshire and North :Wales Motor Charilelearies Owners Association a charter of 16 points, being the objects for which the organieatian was created.
A covering circular states that the administration is vested in a management council, . consisting of representatives appointed by the various area committee throughout the district. Each area committee will govern its own local affair's.
The purposes of the association are(1) to watch, protect, and further the interests of the -associated char-aebancs owners ; (2) to create and foster esprit de corps among members; (3) the establishment of minimum charges to prevent the disastrous policy of undercutting of rates which is becoming rampant; (4) the establishment of a fund to assist members victimized by undercutting on the part of other char-4-banns owners; (5) co-operation in resisting unfair competition; (6) to seek by all means to counter the suggested ban on the use of by-roads by motor chars-A-hence; (7) to investigate all public and private legislation affecting the users of motor vehicles, and to oppose all unfair and oppressive proposals; (8) to give advice re running costs, -excessive charges for repairer, haulage rates, purchase of new or secondhandvehicles, etc.; (9) to obtain preferential rates for repairs and the garaging of case and chars-I-banes on important routes by a nrimber Of associated firms; (10) toensure assistance on the road in case of breakdown in specified localities with provision of tyre presses, etc. ; (11) to give assistance in securing full petrol rebates ; (12) to assist recovery of inetnne tax at preferential rates; (13) to secure insurance facilities; (14) to provide free advice on questions arising out of income tax laws andrreguiations; (15) to ensure the organization of regular char-h-banes services to popular resorts and other suitable centres on co-operative lines, to take advantage of the opportunity created by the increase in railway fares ; (16) to organize a jointischetne during the winter and early spring.
LEICESTER TRAFFIC.
Powers Sought for Street Widenings and Improvements.
THE LEICESTER -Cerporation has been driven to devising very serious measures fur dealing with the difficult problem of congested traffic in central thoroughfares of the town, which has 'been enormously increased of late through the perpetually-growing volume of motor transport. With a simultaneous development of tramway ,arrangements, the -conditions at many points • in narrow streets, present elements of continuoise danger; sand, although objections have been raised to the scheme by reason of the formidable nature of the expenditure involved, the Council has boldly tackled the situation by determining, at its last meeting, to seek Parliamentary powers to acquire property, allowing °ha much-needed widening of Helgrave Gate, Callow-tree Gate, and Granby Street, three of the main thoroughfares in the heart of the town, of which, by rearon of the present inadequate limits,
CG drivers of commercial end other motor vehicles have had many -unpleasant experiences, It is anticipated that the ultimate cost of the necessary extensions may be 900,000, but by .epreseling the wori. over a• number of years, the financial burdens upon the present and future generations of ratepayers will be equitably adjusted, and improvements effected to everyone's advantage. It is instructive to notice that in the course of the debate which took place at the lazt meeting of the Council, expression was given to the idea-which has been frequently enunciated of late in other large Midland and Northern centres, that the ultimate scrapping cf tramway lines is not to b.e regarded as a contingency improbableeof realization.
Leicester's difficulty in this matter is one which confronts the neighbouring Midland authority of Nottingham iii an equally 'severe degree, the present. narrow suiteof High Street and Clamber Street, two of the main arteries of traffic contiguous to the Great Market Place, having been long a canze of danger and inconvenience, which calls ' for drastic remedy.
Nottingham's already inordinately heavy munitipal burdens appear, however, to preclude the probability of any early attempt being made to deai. with schemes involving further eonsider able public outlay.
EMPTY RUNNING.
Haulage , Contractors Association and Clearing 'Houses, .AST week we published corresponled dence that had passed between the Association of Road Transport Clearing Houses and the Ministry of Transport in reference to a ,statement that had been made that associations should have their
own freight exchanges. As, the statement in question was made at a meeting of the. Liverpool Motor Haulage Contractors Associations; we felt it only just that a responsible official of that organization should have the right of reply.
On being approached the bon. secretary, Mr. P. Taggart, made the following statement We led the discussion at the Ministry of Transport with regard to clearing houses. We were talking About the organization of transport in general, and we distinguished between the North Western Consolidated Transport -and the ordinary clearing houses on the lines already published.in your journal.
" Theeofficial we iuterviewed•said thatthe distinction was recognized with interest, and they realized from their OWD -experience that traffic exchanges were not a permanent feat-are, and could tot hope to be a permanent featare unless they 'combined with their traffic -functions some organization based upon a capital service. Consecreently the North Western Consolidated Tratisports, as being more or less belonging to 'a capitalist interest, interested them as being more in corformity with their view.
'I quite agree with Colonel Pickard that the co-ordination of road Transp■eit Freight Exchanges is a matter inwhich comprdiensive treatment by the .road transport industry is desirable (the italics are not ours] accurately frames the point of view expressed between our deputation and Colonel Pickard, and it was obvious that these. words do not in elude the intermediaries of the freightexchange type that, do not form part or th6 transport industry, but act as -mere 'telephones.' "
LICENSED BY 34 AUTHORITIES.'
Details of One of the Most ,Extensive Private Bus Services in the North. THE MOTOR omnibus service of the Croeville Motor Co, which operate from_ Chester, must be one of: the largest concerns in the north-west country. Their vehicle MID in five counties— Cheshire, Fliiitshire, Derbyshire, .Shrope
shire, and Staffordshire, principally in the first two. The fleet exceeds 50 Daimlers, arid it is a matter' of interest that this number covers about 90 per cent, of the buses in the area eerved.
The company have specialized in Daimlers, which have given excellent service, and have an average seating capacity or 28 persons. In 1910, the Crosville Motor Co., were pioneers in runninginotrehuses in these districts for public service, and eyery year they lia,ye added to the number of routeg already covered. At the present time theY cover 26 routes, of which 10 are from Chester.
Licences are held from 32 Meat authorities, and from tivo private roads anth-orities. ItWill be readily appreciated that thecompany's dealings with these authoritie-e constitute a special department in their offices.
In aninterview with a representative of The Commercial Motor, the managing director of the company mentioned that the farce worked out about 2d. per -passenger per inile,• and they maintained a very efficient system of maintenance-independent of a repair department. Unfortunately we are not enabled to go into
details.
The company also ha-ye a fleet of eight chars-eleaecs, which frequently tour North Wales, Derbyshire, and other favoured districts.
They are the only cem,pany, by the way, that we hate heard of issuing, at the beginning of each month, a ten-page time-table of their' services. It is of a size very convenient kr the pocket, and • is indexed, making It useful for quirk refuel-Ice. In arrangement it is compiled very similarly to a railway timetable, naming the different placesen route, specifying times of departure and arrival at destination. This handy guide is in the hands &I the public by a fixed time every ni.Ontla. Passengers are allowed to carry a leaBonable arnoent of -personal luggage free, but portmanteaux, go-carts and other !bulky luggage are charged her • extra. Parcels are carried on the main roads only, but at senders' risk, carriage paid. Finally, we are told : " Buses step anywhere, within reason, by request.
TRANSPORT WAGES.
Liverpool Workers Decide Upon Local. Instead of National Action. .
THE WAGE disPuto in the road transport industry, following upon the employers rejection of the men's application is to take -a new turn. Carters and motormen in Liverpool, Who number about 15,000, have decided through their union to withdraw. from the national application, -but. to make a local demand on the same lines. This will Mean. that _negotiations if they are not conducted with ajoint committee Of all the Merseyside transport organizations, will have to be dealt withseparately by each of the associations, about eight in all.