We are requested to state that, since 1st January, all
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communications intended for Mr. Frank Searle should be addressed to the Engineers' Dept.. London General Omnibus Co., Ltd., 9 Grosvenor Road. S.W.
The Motor Omnibus Committee of Eastbourne Town Council has purchased, for £1,600, nine de Dion omnibuses from the Associated Omnibus Co., Ltd. The Committee received four tenders for the annual supply of petrol, and the quotation of the present contractors (the British Petroleum Co.) has been accepted—at ninepence per gallon, including the Government duty of threepence per gallon.
Metropolitan Steam Omnibus Co. We learn that the results of working for the year ended the 30th September last are regarded by the directors as
satisfactory. No figures are available for publication, but they have been shown to us, and we can confirm the view taken by the management.
Petrol Storage.
Apropos the holding over of the issue of the L.C.C. licence for the storage of 270,000 gallons of petroleum spirit at Fulham, to which we referred in our issues of the 9th, 16th and 23rd ult., it is reported that genuine local opposition is far from considerable in volume, We trust, therefore, the licence will be duly confirmed not later than the middle of next month.
New Service Near Preston.
Mr_ J. Hodson, of Gregson Lane, Higher Walton, near Preston, has, in response to the oft-repeated request of many inhabitants of the district, inaugurated a motorbus service between the Walton-le-Dale district and Preston. A preliminary service began on 21st ult. Two machines have been purchased; a double-decked 40 h.p. A.B.C. ; and a Wolseley brake. A petition for the compulsory winding-up of the London Electrobus Co., Ltd., is down for hearing on the 12th inst. Messrs. Clifford. Turner and Hopton, of 80, Finsbury Pavement, E.C., are solicitors for the petitioner.
Petrol-tax Inequity.
Mr. Bonar Law, M.P., in the course of a long speech to his Dulwich tonstituents, on Saturday evening last, referred, at some length, to the petrol tax. He said " This point, brought up in the course of the Budget, is, in itself, a very small point, but I am going to discuss it because I think it is a good illustration of the real difference between the present Government and the party to which I belong.
. . The roads are used not only by petrol-propelled vehicles; they are used by steam vehicles also. Anyone who goes about on the country roads knows that great traction engines tear them up far more than do motorcars. At this moment in London there are mechanically propelled motorbuses, some using petrol and some using steam. The effect of this tax is to tax the petrol engine and let the steamer go free. This mode of raising revenue is bad for the motor industry at large, and, especially, is it unfair to London motorbuses."
Motorbus on Rails.
A regular passenger service is now being maintained, between Mandsville and New Orleans, La., by a number of 30 h.p., White steam buses, the bodies of which have been built specially for the purpose. Each car accommodates 26 passengers.
7A New "KS." Company. wirr=1777"..-grudicato, Ltd., is shortly to turn over its business as a going concern to the " K.T." New Pneumatic Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd. which, with a capital of £160,000, was offered for public subscription on 3rd, 4th and 5th inst. Business with the well-known " pneumatic tires will be energetically developed in the near future.
News from Todmorden.
The latest reports of the Motorbus Department of the Borough of Todmorden indicate that the running has been exceptionally good during the past six months. Two more machines have been added to the fleet ; both were second-hand when purchased ; one is a Critchley-Norris with a Crossley engine and the other has a Leyland fitted with an Aster engine. The' new garage, which is being constructed for the department, will be ready for occupation in two or three weeks.