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"The wheel of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which it runs."—John Beattie Crozier.
The Tractor Trials Site.
' An announcement was circulated, immediately after the meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society, of England on Wednesday last, by the S.M.M. and T. stating that the site for the agricultural tractor trials, to be held in September and to be organized jointly by the two bodies, has now been chosen. The subcommittee appointed for the purpose, including representatives of both bodies, have individually and collectively visited sites at Preston Brook, Bedford, Stamford, Newark, St. Ives (Hunts.), Redhill, Woodstock (Oxford), Saldock, Kettering, and Lincoln, besides several others, and they have come. to the conclusion tltat the one available near Lincoln is the best.
The site selected is about two miles further away from the city than the site of last year's trials, being situated mainly about the village of Scampton, and to the right and left of the main road from Lincoln through Burton and _Carlton. On the west aide of the road, the land in the valley is of a heavy character, and about 250 acres of this is available for the triale. The ground slopes quickly upward from these fields to the road, and on the slope there are fields available, if required, for hillside ploughing. On the east Side of the road there is ample acreage (say, about 600 acres) of light land surrounding the Scampton aerodrome. The accompanying map roughly shows the position of the site.
Welfare Among Avon Workers.
The employees of few works can boast of having a fine, old country mansion as a clubhouse, but amongst these few are the workers of the Avon India Rubber Co., Ltd., for whom the company have recently purchased Melksham House, pleasantly situated about half a mile from the Avon works at Melksham. The mansion is now in process of adaptation, and will have billiard, reading, and refreshment rooms, library, apartments for indoor games, rest rooms, private baths, and the coachhouse and stables are being converted into a gymna: ium. Arrangements are also being made for lectures on such subjects as allotment gardening and other profitable hobbies. The club will be open all day, so that men on night work will he able to use it as freely as those on day work.
The grounds, covering 27 acres, are beautifully laid out, and playing fields for cricket, football, and other sports are being prepared; in fact, the employees are already enjoying certain of these games.
Melluham Works were founded in 1885, and the manufacture of pneumatic tyres was.commenced as far back as 1899.
Mr. D. T. Mortimer has been engaged 'Ls resident organizer for the new club.
Warrington Hauliers Organize.
A haulage contractors' association has been recently formed at Warrington, and a meeting was he:d a few days .1.go to discuss what steps should 1-se taken to accomplish the objects for
which the organization was brought into existence.
Mr. C. C. Morton, Chairman of the Rates Committee of the Liverpool Haulage Contractors' Association, was present, and addressed the meeting. It was stated that the local hauliers at first were in a difficulty as to whether they should have a purely local association, or whether they should link up with the Liverpool Haulage Association, either by becoming direct members, with a local committee, or a Warrington branch of tho Liverpool organization.
After Mr. Morton and Mr. S. Neve (Manchester) had addressed the meeting, it was decided to form a branch of the Liverpool Motor . Haulage Contractors' Ansociation.
The secretary is -Mr. Kelly, of the K. and C. Motor Transport Co., Mc.1 laud Buildings, Warrington. There are about 20 firms of haulage contractors in the town which is on the main read, midway between Manchester and Liverpool.
In our recently-published Buyers' Guide for foreign vehicles, we. gave the address of Renault, Ltd. as 3, Keswick Read, S.W. 15. This should have been Seagrave Road, S.W. 6.
. In our list of exhibitors at the forthcoming "Royal" show to be held at Darlington, we gave the stand number of W. and G. du Gros, Ltd., as 177. This should have been 318.
The first. session of the Institute of Transport will be closed by an Institute dinner, to be held at the Royal Automobile Club on Friday, the 25th inst. The president of the Institue, the Rt. Hon. Sir Eric Geddes, G.C.B., G.B.E., M.P., Minister of Transport, will preside.
C.M.U.A. at Blackpool.
The first provincial meeting of the National Council of the Commercial Motor Users Association was held in Blackpool on Saturday last, the attendance from the various centres all over the country being gratifying to the officials, and giving good promise of the continued success of these gatherings. Following the meeting of the National Council in the morning, the chairman and committee of the North Western division entertained the visitors to lunch, following which a public meeting was held, one of the principal speakers being Sir Henry Ma'Ybury, K.C.M.G., C.B., Director of the Roads Department, Ministry of Transport. A public dinner was held in the evening, and on Sunday the party was taken by chars-a-bancs to Windermere, where they were the guests of Mr.— W. Birtwhistle, returning to B:ackpool in the evening, and there dispersing.
Opening Up South Hereford by Motorbus.
Herefordshire people will have noticed on the road on Hereford market days a lighter type of, motorbus than that, usually met with. These buses are about 14 ton lighter than the ordinary passenger buses, and are extremelywell furnished. It is through the enterprise of Fryer, Ltd., the Hereford motor concern, that these vehicles are running to meet the convenience of marketing folk.
The latest routes served cover South Herefordshire and a part of Monmouth, a handsome bus being quartered at Monmouth at present, and running to Hereford, Abergavenny, Roas,. Much Marcel, and Ledbary on markid, days. The concern is also catering for weak-end p'easure trips into Herefordshire.
The scheme for providing a service to meet the hadly-needed requirements of the Golden Valley and hillside is well in hand, and the bodywork of the first bus is expected to be completed in a few days, and when ready, tor the road ft will be stationed at Michaelchurch. Calls will be made on market days at Vowchurch and Peterchurch for Hereford, the vehicle Making other journeys to Hay, Pentrilas, and Abergavenny.
Government approval may shortly be given to a big reduction in the percentage of methyl alcohol stipulated is necessary in power alcohol.
Fortifying alcohol for power purposes by the addition of 2 per cent, of ammimium nitrate involves the discovery of a means to eliminate the production of nitric acid or combustion" orto neutra'rize such acidity.
Mr. F. J. Hurst, for many years assca ciated with the selling Organization of Brown Brothers, Ltd., of the well-known motor and aircraft factors of Great Eastern Street, RC., has recently joined the staff of the Aircraft Disposals Co., Ltd., and is now installed at their sales hesdquaiters at Regent House, Kingsway, W.C.
Talbots Sell Dennis.
. Clement-Talbot, Ltd., are advertising a large number of Dennis cbAssis built to W.D. requirements and fitted with
:W_D. bodies. These were purchased Irom the American Army in France, after _ having seen only a short war service on Atha American front. They have been % overhauled and rebuilt at the North_ .1Kensingtou works of the Clement-Talbot
and are being sold with a guarantee of that company covering a period of six months.
A spare-part service has been organized, a large stock of all necessary spares 'being held by the cornpany-. With new tyres on all wheels, tools, necessary spares, lamp and horn, the vehicles ready for the road are being offered at £700.
Mersey Traffic Census:
,"A month's census of the traffic crossing the river Mersey, showing the starting point and destination of every vehicle, has just been _completed for tie Liverpool Cross River Traffic Committee, and it is expected that the returns will be passed on to the Ministry of Transport. For some months now there has been an , agitation for improving the methods of dealing with vehicular :traffic, as the Mersey ferries are no longer a mere connecting link between towns in a restricted area, but Constitute a great national highway.
Quite apart from the large number of long-distance vehicles from all parts of the country using the ferries, big industrial developments are taking place, which have caused, and are causing, a big increase in the use of motor lorries. The ferry queues of .petrol and steam wagons are as : conspicuous as ever they have been, and
hauliers, if they can avoid this whirlpool of congestion, spare no effort to do so. Thousands ot pounds must be wasted every year by these hope.eisly inadequate services, wiffida recently have been inspected by Government
traffic experts. Structural alterations are needed on both the Lancashire and Cheshire sides • of the river,, and although the expenditure involved might be, at first sight, perhaps, staggering, it will be a necessary outlay to revitalize services which have decayed intr., obsolescence.
150 Guinea Bus Ride to the Derby.
Iitclnded in the fleet of 70 to 80 motorbuses which were run to. the Derby for the' benefit of the funds of St. Dimstan's Hostel was the veteran " Ole Bill," one of the first L.G.O.C. buses to go on active service, and the one which the King inspected after it had res tuned work on the London streets. The charter of this bus was put up to the highest bidder, a-nd it was secured by nix. Herman Darewski for 150 guineas, Mr. Darewski invited the inmates of St. Dunstan's to see the Derby" at his expense:
A.E.C. Service.
Service in the strict sense of the ward is now better understood by our manufacturers than was previously the case. An example of this is shown by the faet that, the Associated Equipment Co. had a service vehicle in attendance at Epse-fil -far several days last week. This vehicle was a 3-4 ton demonstration lorry, carrying numerous spares, even including radiators, and a staff of five ineetia.nics ready to attend ts any defects or -minor accidents which might occur to vehicles of A.E.C. manufacture.
Personal Pars.
Among recent elections to associate membership of the Institute of TransPort are Mr. T. C. G. Clabbarn, general manager of the Trent Motor Traction Co., Ltd., and Mx. R. H. Morgan, traffic manager of the British American Tobacco business.
We regret to learn that Mr. George Matra head of the Covent Garden fruit and eower concern of George /Ielonro, Ltd., has died in London at the age of 73.
Mr. Monro first came to London in 1863 to'sell the produce .which had been' raised by his grandfather at Potters Bar, and eight years later startedthe firm which is now one of the prominent concerns in Covent Garden. Mr. Monro was among the earliest to employ the motor vehicle for the transport to and from market of his produce.
-Mr. II. 8. Rowell, O.B.E.,
M.I.Mech.E., B.Sc. (Land.), Whitworth Scholar, etc., has .been appointed Technical Secretary of the Research Association of British Maur and Allied Manufacturers, Ltd.
Mr. Rowell assisted in the initial researches of the Aeronautics Department at the National Physical Laboratory. Subsequently, after taking up post graduate work at Gottingen. and Charlottenburg, he was engaged in teaching and research at the University of Leeds until the outbreak of wax. After serving with the Royal Artillery in. Egypt,
and France, he was transferred to t'lle Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, where he carried out fruitful investigations on ammunition. He now -relinquishes his position as manager of the light engineering department of Sir W. G. Armstrong-Whitworth and Co., Ltd.
Barnsley's Buses.
Amongst the many large fleets -of Leyland vehicles. doing passenger work throughout the country is that of the Barnsley and District Traction Co., Ltd. This company possesses at present 34 Leyland single-desle buses and two lorries, and they are taking delivery of a further 11 chassis at an early date. An ilLustration of a section of the fleet •;s to be found on page 441. The buses, it
will be seen, are of the single-deck, • saloon type, and they are utilized on regular services extending to • the numerous towns and 'villages within a radius of 15 miles round Barnsley.•
The total mileage run by. these buses to date is 1,961,199, including;: amone: other's, two Individual mileages -of 145,206 and 148,588. The average daily mileage, excluding buses off the road for repairs, is about 120. This applies more particularly to the older vehicles, which were very heavily worked during the periol of the war. These vehielL are doing remarkable service, and giving the utmost satisfaction.
A Show in Sydney.
The Motor Traders' AssOciatiOn of New South Wales intends' holding amotor _ Show in January, 1921,in the,Intlustrial Hail at the Royal Agricultural Society's show-ground, Sydney. The success of the 1920 show held in January last exceeded the Association's expectations, and arrangements are now in progress to provide for the exhibition of an even larger number of motorcars, lorries, and kindred lines. Bookings for space in the Show will be accepted about August of this year, and must be handled through motor traders here who are members elf*'-sthe Association.
Precise information as to the time limit for reserving space and other particulars of the Show will be available later.
Glasgow's Proposed New Road.
Regarding the %offer of the Ministry of Transport to contribute £40,000 towards tne cost of the construction of a road from Glasgow toe•Renfrew, it is now intimated that the Ministry will co 'Eider a further contribution if and wbmfurther funds are available for highway improvement purposes.
The Java sugar industry is threatened with a series of labour difficulties, the increase of which is compelling the 'factories to pay closer attention to Mechanical and labour-saving appliances, such as motor tractors for use on the plantations.
A New Piston Alloy.
Dr. T. B:ackwood Murray, in his presidential address to the Institute of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, mentioned that a new light piston alloy had appeared in America., We have now details of this alloy, which will probably prove of interest
,to some of our readers. It contains over 90 per cent, of magnesiUm, has a specific gravity of 1.79, a tensile strength of 22,000 to 25,000 lb. per sq. in., a compression strength of 45,000 lb. per sq. in., elongation in 2 ins. 3.5 per cent., reduction in area 3.5 per cent., modulus of elaaticity, 9,000,000, Brinell hardness 55. It is about a quarter the weight of cast-iron, and considerably lighter than the common aluminium alloys. It can be forged with an increase in tensile strength to 50,000 per sq. in., and in,P.I3rinell hardness to 70. The co-efficient of expansion is rather higher than that of aluminiiim alloys, but it is not accompanied by any permanent growth. Dow-metal, as the new metal is called, has excellent machining properties.
'We understand. that an experimental set of pistons have been in constant use on a car for a period of one year.
A Leeds Auction.
Bartle and Son offered for sale at tfe Whitkirk Repository, Leeds, a few days ago, a number of surplus Government . motor vehicles, including 55 three-ton lorries', 15 Crossley tenders, -and i. variety of touring ears, motorcycles and accessories. Many of the vehicles showed signs of considerable war service. Bidding was fairly keen, and the Crossley tenders realized from 60 to 240 ,guineas, Peerless lorries from 60 to .230 guineas, whilst one A.E.C. lorry fetched 360 guineas. The prices realized are a very good indication of the state of the vehicles. Sums varying from' 67 to 200 guineas were given for Ford vans.
A Six-Cylinder Char-a-bancs.
One of the illustrations we reproduce on this page shows _an incident in the course of a recent demonstration run with one of the new six-cylinder Halley char-6,-banes. The picture was taken outside the Tarbet Hotel. A -start was made from George Square, Glasgow, at 10.20 a.m., and the route Was via Killerwont, Canniesburn, Bowling, Ballock, Luss, and Tarbet, Loch Lomond, arriving at the latter place at 12,25 p.m. Tarbet is 35 miles from Glasgow. After having lunched, the party proceeded to Arrochar, and thence by Glen Croe to the top, which point is called " Rest and be Thankful." The distance from that point to Glasgow is 44 miles, and the gradients are 1. in 10 at the 39th mile, and 1 in 7 at the 40th and 43rd miles. The rise from the 37th mile to the point, of "Rest and be Thankful" is 860 ft.
The total run from Glasgow to.Tarbet was accomplished on top gear, which is a very fine 'performance, and the flexibility of the engine, also the silence of the transmission and !good spriiging of the Vehicle, were points which were specially remarked uppn.
A new concern, the Returned Soldiers' Co-operative Motor Engineering and Bodybuilding Co., is being formed at Melbourne, Australia, with a capital of £300,000. •
Goodrich Sales.
The B. F. Goodrich Co. of :cew York, repoit sales in March this year at the rate of 220,000,000 doIars a year. in 1919, the best previous year, the sales were 143,343,000 dollars. The current sales are proceeding at a rate of 55 per cent. • above that of last year. The Goodrich Co. are turning out about 30,000 tyres and 40,000 tubes a day. Two months ago about 24,000 tyres a day were being produced. By the end of the present year it is estimated that .production will be at the rate of close upon 50,000 tyres and 60,000 tubes daily.
German Agricultural Machinery'.
According'' to a well-known German authority, the manufacture of agricultural machinery in Germany has been considerably developed since the war, owing to the demand for this eats of machinery, from bah ,home and abroad. The requirements of the home markets have been large, owing, to the long durationof the war and the lack of peisonnel, which has necessitated the replacement of animal and human labour by machinery.
Before the war Germany imported from abroad 20 to 30 per cent, of its requirements in motor ploughs from America, 90 per cent, of its requirements in mowing machines from America and Sweden, and 20 per cent. of its requirements in hay machines 'from America.
Agriculture in Crete.
A considerable market for,agricultural machinery of all kinds undoubtedlyexists in several countries bordering on the Mediterranean and in the islands themselves, and British concerns may find it desirable to exploit this 'market. It May be that one market., particularly one of the islands, such as Crete, does not of itself possess sufficient attractions to justify the Organization of a permanent market, but when taken in conjunction with neighbouring markets, it is more than probable that the total business to be secured might form the basis of a commercial proposition. H.M. Consul at Canes, Crete, states that the Director of Agriculture of one of the prefectures is prepared to bring to the notice of the agricultural community details and any small working models of machinery which may be submitted to him. Ile will also supply a detailed list of the agricultural and farming machinery most needed, and for which there would be a substantial demand in Crete. Motor-driven implements would undoubtedly find a ready market, and any British concerns desiring to cultivate these markets should communicate with H.M. Consul, Canes, Crete.
A Char-a-banes Feat.
The Premier Transport Co.,
Keighley, together with the allied companies, the Bronte Chars Co., Haworth, and the Nelson Haulage Co., Nelson, have just accomplished something of a feat in travelling an aggregate of 1,300 miles on 1.011r0 separate occasions, and carrying by chars-a-banes 500 persons. A fleet of eight vehicles was used, five of them being Churchill chars-a.-bancs, which are shown in, the illustration on page 429, and the two trips were accomplished without a ilechanical atop. Leaving Keighley, the journey was made to Nelson without pas
sengers. After the parengers were
taken up the journey was continued to Ingleton and Kirkby Lensdale, where breakfast was served, Then the journey was continued to Morecambe. After a stay of two hours at Morecambe the party sat out for Blackpool, and some hours were spent in Blackpool in the evening. The retorn. from Black
.pool • was not commenced Until 10 o'clock, but Nelson was reached without. a bitch about one o'clock. Then the journey to Keighley was commenced after the drivers had been provided with supper.
The transport of such .a large party. over such a big distance was ate undertaking of no small magnitude, coupled with the arrangement of the meals and the aCcurate working of the whole affair to a time-table which had been set out. That such an arrangement could be carried out is an excellent illustration of the reliability of modern chai-ii-bancs undertakings.
'A Remarkable Tyre Test...
Slow-moving pictures of the type that have amused many cinema goers, by growing down the movements ot swittrymoving bodies. to the point where every action may be studied, have been utilized by the United States Tyre Co. for some interesting experiments in order to show what happens when a. heavily-loaded motor lorry climbs a kerb, drops off an elevation, or travels over an obstacle.
The United States Tyre Co.'s experiments took place at their lorry tyro factory at Providence. Whilst the Pictures that were taken contained many spectacular elements, their chief value lies in the scientific re-ults adduced. The most thrilling test, from the spectator's point of view, was the lorry jump, depicted in the illustration we publish on this page. A two-ton vehicle, weighing 6,400 lb., and carrying a load of 4,400 lb., was started up on an asphalt road. While running at top speed it mounted a sharp incline, 18 ins. high, • set in its path, and the vehicle made an 18 ft. jump through the air .before it again came into contact with the road surface. At the take-off point the lorry was registering 20 m.p.h.
The vehicle was shod with 8 -ins.
Nobby Cord pneumatic tyres on the rear wheels, and 6 ins. tyres of the Same kind on the front ones. The lorry made this. remarkable jump eight times.
After the tests had beei concluded Members of the company's gtechnical staff dissected the tyres in Search for evidences of damage. After a prolonged examination no damage of any kind was to be found. In a similar series of tests made by the International Motor Co., a few weeks ago, equally. good results were obtained with Nobby Cord pneumatics. A note• worthy feature, of this series was that the tyres on the lorries bad.each travelled over -25,000 miles. It is satisfactory to note that in. spite of this mileage the tyres went through. the gruelling we have already described without suffering injury of any kind.
The Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co., of Akron, Ohio, have declared a, Aare dividend of 150 per cent, payable to holders of common stock.
"The Motor Ship."
An 'interesting article describing the .performance of a four year old motor vessel, the "Hamlet," appears in the June issue of the new monthly journal, Tire Motor Ship, and the remarkable fact is brought out that during this whole period, the ship had only one involuntary stop at sea, which was of three minutes duration. Facts such as these go far to show that the motor ship has now attained a degree of reliability equal to that of the steamers.
• Descriptions and illustrations are given of. the largest motor ship built in America, a 13,000 ton vessel equipped with 4,500 h.p. machinery. Another problem of much interest dealt with in this issue is that of sea-going motor tugs in which information is given concerning, the advantages and economy of this new application of the internalcombustion engine.
West African Farming Enterprise
The farmers of the Gold Coast, black as many of them are, are by no means behind their white brethren in the
matter of enterprise. They are keenly interested in motor tractors, and the. Government is encouraging them in every possible way. The following, letter received recently from the agents for Morris, Russell and Co., Ltd., of Great Portland Street, W., shows how go-ahead these black people are. The letter runs as follows "We have held official trials of the Eros tractor unit fixed to a Ford car, and it was quite a success. -We are fixing up a demonstration, to' be held within the next fortnight, in connection with the Director cd Agriculture. There will be about 200 invitations sent out to the large chiefs, sub-chiefs, and land owners of this district, and we are anticipating quite a busy thale. We hope to induce the Government to get the Eros tractor unit and Speedy tractor i plough used at the Government agricultural stations in the Colony.'
Tilling-Stevens New Factory.
The illustration which we reproduce on this page shows the new factory of Tilling-Stevens. Motors, Ltd.,. of Maidstone, which is now rapidly nearing
eompletion. The building, which is a splendid example of modern architecture, is constructed on the ferro-concrete C10 principle, allowing maximuin window space, and thus ensuring hygienic and well-lighted workshops. The five floors, of which it is composed, provide a total floor space of over 190,000 eq. ft., and the various workshops are so arranged as to secure production on the most efficient lines.
A well-equipped wharf, fronting the deep) water of the River Medway, and a branch siding from the S.E. arid Chat-ham Railway make the question of transport of supplies simple.
Barimar in. India.
Barimar, . Ltd., scientific welding engineers, of 10, Poland Street, London,
announce the opening of the branches that will effectually cover the Indian Empire, including Burma and Ceylon. Headquarters have been established at 156, Dharamta!a Street, Calcutta., which have been fully equipped with all the latest welding and machining plant, including portable electric apparatus for marine and .other engineering repairs in situ. Effective steps are also being taken to operate complete plants of every known and
approved welding procbss, not only in Calcutta, but. at Delhi, Bombay, Madras, Karachi add Burma. These new engineering concerns are being financed exclusiuely with Anglo-Indian capital, and they will be run by AngloIndian business men, with the technical aid of British experts, who are shortly sailing for India.. in addition, the engineers will intensively develop—the Barimar metallurgical process for restoring scored bores and defective castings.
The carrying trades at Liverpool at the preient tale are quiet, and there is not much work on offer. The months fromApril to September are usually quiet, but a disturbing element has been the condition of the American money exchanges.
The Leyland and Birmingham Rubber Co. have opened a tyre-fitting depot at 20, 29 and 30, Sidney Grove, Sidney Street, City Road, E.G1., and we understand that, where necessary they are prepared to fit a set of Palatine tyres to any van or lorry within 24 hours. The depot is fairly central, and should prove a great convenience to commercial vehicle owners, especially in the North and Central districts.
Local Proceedings
Two motor wagons are to be purchased by Clitheroe T.C.
Ti-al-se requires two second hand 3 ton motor lorries.
A motor fire-engine is to be purchased
by Sutton (Surrey) U.D.C: Willesden U.D.C. Works Committee • wante. to buy a motor lorry.
South Shields Watch Committee has asked the Chief Constable to purchase .a 25 h.p. motor hose cart.
Glasgow Corporation f,Health Committee has . decided to seek estimates for two motor ambulances.
£1,000 is to be spent by Nuneaton T.C. on • the purchase of two second-band petrol-driven 2 ton wagons. •
Middlesex C.C. has decided to purchase a light motor lorry for use during the construction of the sanatorium at Harefield.
Leeds Corporation Waterworks Com • mittee haa accepted the tender of Messrs. Crowe and Co., for a 30 cwt. petrol -wagon with tipping body, at £900.
St. Doginsels R.D.C. has referred to acommittee for further consideration the question of spending £3,000 on a steam tractor, and two wagons, etc.
liValthamstow Council proposes a central garage for its motor vehicles, and ,ugg,ests that a sub-committee should consider the advisability of setting up a repair department.
The tender of Dennis Bros., Ltd., at £1,650 to supply a 45 h.p. 300-350 gallon motor fire-engine, complete with accessories, has been recommnded to Chester T.C. for acceptance.
Carnarvon T.C. has thanked the Shell Marketing Co., Ltd., let its offer to render the necessary asaistance with its Motor lorry in. towing the fire-engine to the scene of any fire.
Consideration is being given by Grangemouth T.C. to the provision of a motor fire-engine. The same council is to borne £450 to meet part of the cost of a new motor road roller.
, Willesden Council is opposing the Hertfordshire County Council motorbus Bill in order to secure a clause for the Contribution of 11d. per bus-mile in respect of road maintenance.
Walthamstow Council's General Pur-poses Committee recommends acceptance of the offer of H. C. Bauly, Ltd., of Bow, to sell three second-hand five ton Foden steam wagons, with a spare back axle set, complete for the sum of £3,000.
Bournemouth‘Corporation has had application from char-it-banes proprietors for facilities' in respect of evening trips, and has asked its liackney Carriage Inspector to deal with the matter.
The War Exhibition . at the Crystal Palace will be opened this week, and one of the interesting side shows will be tho group of exhibits in a stand of a unique character prepared by the Shell Marketing Co. A number of extremely interestinb models and diagrams have been prepared, and it is fisserted by those who have had an opportunity of seeing the Shell. exhibit that there is enough in it alone to keep a visitor absorbed for some hours.