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Astley Office: Astley Industrial Trust, Ltd., have opened a branch office at 72 Cornwall Street, Newhall Street, Birmingham, 3.
Lone L-drivers: Learner-drivers have been reminded by the Ministry of Transport that as from October 1 they will again be required to be accompanied by qualified drivers.
Ghana Regulations: The Ghana Government have introduced passenger-vehicle licensing, driving licences and speed limits, and third-party insurance is soon to be
made compulsory. • •
Rapid Expansion: A £20,000 tyre-service depot is to be built in Leeds by J. Palmer and Son (Tyres), Ltd. The company started four years ago and now have 16 fitters dealing with large fleets.
Hanwell Take-over: The Hanwell Engineering Co., Ltd., Northampton, have been taken over by Pollard Bearings, Ltd., and their name has been changed to Pollard Bearings (Northampton), Ltd.
20m. sq. ft. of Weyroc: Plant to produce 20m. sq. ft. a year of a new grade of Weyroc man-made timber is to he installed by Airscrew and Jicwood, Ltd., in their Weybridge factory. The cost is estimated at £250,000.
Film Award: The film dealing with Covent Garden, "Every Day Except Christmas," which was sponsored by the Ford Motor Co.' Ltd., 'has won a grand prix award at a show of 130 documentaries from 18 countries at Venice.
Fewer Passengers: Referring to the increasing use made by the public of cars, motorcycles and bicycles, the Northern General Transport Co.. Ltd., say that last year they carried I m. fewer passengers than in 1955, and already this year passenger carryings had drqpped by 1m, from the 1956 total. Fisk Move: Fisk Tyres, Ltd., are to move from Sheffield to Frederick Street, Riddings, Derbys.
Spanish Deal: Spanish trade officials have agreed to buy 200 Star goods chassis from the Dzierzynski factory in Poland.
Shell-B.P. Plant: A ilm. oil-distribution installation at Teesport, Middlesbrough, of Shell-Mex and BY., Ltd., is to he opened next month.
More in Holland: The number of goods vehicles registered in Holland rose by 18 per cent. to 128,000 during 1956, and of buses by 11.2 per cent. to 7,900.
Scottish Distributors: Pilot Works, Ltd., have appointed the S.M.T. Sales and Service Co., Ltd., as their sole distributors for tipping gear in Scotland.
Pyrene Exhibits: Airfield crash tenders tieing made for Canada by the Pyrene Co., Ltd., will be shown at the Farnborough air display from September 1-8. "
Danish Licensee: Mr. V. Kronman, Nybrograde 14, Copenhagen K, has been appointed Danish licensee and agent of the Jenolite group of companies.
Rhodesia Plant: Associated Commercial Vehicles, Ltd., are reported to be establishing an assembly plant in Rhodesia for commercial vehicles and possibly railcars.
Festival Visits: During the Edinburgh Festival, parties of. visitors have been conducted around the Castle Mills factory of the North British Rubber Co., Ltd., to see the production of U.S. Royal tyres.
Sydney Trams To Go: Motorbuses are to replace trams in two streets in Sydney, Australia, next month, and in August next year it is proposed to abandon trams from the northern side of the harbour. After this, trams in the western suburbs will be withdrawn.