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Ii/E regret to record the deaths of MR. vIr FRANCIS JOHN WING and MR. WILLIAM R ANDELL.
Mr. Wing, a director of Wadharn (Holdings). Ltd., Waterlooville, Hants, was 62. He joined Wadham Bros. in 1913 and opened their first branch in Southsea in 1921. He was appointed a director of the company in 1949.
Mr. Randell, a bus and coach operator in Leicestershire until his retirement. died at his home in Skegnass. He was 79.
PERKINS USED BY 1,000 LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Q PEAKING to members and officials of Tottenham Borough Council when they visited the Perkins factory recently. Mr. Leslie Bugg, trade sales manager of Perkins Engines, Ltd., said that more than 1,000 local authorities were now using Perkins oil engines and that one— Salford, Lancashire—had saved the annual equivalent of a penny rate since changing from petrol to oil.
Mr. Bugg revealed that in under eight years the 'number of local authorities using Perkins engines in their cleansing fleets and plants had increased to more than 1,000, including 27 of the 28 London boroughs, plus the City of London and the L.C.C.
Salford were operating 25 Perkinsengined cleansing vehicles, which averaged 700-800 miles a year and showed a saving of £4,550 a year.