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Thomas Tilling, Ltd., has recently placed an order for 28 A E C. Regent double-deck vehicles.
A scheme has been approved for the rearrangement of the Leeds municipaltransport depot at a cost of £10,800.
It is said that, during 1930, the output of lorries and vans in Germany decreased by 39 per cent., as compared with the 1929 figure.
Mr. T. R. Jenkins, J.P., of Pontllanfraith, the well-known Monmouthshire bus proprietor and founder of the South Wales Omnibus Proprietors' Association, is standing as a candidate for election to Monmouth County Council. The Lanarkshire Traction Co. has now completed the substitution of tramcars by motorbuses.
Newcastle is said to be considering a proposal to substitute its trams by 200 buses, costing £350,000.
During last year 1,792 van t and lorries, valued at £215,975, were imported into Sweden, as compared with 1,847 and £242,425 respectively in 1929.
The watch committee of Brighton Corporation has asked the chief constable to report as to the provision of a central station for passengers brought into Brighton by motor coach.
During the past year the output of Brake Linings, Ltd., is understood to have increased 24, times. A new office building has recently been added to. the concern's factory at Buxton.
A profit of £8,783 is estimated on Darlington's trolley-bus system for 1930-31. An increase in revenue of £4,000 and of 750,000 in passengers carried is anticipated for the year.
R. Bamber and Co., Ltd., of Birkdale, Southport, the well-known concern of coachbuilders and motor-vehicle agents, recently held its seventh annual staff dance at the Palace Hotel, Birkdale nearly 300 people were present.