DYSON'S, NEW TRAILER FOR MACHINERY.
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R. A. Dyson and Co., Ltd., 76-80, Grafton' Street, Liverpool, has recently added to its range of products a 12-14ton low-loading machinery-carrying trailer, the actual height being 2 ft.
ins. This low-loading height is made possible by the Use of the special Dyson wheel-race construction at. the front, where the chassis is substituted by a flat steel plate which transfers the stresses to longitudinal members the extreme width of the vehicle.
There are four wheels of the twin type, 25 x 6, at each end, i.e., 16 tyres in all, and despite the compact arrangement, it is a simple matter to remove the inside tyres. Wheel oscillation is provided through the medium of Woodhead trunnion-ended springs. All four rear wheels have internal-expanding brakes, 11 ins, in diameter and, in addition to the usual method of operation, twin S-in. Clayton Dewandre vacuum cylinders are fitted. Amongst the purchasers of this new trailer are Cliffords (Fulham), Ltd., and Charles Poulter, Ltd.
Albions for an Irish Show.
At the Royal Ulster Show, to be held in Belfast from May 27-30, Albion Motors, Ltd., will be exhibiting three vehicles, these comprising a 2-ton forward-control lorry with Bromilow and Edwards hydraulie end-tipping gear, a 4-lon normal-control .lorry with a hod's' comprising a platform for general goods transport, on which is mounted a cattle float for occasional livestock haulage, and a 4-ton forward-control lorry, with a Gardner 4LK oil engine.
Worcestershire Licensing Facts.
The public is taking increasing advantage of the system of allowing refunds on surrendered licences, says Worcestershire Licensing Committee.
The activities of the Traffic Commissioners have reduced the number of hackney vehicles in the county from 679 in 1930 to 374 last year. Heavy steam road tractors have declined in numbers by 50 per cent, since figures were first ascertained, but there is a fairly steady rise in the number of agrimotors. Only 30 heavy vehicles with solid tyres remain in the county, whilst steam vehicles have declined from 65 in 1927 to 14 in 1935.
New Moves for Severn Bridge.
The rejection of the River Severn Bridge Bill by a Parliamentary select committee has resulted in numerous South Wales public and commercial bodies. deciding to agitate for a Government Bin to enable the bridge to be erected. The South Wales A.R.O., it is understood, will urge that this rejection of an important road and bridge scheme emphasizes the need for a central highways authority.
In the meantime the scheme for the reconstruction of the Wye Bridge at Chepstow has been given added importance.
Mr. A. E. Farr, the London engineer, whose proposal for the con straction of a River Severn bridge, between Beachley and Aust, by -a private company, was held in abeyance by the project for a public bridge at English Stones—rejected by the select committee—is now stated to aim at proceeding with his plans. Mr. Farr's bridge would cost £650,000.
Canadian Production Increase.
In 1935, 17,719 commercial vehicles and buses were sold in Canada, their value being 17,856,541 dollars. These figures represent an increase of 40.5 per cent, in number and 46.1 per cent, in retail value, over the totals for 1934. IMPORTANT NEW CHESHIRB . BY-PASS.
The Minister of Transport has made a grant from the Road Fund towards • the cost, estimated, at £280,000, of building the first section of the proposed by-pass to the south of Northwich, on the Chester-Manchester road. Since the scheme was provisionally approved last year, it has been extensively revised by Cheshire County Council so as to embody important additional improvements. When completed, the bypass will be six miles long. Its layout . will include dual carriageways, cycle tracks, footpaths and grass verges.