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Irish Agency: Small and Parkes (Ireland), Ltd., Dublin, have been made sole selling agents in Eire for Hardy Spicer, Ltd.
£750,000 Loss: Trams and trolleybuses in Colombo. Ceylon, lost £750,000 last year. The corporation wish to scrap the trams by July 1.
Tank Makers: The tank of the vehicle with Hendrickson rear bogie described in the March IL issue was built by Messrs. Andrews Bros., Liverpool.
Experimental Roundabout: A suggestion for a roundabout in the centre of Taunton, using existing roads, is to be tried out for a month during the summer.
Motorway Inquiry: There will he an inquiry at Chiswick Town Hall on June 14 into the fixing of the line of the proposed motorway between Chiswick and Langley.
Bus Body Gift: A bus body has been given to the Sheffield School for Blind Children by the transport committee. It will be fixed in the grounds to teach children how to board and alight.
Final Meeting: The last meeting of the 1959-60 session of the Southampton centre of the Institute of Traffic Administration will be held at the Royal Hotel, Southampton, at 7.30 p.m. • on April 4.
New Application: The Perkins Six 305 5-litre oil engine is now available for industrial use. It will make its first public appearance at the Mechanical Handling Exhibition, Earls Court, from May 3-13.
Thornycroft Sales: New Thornyeroft distributors are Messrs. Morgan, Jenkins and Sons, Llandybit, Ammanford, Carms, Motor Plant Repairs. Ltd., Wellingborough Road. Earls Barton, Northants, and Franche Road Garage, Kidderminster, Worcs, Luxury Buses: Luxury versions or the Hungarian Ikarus 31.55 and 630 buses are to be equipped for long-distance travel to meet Russian specifications. The first model, with kitchen and washing facilities and a refrigerator, will be shown at the Budapest Industrial Fair from May 20-30.
Longer Journeys: Birmingham engineering workers, whose working week will ' be reduced by two hours from Monday next, have been warned by the transport department that their journeys to and from work will take longer. They will now be _queueing at the same time as office and shop -vorkers. Israeli Assembly: Studebaker lorries of up to 7 tons capacity are to be assembled in Haifa, Israel.
New Look: New showrooms and workshops are being built at the disused Freetown Mill, Bury, which has been acquired by Joseph Cockshoot, Ltd.
Open Days: Open days will he held by the National Engineering Laboratory, East Kilbride, Glasgow, on June 15 and 16. Applications for invitations should be sent to the director.
Folicstone Deputation: Folkestone Corporation have been asked by the Traders' Road Transport Association to receive a deputation to discuss proposed bans on loading and unloading.
C-licensees Escape: Replies to a questionnaire issued by the Traders' Road Transport Association indicate that C-licence operators do not suffer thefts from their vehicles to the same extent as hauliers.
No Show: Although Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, had been provisionally reserved for the exhibition from November 3-24, the Scottish Motor Trade Association have decided not to hold a Scottish Motor Show this year.
Channel Bridge? M. Georges Galienne. president of the French Road Transport Association, last week proposed a bridge to cross the Channel to carry road and rail traffic. It would take four years to build, he said.
Lim. Engines: An order from Vanajan Autotehdas Oy, Finland, for 500 oil engines brings the value of A.E.C. contracts with Finland to more than Ulm. in recent years. The company are Finnish distributors for A.E.C. and manufacturers of the Vanaja chassis
Annual Meetings: The annual meeting of the Bournemouth, Poole and District Area of the Traders' Road Transport Association will be held at the South Western Hotel, Bournemouth, next Tuesday, at 7.15 p.m. The Southampton Area hold their annual meeting at the Albany Hotel, Southampton, on Wednesday at 2.30 p.m.
Guest Speakers: Mr. W. P. James, West Midland Licensing Authority, and Mr. S. C. Bond, president of the Traders' Road Transport Association, will be guest speakers at the annual meeting of the West Midland Division of the T.R.T.A., which will be held at the White Horse Hotel, Congreve Street, Birmingham, on April 11 at 2.15 p.m.