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Next Year's International Road Congress.
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The Congress of the United States has issued an invitation to the Permanent International Association of Road Congresses to hold the next congress in Washington, in October, 1930, The British Government is a member of the Association and hopes to be represented at the congress. Numbers of highway authorities and associations concerned with roads and road transport also expect to be represented at this international gathering, when many important problems of road construction and .finance, as well as of traffic, will be discussed. Previous congresses have been held in Paris, Brussels, London, Seville and Milan.
Amongst the gentlemen who have been invited by the Association to collaborate in the preparation of the British reports to be presented at the congress are :Sir Henry P. Maybury, G.B.E., Mr.
E. S. Shrapnell-Smith, C.B.E., Mr. W. Rees Jeffreys, Mr. J. S. Pool Godsell, 0.B.E., Mr. E. :T. Elford and Mr.
F. L. D. Elliott, C.B.E.
Dennis Activity.
Since the beginning of Ahe-year Dennis Brothers; Ltd.; of Guildford.' has supplied over 250.chassis to the various oil cempanies, .the capacittes . of . the "machines "rangifi g froth30 ,cw.t. to .6. tons.
• The bempany is completing many orders for goods vehicles for municipal and private users in different parts of the country, one of the most important being for 50 30-cwt. chassis for Meredith and Drew, Ltd., the well-known biscuitmaking concern, the road-transport wtivities of which were referred to in our issue dated June 18th.
Summer Visit of the I.A.E.
Members of the Institution of Automobile Engineers have just completed a very successful four-day tour of the West Country. Starting from Bristol. an inspection was made of the works of the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co., Ltd.; this concern placed two buses at the disposal of the visitors. Calls were also paid to other works not connected with the manufacture of motor vehicles. .A dinner was given at which the Lord Mayor and Sheriff of Bristol attended and then the party went on to Stratford, where two buses, provided by the Daimler Co., Ltd., took over the transport of the visitors. An afternoon was spent at Fort Dunlop. where the treatmeat of rubber and the predation of tyres excited keen interest. The tour concluded with a visit to Worcester and a trip on the River Avon.
A Useful Triter for the Farmer. This issue being devoted, in the main, to the subject' of the motor vehicle and 'appliance in agriculture, it is, perhaps, opportune to call to the 'attention of our readers the light two-wheeled trailer which was described in our issue dated
• May 301.1. This useful• little appliance is marketed by 3. Brockhouse and Co:, tof Hill Top, West Bromwich, Staffs, and may be employed for transporting ; livestock and Many classes of agricultural product. The carrying capacity is 8 cwt.,' which is remarkable considering that it weighs (With tyres) only 2i cwt. ; the latter feature makes it eminently' suitable for towing behind a
medium-sized private car. . The main frame of 'the trailer is conE22
structed of high-quality steel, the drawbar being built integrally with the chassis. The semi-elliptic springs and the 27-in. by 4.40-in. pneumatic tyres make the trailer a safe means for transport of the most fragile commoditits, such as eggs.
Big Manchester Bus Scheme.
Manchester Corporation is giving consideration to a proposal to expend £105,000 on the purchase of 60 51seater, pneumatic-tyred, double-saloon tnotorbuses, which it is proposed shall take the place of tramcars on the circular route (over eight miles long) linking up northern and southern suburbs of the city. Mr. It. Stuart Pilcher, the new tramways manager, has issued an informative report on the proposal, and we hope to be able to refer more fully to this in our issue for next week, and to supply our readers with the full facts and figures involved in the Matter.
Gramophone Recording in a Motorvan. An interesting vehicle has recently been put on the road by the Vocalion Gramophone Co., of London. This machine is used in connection with the electrical recording of interesting events on the company's well-known Broadcast and Broadcast Twelve records.
The van, which is illustrated on this page, contains all the apparatus.necessary for the making of the original master record, and in view of the value and delicacy of the apparatus which is carried, a reliable and well-sprung machine is obviously required. The chassis -selected for this vehicle is a 30-45 h.p. 3-ton Albion on pneumatic tyres.
The vehicle is equipped with four jacks and is raised on these when actual recording work is in progress, so that the floor may he set dead level.
Post Office Transport.
In connection with our article entitled "For a Specialized Post Office Service," contained in our issue dated June 25th and dealing with a vehicle used by the Pest Office, we have been asked to point out that this vehicle is one of a large number employed • by the Engineering Department of the Post Office, and not by the Stores Section.
More About the south Shields Licensing Dispute There was recently a sequel to the dispute which has arisen between South Shields. Corporation, the Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., and the Sunderland District Transport Co., Ltd., regarding licensing conditions, when the two companies were summoned for having, it is alleged, plied for hire without the necessary licences. As will berecalled from a paragraph on page 704 of our issue for last week, the dispute is the outcome of efforts on the part of the corporation to restrict the activities of the companies so far as carrying passengers in the borough is concerned.
It 'is alleged that before the end of April the two companies were licensed to run buses in the borouglt. When they applied for the renewal of the licences the corporation considered that the conditions did not offer sufficient protection for its trams and buses and new conditions we're formulated. The companies were not prepared to accept these regulations and intended appealing to the Ministry of Transport.
For the concerns it was alleged that appeals had been lodged on June 19th and that the companies had a proper and valid objection. The summonses were adjourned for five weeks pending the finding of the Ministry.
The New B.P. Spirit. sin
In view of certain suggestions made that the new B.P. motor spirit contains 'dope," the Anglo-Persian Oil Co., Ltd., wishes it to be known that the new constituents in this petrol are derived entirely from its own crude oil and that the finished oil is a pure hydro-carbon.
Good Service Recognized.
In recognition of the good service which he has rendered, both generally
• and in Parliament, to the British roadstone industry, Sir Cooper , Rawson, M.P. is to receive a. presentation from the
M.P., and members of the National Federation of Granite and Roadstone Quarry Owners at a luncheon to be held in London on July 19th. It is expected that members of the• Roadstone Committee of the House of Commons (of which Sir Cooper Rawson is chairman) will be present.