FIVE DAYS BY THE " GREEN ARROW" SERVICE.
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Unsatisfactory experiences with the railway Green Arrow service were related. before the Western Licensing Authority, at Bristol, on Tuesday. Mr. T. D. Corpe applied, on behalf of Mr. W. Bacon, for a variation of an A licence by deleting a 1-ton 12-cwt vehicle and adding a 24-tonner. The application was granted.
One of Mr. Bacon's clients stated that 90 per cent, of his customers speck. fled road transport, on account of the delays experienced in railway transport. Recently, this client had sent some goods by the railway Green Arrow service and, although they were promised for delivery the next day, on both occasions transport occupied five days.
Auto-Trucks for Passenger Carrying at an Overseas Exhibition.
R. A. Lister and Co., Ltd., Dursley, Glos., has received an order from the organizers of the Empire Exhibition, at Johannesburg, South Africa, for 30 passenger Auto-Trucks, which are to be used for carrying visitors inside the exhibition grounds. The exhibition opens on September 15 and will last for four months. The grounds are approximately 100 acres in extent. Although Auto-Trucks, which were introduced some 10 years ago, are chiefly used for industrial purposes, they have been found most useful in connection with big 'exhibitions and fairs.
Fleet Owners to Visit Research Station.
Fleet operators are being invited to visit the new research department of the Institution of Automobile Engineers, on the Great West Road,. Brentford, so that they may become acquainted with the co-operative research which i; being conducted. The dates chosen for the visit are May 20-22 inclusive, between 3 p.m. and 5.30 p.m.
We dealt fully with the research station, its equipment and, the classes of investigation being undertaken in an illustrated article in our issue dated April 17.
South Wales Haulier's Licences Suspended.
Decision to. suspend licences held by South Wales Roadways, Landore, Swansea, was announced by the South Wales Licensing Authority, at Swansea, last Friday, when the company appeared to reply to accusations of breaches of licence conditions by the alleged failure properly to keep records. It was also alleged that drivers had been worked for excessive hours.
Defending solicitor, who pleaded that the licences should not be revoked, explained that the position was due to the breakdown in health of the pro prietor. A daughter had made an effort to carry on.
Mr. A. T. James, K.C., Licensing Authority, said that he was not sure that the licences should not be revoked. However, he feared that his "heart was softer than his head," and he would not revoke them. The domestic circumstances called for some sym DUI pathy, although the offence could not he altogether orrlooked. The licences would he suspended for a period to be announced later.
At the same inquiry, two vehicles were struck off the A licence held by Mrs. M. E. Hunt, of Swansea. It was shown that of the five authorised vehicles, two had not been in possession for some time. Of the remaining three, only one was actually available for use.
Haulier's Premises Available.
One of our small advertisements draws attention to excellent premises in the London area, at a moderate rental, suitalale for haulage contractors, etc.
Lucas Service Change.
During the reconstruction of the present premises, the Birmingham service department of Joseph Lucas, Ltd., is located in Phillips Street, Aston. The usual service station in Hockley Street will remain closed for six months or more.
Municipal 'Carriers for Haifa.
The municipality of Haifa has ordered from the Palestine dealer for Karrier vehicles---the Engineering Corporation of Palestine, Ltd.—two Bantam 6-cubic-yd. refuse collectors, two Colt 5-cubic-yd. machines for similar duties and a Colt sweeper.
Diesel Engine Combustion Research. A paper on "Diesel Engine Combustion Research" will he read by Mr. A. F. Sanders before the Diesel Engine Users Association, 56, Victoria Street, London, S.W.1, at Caxton Hall, Caxton Street, Westminster, London, S,W.1, on May 20.
The G.U. Carburetter.
The price of the Gladwell T_Tpdraught Carburetter, made by Gladwell and Kell (1932), Ltd., Ampton Street Works, Gray's Inn Road, London, W.C.1, is from £6 10s.. and not as stated in our issue dated April 24 last. The instrument will not be available. in downdraught form, but is to be supplied with an adaptor for use on engines built for downdraught carburetters.
17,000-mile Publicity Tour By Van.
A reception was given by the Renault concern, in Paris, last week, to M. de Legiviere and his sister, on their return from a 17,000-mile journey through Equatorial Africa with a Renault publicity van. The van carried a cargo of " Byrrli," one of the oldest French aperitifs, familiar to many English tourists.
Leaving Paris last June, the van was shipped to Pointe Noire, in French West Africa. It went through Rhodesia, Tanganyika, the southern part of the Belgian Congo, Nigeria and the Ivory Coast, winding up by crossing the Sahara from south to north, While being ferried across a river in the Belgian Congo, the vaa slipped off, its pontoon and remained partly submerged for six hours.
DOES HAWKER FORMULA APPLY TO HAWKER?
Apparently the Hawker formula does not apply to its originator! This is the conclusion which one draws from the refusal of the Western Licensing Authority to grant W. H. Hawker, Ltd., Bristol, an additional seven vehicles (20 tons) under an A licence. The L.M.S. and G.W. Railway •companies objected. W. H. Hawker, Ltd., is appealing against this decision.
Modern Developments in Aeroplane Design.
An important lecture, "Modern Developments in the Design of Aeroplanes," was given last Tuesday, at the Institution of Civil Engineers, by Mr. E. F. Reif, A.R.C.Sc., superintendent of the Aerodynamics Department of the National Physical Laboratory. Copies may be obtained on application to the secretary, Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, London, S.W.1.
Norway's First Six-wheelers, Much interest was aroused when the first A.E.C. oil-engined buses were placed in service in Oslo, Norway, by Schoyens Bilcentraler in the autumn of last year. These vehicles—seven in number—have proved so successful that the oPerator has ordered, through the maker's Norwegian distributor, Sverre Nilsen A/S, an additional four
machines. The earlier vehicles were Regals, hut the new ones will be Renown long-wheelbase models and, like their predecessors, will have 130 b.h,p. oil engines and hydraulic transmission. They will be the first six-wheeled passenger vehicles to he used in Norway.
Mr. Stirk on S.M.M.T. Criticism.
"Some criticism has been made by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders of certain Licensing Authorities telling applicants that they must get lorries in ' ' number of months," said Mr. J. H. Stirk, the Fast Midland Licensing Authority, at Leicester, on Tuesday. " I have never said that to 'an applicant, but I don't think it is quite playing the straight game when a licence is granted in June and the vehicle is not taken out until the following March."
Mr. Stirk made these remarks in the course of an application by Messrs. Howards Transport Services, of Leicester, for' a further vehicle to collect and deliver goods at the Leicester end of their Bristol-Leicester daily service. When a member of the firm was questioned about a 5-ton vehicle sanctioned last June, he admitted that it was not purchased until March 25 of this year. It was explained that the vehicle was sought in June for a pipe-carrying contract in connection with a local authority's scheme, which, however, had been held up until recently.
Mr. Stirk remarked that his recollection was that the vehicle was sought
in June to augment the Bristol-Leicester service, and adjourned the application, in order to read the shorthand transcript of the proceedings in Tune.