The strike in some of the depart-• meats of the works of the Simms
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agneto Co., Ltd., has now happily ended, the men having returned to work unconditionally. It will have been noticed that Mr. F. R. Simms has recently returned from yet another trip to America ; some changes have been made in the personnel of the staff, and it Hoks now as if deliveries will c.ame along briskly. The company greatly regrets inconvenience caused recently by tardy deliveries. Fresh arrangements have been completed, I gather, which will obviate a recurrence of this.
It was in the early hours of WhitMonday morning that Captain R. h. Bagn all-Wildand his doughty lieutenants were marking out, on the side-walks and roadways, the spaces to be occupied by the various commercial vehicles taking part in the Coronation Parade and Competition. The sun had risen, and that was about all, but it was not too soon for the inevitable humorist to meander along. I personally think he must have been a " left over " from the night. before, because, from what I have observed of the comic merchant, he does not seem to get going before breakfast; anyhow, our immediate hero saw the side-walk embellishment going on, threw down a penny, and stalked stolidly on.
It used not to he uncommon to see a perspiring embryo motorist steadily going through some book of automobile hints and tips, the while the car was hung up by the roadside, but I do not remember seeing one who aspired to be a golfer plodding round a course with a hook, however much he might require it. Yet the St. I-Telens Cable and Rubber Co., Ltd.. of Warrington, has issued a compact card, with the regulation six-inch measure on it, for frustrating some of the stymies, and also some hints in tabloid form as to what one may and may not do. These most-concise of instructions have been revised by the gentleman who was until last week the amateur champion golfer of this country, Mr John Ball. Every reader who desires to bring down
his handicap should send to Warrington for one of these. It may have an obscure intimation somewhere on the card that " Elastrong " tires are good for motor wagons, but never mind—it will be carried in your golfing clothes, once you have procured it.
Finding myself at Bristol last week, it did not seem a far cry across the Bristol Channel to Cardiff, so why not a hurried peep at the Bath and West of England
Show This is only second in importance to the Royal, and it always contains much of interest, so thither I proceeded. Oddly enough, some of the absentees forced themselves first on my mind. I had seen, at previous shows, Brown and May, from Devizes ; bard by. Burrells, of Thetford, are usually there, and Ransomes, of Ipswich, generally have a great display. This year, I could only see the latter concern's lawnmowers, and such like gear. Anyhow, it was a representative exhibition. Taskers are showing a very cleanly-built wagon, with a new departure for their make, inasmuch as the man sits at the back instead of at the side of the boiler, I was glad to hear they are doing quite a nice trade in wagons. Then, the Yorkshire had a good central position, with Mr. C. E. Jarmain in attendance, and I was shown the action of the new mechanical tipping, which strikes me as being most effective, whilst the extra cost is but slight. This will be shown at the forthcoming Royal, and everybody should look out for it. Cardiff would appear to be a stronghold of the Yorkshire wagon, and the same may be said of the Mann. At this latter stand, Mr. J. H. Mann was over from Leeds, and I could hear of an agricultural tractor, to he shown at Norwich, in some respects different from the one shown last year.
Further good displays were made by Clayton and Shuttleworth, but nothing coming within the scope of this journal, although I could hear of a new oil tractor—of a large type, about IO tons—for Colonial work. This particular one is built for the Argentine, and is suitable both for haulage purposes and for ploughing. This will see the light at Norwich, at the end of this month, and also their ordinary motor tractor. John Fowlers were here ; they expect to have something quite new at Norwich, but, as is their way, they are very reticent about details until their plans are quite completed. Some talk w.ith Mr. Alfred Wallis, of Wallis and Steevens, elicited the fact that they are making good progress with their new threetonner, which will be put on the market before very long. Garretts, of Leiston, were to be seen here, too, and their motor wagon attracted much attention. Barford and Perkins's motor roller also Caine in for much admiration. It will thus be seen, that, in addition to the two new oil tractors mentioned last week in these notes, there is quite a movement amongst the steam neople, and early pages, particularly in the announced special article on oil tractors, will very shortly be teeming with descriptions and photographs of these new vehicles.