Useful Catalogue of Trucks

ISLANDS people will be interested in the latest catalogue issued by Ransomes, Sims and Jeffries. Ltd., well-known manufacturers of agricultural equipment. Mobile electric trucks with both fixed and elevating platforms are featured in this illustrated booklet. Simply built, the trucks are driven by batteries which are compact, reliable, and inexpensive; the ap paratus has no moving parts and, having once been adjusted, can be left without attention.

Electric tipping trucks are also included in the range, and are rapidly gaining in popularity over the obsolete wheel-barrow methods. Ac cording to the manufacturers, businesses deal ing in loose materials such as ore, chemical manure, coke, ironstone, etc., should find these tipping hoppers invaluable from both economic and efficiency viewpoints. Electric tiering and crane trucks, tractors, locomotives and stack ers, are also dealt with in the brochure. In terested persons should write to Messrs.

Ransomes, Sims, and Jeffries, Ltd., Orwell Works, Ipswich, England.—***

Mr. J. Reid, A.D.O. at Madang, New Guinea, arrived in Australia by the “Neptuna” early in November.

Distributors of Clyde Batteries in the Pacific Territories will be interested to know that Mr.

E. Ashworth has rejoined Clyde Engineering Co. Ltd. as battery works manager. It is claimed that Mr. Ashworth is one of the most capable battery production experts in Austra lia. He has been prominently associated with the manufacture of storage batteries since the industry commenced in Australia in 1922. He is a qualified engineer and a member of the Electro-Chemical Society of America.