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This journal is extensively read by the heads of many wealthy commercial houses.
A newly-introduced 2i-tonner is described for the first time on pages 446-447.
We congratulate the Belsize Co. upon its decision to forge ahead with a really substantial 5-evit. van, and we direct attention to the particulars which are given of that model on pages 444-446.
Our leading articles this week deal with the following topical subjects : (1) " Street accidents in London • " (2) "The consolidation and inter-relationship of motorvan owners' interests ; ' (3) " Turbine versus reciprocating pumps for fire-engines ; "(4) " We inspect the French 1912 W.O. subvention trials."
Those of our readers who may wish to arrange to inspect the vehi cles participating in French Military Trials, which will be continued to the end of the month, may care to know that they can obtain cards of admission to the depot at Versailles, available on any Sunday, by application to the Secretary of the Automobile Club de France, 8, Place de la Concorde, Paris.
An occasional contributor enters a plea for maintenance, in the course of an article which we publish on page 442. Whilst some of his observations have led him to make statements of a, far-reaching nature, and which views cannot be applied to the situation at many a well-conducted depot, we feel sure that, manufacturers and other sellers of commercial motors are by no means strangers to incidents of the kind, and to the undeserved troubles which follow in their wake.
The R.I.A., with the financial and moral support of the R.A.C., the the S.M.M.T. and the C.M.U.A., will, on the 23rd and 24th inst., fight the L.C.C. trailertramcar clause before a, committee of the House of Lords.
On Saturday last the stall of the Wolseley Co. held its 10th annual athletic sports. On this occasion the venue was at Washwood Heath. An illustration in this issue is of one of the older type 24 h.p. lorries which was commissioned for the day's transport. It is interesting to note that the attendance was 3000 (page 457).
It is now pretty generally known in heavy motor circles that " Shell " spirit will be increasingly transferred from point to point by road motors. The " Shell point
are known to be progressive, and they are not the least bit deterred in their intentions by knowledge of comparative failures in the early days of commercial motoring. A Karrier vehicle, devoted to the purpose which we mention, is illustrated herewith, and we have information that some excellent fourtonners are on order with wellknown British manufacturers. Recent Registrations.
English Segment Rims, Ltd., with an authorized capital of 210,000 in shares.
Bradford Transport Co., Ltd., with an authorized capital of 212,000 in 21 shares, by Jordan and Sons, Ltd., 116-7, Chancery Lane, W.C., to carry on the business of motor-vehicle owners, etc.
Friswells Ltd., with an authorized capital of 230,000 in 21 shares and with its office at 1, Albany Street, N.W., to acquire certain assets and liabilities of Friswell (1906) Ltd. First directors : Sir Cehwairnle. s Friswell and F. Guy L
Hull and Willerby Motor Co., Ltd., with an authorized capital of 21500 in gl shares, and with its office at Parliament Chambers, Quay Street, Hull, to carry on the business of manufacturers of and dealers in motorcabs, motorbuses, etc.
Rhodes' Taxi Co., Ltd., with an authorized capital of 21000 in it. shares, by the Solicitors' Law Stationery Society, Ltd. 28-9, Chan
cery Lane, W.C., to Ltd., over the business carried on at 89, Manningham Lane, Bradford, as Rhodes' Motor Cab and Taxi Co.
Wormit Motors, Ltd., with an authorized capital of £1500 in £1 shares, and with its registered offic, at 16, Bank Street, Dundee, to acquire the business of Geo. A. Collie, horse hirer, cab and carriage proprietor, Worrnit, Fife. First directors: Geo. A. Collie and D. Scott. Registered in Edinburgh.
Cars and Motor Sundries, Ltd., with an authorized capital of 228,000 in. 21 shares, and with its office at 8, Southampton Street, Bloomsbury, W.C., to acquire and turn to account any inventions relating to motor vehicles, pneumatic and other tires. First directors : A. E. Rought. 0. A. Knight, E. W. Roberts, and W. T. Pritchard.
The South African Motor Transport Co., Ltd., with a capital of 210,000 in 21 shares, to acquire a concession granted by Sidney Straker and Squire, Ltd., for the sale of its vehicles in South Africa, and for allied purposes. First directors: Lord Tenterden • Mr. W. J. Potter, and Lieut. H. T. Smith-Dorrien. The registered office of the company is at 26, Shaftesbury Avenue, W. The Sheffield branch of the Car ..tnd General Insurance Corporation, Ltd., is now located at King's Chambers, Angel Street..
Consul Wants Catalogues.
The acting British Consular Agent at Quilimain, East Africa, asks us to request any manufacturers of light forms of such tractors as are capable of hauling up to two tons, to send him catalogues and any other particulars of machines which are likely to interest people in his district.
A government transport official in India also asks for particulars of oil tractors. Letters should be marked "Simla," care of the Editor.
Small Agrintotors.
A subscriber who resides in the Pershore district writes to us to state that the introduction of small agrimotors amongst market gardeners in his neighbourhood holds out considerable promise. He states that a firm of engineers in which he is interested is willing to take up an agency for. a really suitable and reliable machine, and we shall be happy to pass on any communications.
Summer Holidays in Prance.
The South Eastern and Chatham Railway Co., per its Continental Traffic Manager's office, notifies special bookings and arrangements for all who wish to spend their holidays at the seaside resorts of the North of :France, A well-compiled descriptive and illustrated booklet, entitled "The golden sands of Picardy," can be obtained on application to the office in question, at London Bridge Station, S.E.
Delahaye and Co., Ltd.
Mr. A. A. Campbell Swinton presided at the sixth ordinary general meeting of Delahaye and Co., Ltd., at the Great Eastern Hotel, E.C,, on the 1st inst. Successful progress with the company's commercial vehicles was reported, and particularly with military-type lorries, motorcabs, motorbuses, and fireengines. The profit on trading for the year was £130,267—R26,442 in excess of that for the previous year.
Greenwood and Batley, Ltd.i Greenwood arid Batley, Ltd., of Leeds, which company has given a considerable amount of attention to the manufacture of electricallyequipped under-carriages for road work, has made a profit of 227,676 for the year ended the 31st March last. This enables the directors to pay a 7 per cent, cumulative preference dividend, and to carry forward
3648, but there is no dividend upon the ordinary shares, which have now gone without dividend for four years in succession. Mr. Arthur Musker, M.Inst.C.E., isf.I.Mech.E., notifies us of his change of address from 1, Northumberland Avenue, to 11, Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W. (telephone 5971 Victoria).
A correspondent in British Honduras tells us that a local mahogany company has just imported a 16 h.p. German petrol rail locomotive. The motor is of the four-cycle single-cylinder type, running at 250 r.p.m. The engine has two speeds, viz., 2 m.p.h. and 5 m.p.h. It can pull 5 tons up an 8 per cent. grade ; its tare weight is 6 tons.
A New Paraffin Carburetter.
Since the dawn of the petrol era, it has been the ambition of many men to evolve some device which would dispense with the use of petrol, and enable the cheaper and cruder oils to be utilized on motordriven vehicles of all kinds.
We have recently had an opportunity of inspecting a new oil carburetter, which is to be marketed and sold by the Standard Petroleum Carburetter Co., Ltd., 49, Aldwych, Strand, W.C. This apparatus has been experinie.ntally fixed to several heavy vans and cars, and we also understand that one of the big London bus companies is just corn pleting a 6000-mile test with one of their buses so fitted and using paraffin as a fuel. With this carburetter, it is necessary to fit an auxiliary petrol tank which will supply the engine with fuel until it is warmed up. The carburetter, says the inventor, is a combination of an atomizer and a vaporizer, and is automatic in its working. There is no faking of the engine necessary to enable this appliance to be fitted. A pipe is led from the paraffin tank to the carburetter, which is fitted as close to the engine as can be arranged. The gas is then led straight from the carburetter to the induction pipe, and when the engine is warmed up by a few moments running the petrol is cut off and the paraffin cock opened. The engine will then, we are given to understand, run on paraffin without trouble. During a trial run on a very old four-cylinder Darracq, the pull of the engine increased when the cruder oil was used. The exhaust was free from smoke, and the engine accelerated well. Many starts and stops were made, and the engine picked up speed from the first turn of the starting handle on every occasion. Great freedom from engine deposit is claimed.