European Ministers Form Conference
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, STANDING conference of I European Ministers of Transport is founded in Brussels on Tuesday. 'ansport experts from 17 countries, eluding Mr. A. T. Lennox-Boyd, met discuss the establishment of a codinated road, rail and water transii system. Priority 'was expected to given to the building of important
FIRST " APARTHEID '! BUS CAPETOWN operator has placed in service, what is believed:to be e first public serVice, vehicle in South frica to carry the Government's apartheid" policy into practice. It a Leyland Tiger 55-seat single;cker with a steel-framed body built 7 Blatickenberg's Body Works, BellIle. The body, which is divided in middle, has separate doors for aropean and non-European passentrs. It is operated by Paarl Transport id Services (Pty.). Ltd.
FLASHING INDICATORS IETS of flashing-light direction / indicators are being made by lagnatex, Ltd., Bath Road, Harlington, liddx, at £5 15s. Available for 6-v., 1-v. and 24-v. circuits, they comprise so white front lamps, two red rear ,mps, switch, cables, flasher unit, icket and holder.
The company also offer sets for the Mversion of a normal semaphore
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• PRIZES FOR VEHICLES
k T the .Measham Motor Sales Organization's autumn exhibition and sale ist week, a 1951 Commer 33-seat )ach entered by Messrs. Millburn totors, Glasgow, received the premier ward in the coach class. The first rize fixcommercial vehicles went to 1950 Thames 3-ton lorry which was ntered by E. and M. Myers, Ltd., of ,ceds.
NEW HOLT PRODUCTS
NUMBER of products has been Aadded to the range of Douglas kilt (Est. 1919), Ltd., 5 Eagle Street, ondon, W..1. The company's grindig paste is supplied in 24 oz. tins, cost
ing 2s., which hold a coarse and a fine grade. Penetrating oil, containing graphite, sells at 2s, for an 8 oz. tin.
There are also Britect polish, especially suitable for protecting chromium finishes, and Wonderwax wax emulsion polish with silicones. Britect costs 2s. 6d. per bottle of 2 oz., and Wonderwax 2s. 6d. per 10 oz. tin.
LIVING UNITS ON SITE NAOBILE living units for geological LVI survey workers in East Africa have been ordered by the Anglo-lranian Oil Co., Ltd„ from the newly formed company, Pilgrim Mobile Units, Ltd., Ringwood, Hants. •Costain, John Brown, Ltd., have ordered similar units for pipeline crews in Iraq.
The Pilgrim concern have been appointed agents for Berkeley Coachwork, Ltd„ and Carlight Trailers, Ltd., in the Middle East, IN A LINE OR TWO Stanley. Urban District Council are to buy the site of a former theatre for a bus station The Stationery ()thee has published an economic survey of France at Is, (postage 3d. extra).
The Federation ot British Industries are to organize a British trade fair in Bagdad in the autumn of next year.
Punjab Road Transport Board, Lahore, have placed a repeat order for 20 Leyland Comet 90 " chassis with full forward control.
AC sparking plugs are now available in sets of four or six for a number of commercial vehicles. The sets are known as Plugpaks.
The General Electric Co., Ltd.. Kingsway, London, W.C.2, have published a list of products made by them and their subsidiaries British Belting and Asbestos, Ltd., have opened a new depot at 11 Dyche Street, Manchester. Large stocks of Mintex brake and clutch facings are carried.
Literature describing Ritolastic and Rito preservative materials is obtainable from Andrew Maxwell (The Liverpool Borax Co., Ltd.), St. Paul's Square, Liverpool, 3.
The China Bus Co., Ltd., Hong Kong, have ordered three Guy Arab underfloorengined chassis, Twenty Arabs of conventional pattern were ordered some time ago.