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No Dogs?: Preston Transport Committee is to consider banning the carriage of dogs on its buses.

Israel Factory?:,Leylancl Motors, Ltd„ has submitted plans for the establishtnent of a Leyland manufacturing plant in Israel.

W. Riding Wulfrnnians: A total of .50 Guy Wialfrunian double-deckers has now been ordered by West Riding Automobile Co-,

Ltd. .

Finance Office: A branch office of the United Dominions Trust, .Ltd:, is. to be opened on Monday,, at.2 Queen Square, Bath, Burtonwood Expansion: The Burtonwood Engineering Co., Ltd., have appointed J. H. Vivian and Co., Ltd., of Johannesburg, as their oil seal distributors in South Africa.

Volkswagen Output Up: Volkswagen last 'year produced 121,453 commercial vehicles. of which' 40,983 Were sold on the home -market. ,Output-in 1958 was 101,873 units.

M1 Improvements: Work has begun on the reconStruction "of the grassed hard shoulders 'ort sections' of -the Ml inototway. The .shciulders will be widened from 8 ft. to 10 ft.

'Dealership Soli: The Ford main dealership held by E. Dennis (Trowbridge), Ltd.. has been adqUired by Mr. A. R. Baxter and Mr. H. W. Stillman. Mr. Ernest Dennis is retiring.

Leamington Station: It is expected that Leamington's municipal bus station will be in operation next month. It will be used for more than 200 week--day departures and 300 on Saturdays.

Austrian Tyres: The ' Austrian Semperit works have made Ryder's 'Auto Service, Bootle, Liverpool, sole concessionnaires in the United Kingdom for -their tyres, which include giant sizes.

Tanker's Sluing Seat: The Chapman seats fitted in the Leyland-Thompson tanker described in last week's issue are Leveroll Level-ride units with torsional rubber suspension mountings.

Bedford Suppliers: The new Bedford issue

lorry illustrated in last week's was supplied to Schweppes, Ltd.' by Kingston Hill Motor Works, Ltd., 31-41 Kingston Hill, Kingston upon Thames.

Examination Successes: Students of the College of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering, in London, gained one third of the total number of passes in the City and Guilds examinations last May, in motor vehicle electricians' work.

Manchester Meters: An inquiry is to be held on September 26 into Manchester City Council's proposals for installing 738 parking meters in the city centre.'Arrangements have been made in the scheme for goods vehicles to load and unload.

Special ,Joints : The inboard universal joints for the drive shafts of the Dennis Vendor 30-cwt. chassis (d escribed in The Commercial Motor for August 26) were specially developed for this application by the B.R.D. Co., Ltd., Aldridge, Staffs.

Food and Music: The annual dinner-dance of the Traders Road Transport Association will be held in the ballroom at Grosvenor House, London, on October 31. The reception is at 7 p.m. and dinner will be served at 7.30 p.m. Application for tickets should be made to the T.R.T.A. at Roadway House, New Bond Street, London, W.1.