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Italian Production: Last year Italian vehicle manufacturers produced 30,110 commercial vehicles.
Price Reduction: The retail price of Lodge plugs was reduced from 5s. 6d. to 5s. on Monday.
By-pass Opening: The f31-m. Lancaster by-pass will he opened by the Minister of Transport on April 11.
10,000 Rebuilds: More than 10,000 recoil. engines were produced by the Perkins group in 1959.
Doubled Output: The Berliet-Maroc lorry assembly plant at Ain es Sebaa, Casablanca, may double its output this year to 1,000 vehicles.,
Fastest Ambulance?: In a test run on the Ml, a Dennis AV4 ambulance covered 20 miles at an average speed of '72.2m.p.h. without reaching its maximum speed.
Cleansing Meeting: The annual meeting of . the north-western centre of the Institute of Public Cleansing will be held at the Town' Hall, Birkenhead, on Mardi 4 at IQ a.m.
Bodies for Indonesia: Under the Colombo Plan, Freighters, _ Ltd:, an Australian concern, have, been awarded a £250.000 contract for the supply of 100 bus bodies to Indonesia.
Ben Annual: The annual meeting of the Motor and Cycle Trades Benevolent Fund will be held at the Connaught Rooms; Great Queen Street, 'London, W.C.2, on March 1 at 11.15 a.m Lo.T. Societies: Graduate and student societies of the Institute.of Transport are to be 'formed at Chester, and at Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. .A Nyasaland group is also to be established..
Newcastle Ban: In an effort to reduce traffic congestion, Newcastle upon Tyne City Council have approved a recommendation LO ban loading and unloading in the city centre during peak hours.
Built-in Heating: Electrical heating cables, thermostatically controlled, have been built into the road surface of the Hook Road underpass, on the Kingston by-pass, which was opened by the Minister ot Transport last week.
£100,000 Jubilee: The Skefko Ball Bearing Co., Ltd., will set aside £1130,000 for the benefit of their employees to mark their golden jubilee. Much of this sum will augment sickness benefits and assist in cases of hardship.
Attacks on Outsize Loads: The question of mounting attacks on the carriage of abnormal indivisible loads by road is likely to be raised at the annual general meeting of the heaVy haulage group of the Road Haulage Association in London next Thursday.
Bonus Scheme Continues: Manchester Passenger Transport Committee have advised the Municipal Passenger Transport Employers' Federation that they will continue their traffic bonus scheme for the time being. It is due for review next February.
Leyland Aircraft: A de Havilland Dove aircraft, equipped to carry six passengers, has been ordered by Leyland Motors, Ltd. It will he based at Salmesbury, eight miles from Leyland, and used to maintain liaison between the company's plants and customers at home and overseas.
Tonnage Increased: "The results of the operations of the transport fleet are similar to those of the preceding year," says Sir Eric A. Carpenter, chairman of Lloyd's Packing Warehouses (Holdings), Ltd., in his report for the year to September 30 last. There was a slight increase in tonnage.