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The Board of Trade 'returns for .anuary show that the value of coinnercial vehicles, cars, chassis and Iccessories imported was £471,598, :ontrasted with -£357,863 in the coneponding month of 1936.
The number of complete commercial rehicles exported in January was 655, rained_ at £105,855, which is a big in:tease on the figure of 192 (£53,588) or January, 1936. Exports of commercial chassis also Ldvanced, although not to the same exnot, the figure of 1,191 for January last :orriparing with 1,145 for the same nonth of 1936; the respective values very £208,229 and £186,076.
Railways to Fight Holdsworth and Hanson Grants.
The railways arc appealing against he Yorkshire Licensing Authority's 'ecent grants of A licences to I. W. -loldsworth, Ltd., Halifax, and Joseph Hanson and Son, Ltd., Huddersfield. ('he applications, involving the trunkervice issue, were granted almost in :oto, certain additional vehicles being thorized.
Two Liverpool Appeals Lodged.
An appeal has been lodged by -the :ailways against the grant of A licences or four tractors and three trailers of ?.8 tons unladen weight to Stevenson Fra,nsport, Ltd., Litherland. The appli:ation was opened before Sir William Hart, North-Western Deputy Licensing kuthority, at Liverpool, in April last Tear, and lasted 4 days. The decision eras notified in December.
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An appeal has also been lodged by Miller and Co. (Liverpool and London), Ltd., against the refusal of the NorthWestern Licensing Authority to permit the substitution of two vehicles of 7 tons unladen weight, to be acquired, for one vehicle of Si tons. The application was heard at Liverpool in October last and the refusal notified on January 7.
Better Representation for Traders at Traffic Courts.
Following the recommendations of many Chambers of Commerce throughout the country, the transport committee of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce has suggested that the Ministry of Transport's attention should be drawn to the feeling on the part of the Chambers that the views of traders are not adequately represented at the hearings of the Licensing Authorities.
The Ministry is to be asked to state the procedure which should be adopted by traders who may desire to give evidence at such inquiries.
Private Bill 'Legislation: Action by • Motor Organizations.
During the present Parliamentary session more than 100 Private Bills and Provisional Orders are being promoted by local authorities and public companies in Great Britain, All these measures have been examined by the Motor Legislation Committee on behalf of its constituent bodies, which include the A.A., the R.A.C., the R.S,A.C., the S.M.M. and T., the M.A.A. and the S.M.T.A.
A number of the Bills and Orders contains proposals which affect motor interests, and include' road-transport services, tramway and trolleybus schemes, mahufacturing powers for municipal authorities, charges for parking and municipal aerodromes. Action is being taken on many points by the committee, and many useful amendments have been obtained by negotia tion. In other cases petitions have been deposited by organizations specially affected by the proposals.
YORKSHIRE GRANTS TO BOUTS-. TILLOTSON GROUP.
The Yorkshire Licensing Authority has granted A licences to the BoutsTillotson group, as follow :—Ryburn United Transport, Ltd., 6.5 vehicles a-nd 45 trailers at Bradford, Sheffield and Hull ; City Express Motors, Ltd., 24 vehicles at Bradford ; and Bouts-Tillotson Transport, Ltd., seven -vehicles at Leeds.
The applications, which were solely in respect of vehicles in possession, have been granted in full, except in the case of 14 Ryburn vehicles, which had not recently been in use.
Tenders Required for Bus-service Operation.
Tenders arc invited for the operation of a passenger-transport service in the urban district of Valparaiso, Chile, on the basis of a 30-years' lease, in conforrnity with terms that are obtainable from the Chilean Consulate, 76, Victoria Street, London, S.W.1. The closing date for tenders is March 15.
The Railways Have a Heart !
At Dunfermline, last week, Messrs. James Lawson and Son, Dysart, Fife, applied for the renewal of a licence for one motor vehicle. The L.N.E. Railway Co. objected to the licence holder being' allowed to carry coal, coke and solid fuel.
Mr. R. W. Currie said that Messrs: Lawson. had had a motor vehicle' for 12 years. During that period other operators had increased their tonnage by leaps and bounds. Now the railWay company was objecting to the little his client had. It was an illustration of the maxim " He that bath, to him shall be given, and he that bath not, from him shall be taken even that which he bath." The applicants carried workers' coal and some coal locally.
"After the • touching episode recounted by Mr. Currie, we shall gracefully withdraw," said Mr. T. Gibson, for the L.N.E.R.
The licence was renewed. PERSONAL PARS.
MR. N. McNicoer.., overseas representative for British Timken, Ltd., left England during last week for a three months' tour of Italy. Egypt, the Near East and the Balkans_ MR. JAMES MCCREA has, owing to ill health, resigned his position as general manager of the Northern Ireland Transport Board. He will continue to serve the Board in an advisory capacity.
MR-. A. MORRISON, assistant general manager, is to succeed him.
MR. H. -CECIL TAYLOR, the advertising manager of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., has been appointed chairman of the Advertising Committee of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. He succeeds MR. .HAROLD ELLY,, the advertising manager of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., who has been chairman of the committee since it was farmcd–four years ago.
Fourteen Sodeties Taking Part in Joint Meeting.
The joint meeting of engineering societies which is organized annually by the, Institution of Automobile Engineers: and in which 14 societies are this year participating, will be held in the hall of the Royal Geographical Society, Exhibition Road, London, S.W.7, on Tuesday, March 2, at 7 p.m., when a symposium of papers dealing with research in relation to the motor vehicle will be presented as follows:— Section 1: "The Motor Vehicle," by Mr. C. G. Williams, M.Sc.; Section 2: Fuels and Lubricants," by Dr. F. H. Garner, F.I.C.; Section 3: "Materials— With Special Reference to Steel," by Dr. T. Swinden. The chair will be taken by Sir Win. J. Larke.
Chambers of Commerce Valuable to3 Road Transport.
A campaign to increase membership of the road-transport section of Leeds Chamber of Commerce was decided upon at the section's annual meeting, on February 10. Mr. A. H. Butterwick, the Leeds haulage contractor, who was re-elected chairman, stressed the usefulness of such sections in providing a means whereby operators could keep in close touch with the business communities of their own particular cities and towns.
He also pointed out that by means of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, operators were able -to put forward their views on national questions: through channels different from those normally used by the road-transport associations.
Tractors Demonstrated in West of Scotland.
A tractor demonstration was held at Auchincruive, a few days ago, under the auspices of the West of Scotland Agricultural College, for the purpose of showing the effectiveness of tractors in ploughing.
Three Fordsons successfully operated
different ploughing units. The Marshall tractor was seen for the first time in this district. It was equipped with Dunlop tyres and Midland strains. The Marshall was also seen pulling a landcart fitted with Dunlop tyres. The small Collins 3-1 h.p. hand-operated machine was also demonstrated.
Middlesex Action Against Overloading.
In 1935, Middlesex County Council• began to test the weights of heavily laden lorries, and by the end of August, 1936, 468 infringements of the weight regulations had been reported. Proceedings were instituted in 172 cases. Much of this work is performed at night, particularly on the main traffic arteries from London. In 1935-36, over esso was collected in fines for overloading offences.
The county council's annual report, in which these facts are contained, declares that this vigilance is stinfulating the substitution of-new and improved types of vehicle for older lorries. Tin indirect saving in highways expenditure effected by the reduction of overloading is expected to exceed the council's cost of enforcing the regulations.
December Registrations Up.
The number of new motor vehicles registered for the first time in December, 1936, was 39,183, contrasted with 31,199 in December, 1935. The former total includes 7,565 goods vehicles and 556 hackney vehicles, compared with 6,037 and 386 respectively in the latter.
The returns will be analysed in our next issue. NO LIFE AND DEATH STRUGGLE That the railways were not engaged in a life.and death struggle against read transport, was the contention of Mr. G. Mills, divisional general malinger (Scottish Area) of the L.N.E. Railway Co., when he addressed Dunfermline Chamber of Commerce. He maintained that. no railway company would object to business lost through better service given., by competitors, but, in the national interest, a good case could be • made out for rail as against road transport.
The main objection of the railways to the transport of goods by road was the rate-cutting by hauliers. Mr. Mills said that this question of rates for goods traffic still awaited a practical solution.
A.E.C.'s New Service Station.
The new £27000 service depot of the Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., is making rapid progress towards completion. Planned to face an important new highway linking the North Circular and the Great West Roads, the depot will have a covered area of 35,000 sq. ft. The stores will cover one-fifth of the tOtal floor area.
The depot will be linked with the A.E.C. factory by an approach road, 24 ft. wide, giving access to a concrete " float " with an area of 7,200 sq. ft. for washing-down and the handling of test loads. A feature of the building will he six inspection pits, which will be lined with glazed bricks and illuminated at night by recessed dioprism lights. An underground _exhaust system is incorporated.