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Pay Increase: Along with other ground staff 'employed in civil air transport, drivers have been awarded an extra 8s. 3d. a week.
Garage for Hauliers: J. and H. Stewart aransport), Ltd., 150 Brand Street, Glasgow', S.W.1, are planning to build a garage on a site at 190 Brand Street.
Turco-Iran Road: A road is soon to be built between Turkey and Iran. Starting from Trabzon end passing through .Erzurum, it will play an important part in the transit of perishable goods from Iran.
Burnley Revisions: The only services of Burnley, Colne and Nelson Joint Transport Committee on which timetables are to be revised (The Commercial Motor last week) are those .operated locally in the Burnley area.
Building for Meat Hauliers: Transport (Bristol), Ltd., meat hauliers, have been granted a 75-year lease of a site at the junction of Whitehouse Street and Princess Street, Bedminster Estate, Bristol, for the construction of new premises.
Holidays at Howe: Coventry Transport Department's evening bus tours of the city have proved highly popular among local people, particularly elderly folk and invalids who have little other opportunity to get out and see their town surroundings.
New Headquarters: The Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co., Ltd.' makers of Scotchlite reflective sheeting, have a new seven-storey office block at Wiginore Street, London, W.1. It will house the entire sates and administrative staff, including the southern regional sales office.
LIGHTS CHEAPER THAN POLICE
AT a simple road junction, effective traffic control necessitated the fulltime services of at least two policemen at a cost of some £1,200 per year, but the same junction would be controlled more efficiently by vehicle-actuated traffic lights for only £175.
This is claimed by the Automatic Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd., Strowger House, 8 Arundel Street, London, W.C.2, in a new book in which the applications of Elcctro Matic vehicle-actuated road signals are explained.