Silentbloc Hopes of Air Suspension
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GREAT hopes for the air-suspension system for which Silentbloc, Ltd., hold manufacturing rights in this country, are expressed by Mr. B. H. Dulanty, chairman of the company, in his annual report. He says, however, that the financial benefits of the development are not likely to be reflected in the accounts for a year or two.
A prototype air-suspension unit was exhibited by Silentbloc, Ltd., at the Commercial Motor Show last year (The Commercial Motor, September 28, 19
ARCTIC TRIP IN 19-YEAR-OLD LEYLAND
PAA PARTY of 22 members of the Manchester University Settlement has returned from a 4,500-mile journey through six countries and beyond the Arctic Circle to Rovaniemi in Northern Finland. They travelled in an old Leyland Tiger which was acquiired by the Settlement nearly four years ago after it had seen over 15 years' service with Manchester Transport Department.
Mr. H. G. Kidd, the warden, drove most of the way and reported that the average fuel-consumption rate was' 18 m.p.g. Costs were reduced by filling the fuel tank in Belgium and Sweden, where oil fuel is much cheaper than elsewhere.
The vehicle was modified before departure. shock absorbers being fitted to the front springs and the rear transverse seat being removed to provide luggage space. A leaking cylinder-head gasket was the only trouble experienced during the journey. This was attended to by the Stockholm transport undertaking, who until recently had a fleet of similar vehicles.
221 PEOPLE ON TWO LORRIES
TWO lorries carrying pea-pickers at Thorne, near Doncaster, were found by the police to be carrying 221 people. The lorry with the larger load carried 72 children, 51 women and eight men.
The drivers, Ernest Blair Smith.
Grange Avenue, Hatfield, near Doncaster, and George William Isles, Ash Hill Cottages, Hatfield, were fined £5 each at Thorne, on Monday, for carrying a dangerous number of passengers. The owner of the lorries, Edward Stanley Dixon, Stainforth Road, Barnby Dunn, was fined £5 for permitting.
"NATIONALIZE BUSES"
PRIVATE bus companies should be nationalized by the next Labour Government, stated a resolution unanimously passed at last week's meeting of Oxford Trades Council.
Mr. P. Gillians said that although the British Transport Commission owned 49 per cent. of the shares in City of Oxford Motor Services, Ltd., they had virtually, no control over the company.