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Some more points about motorcontracting work may be gathered from the article on pages 584-586.
Friswells, Ltd., of Albany Street, N.W., has taken up the London agency for Adams vans—those with the self-starters.
At Sheffield Police Court, on the 22nd inst., a driver of a steam wagon was fined 20s, for proceeding over a, measured distance of 110 yds. at a speed of 5-i m.p.h.
Mr. J. Yarwood, the general manager of Berna Commercial Motors, Ltd., is visiting the works in Switzerland this week. At his visit in June last, he told a representative, the company was increasing the size of its works by adding a disused adjoining gas works, and the total area will now be four-anda-half acres. The company has purchased machinery to the value of 27000. We hear that Berna business has quadrupled in two years.
.Westminster City Council, as previously announced, is now asking tenders for another four petroldriven wagons. Tenders, which must be for one up to four vehicles, will be received up to noon on the 26th prox. This owner holds THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR Challenge Cup at the present time.
A COMMERCIAL MOTOR correspondent writes that he is experiencing considerable trouble in connection with the dropping of grease in a. motorbus garage. "Grease," he writes, "continually drops from the cars on to the cement floor of the garage. It is not long then before the dirty lubricant comes in contact with the rubber tires. This, I find, is a serious matter unless attended to at once. The tires suffer, if the men are not careful to wipe them clean as soon as possible. Once on the floor, I find that grease is difficult to remove." Hoylake and West Kirby U.D.C. wants tenders, on or before the 6th prox., for a three-tun, and a four-ton, petrol lorry. The threetonner must comply with the W.O. subvention specification.
Government Contracts.
The following tenders have recently been accepted by the Government Departments named: War Office, motor lorries, Commercial Cars, Ltd., J. E. Hall and Co., Ltd., Leyland Motors, Ltd., J. I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd. ; General Post Office, conveyance of mails by motor between Manchester and _Blackpool, J. G. Blake and Co., Beaumont Street, Liverpool, ditto between (1) Gloucester and Birmingham, (2) Gloucester and Cardiff, (3) Gloucester and Bath, British Tramway and Carriage Co., Bristol, ditto between Glasgow and Ayr, Scottish Motor Traction Co., Edinburgh.