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BARTON RE-EQUIP: Barton Transport, Ltd., Chilwell, Notts, have ordered three MOTO A.E.C. Mercury tractive units to further the re-equipping of their recently acquired haulage fleet.
SALFORD TAKES ATLANTEANS: Salford City Transport, which at present operates 65 Leyland Titan doubledeckers, has ordered two Atlanteans with M.C.W. highbridge bodies.
SCOUT CALL: Scout Motor Services, Ltd., Preston, have ordered three LeylandM.C.W. Atlantean 78-seaters and three Leopard coaches with Duple 38-seat bodies incorporating toilet accommodation. The coaches will be engaged on express services to London.
MERCURY ORDER FROM WILTS: S.C.C. Transport, Devizes, have ordered seven A.E.C. Mercury tractive units. Six of these will work with fiat-platform semi-trailers, and the seventh will haul a bulk grain-and-seed container.
VICTORY POPULARITY: Orders for Guy Victory single-deck passenger chassis have been received from Australia, Belgium, Holland, Hong Kong, Norway, Portugal and West Africa. Air-sprung versions are already operating in Western Australia and Norway: the West Australian Government Railways have three, and have recently ordered another three, whilst the two at present in service in Norway are shortly to be supplemented by a further two. KIRKDALE HEAVIES: The Kirkdale Haulage Co., Ltd., Liverpool haw ordered a Leyland Beaver and four Octoinises, all from the new Power-Plus range, RUMANIAN REPEATS: Furth( r orders for vehicles and spares have been n placed with Leyland Motors, Ltd., by Technoimport, Bucharest. The latest or( er is for Super Hippo models, and brings the total value of contracts obtained this y ear from Rumania by Leyland to over £23 ),000.
DERBYSHIRE A.E.C.s: Kays (Derby), Ltd., A.E.C. authorized dealers, received orders for 19 chassis a fortnight ago. The orders include one from William Short, Ltd., Newthorpe, for two Mandator and two Mercury tractive units: one from H. Burn, Ltd., Derby, for a Mammoth Major eight-wheeler, and one from F. B. Atkins, Ltd., Findern, for three Mercury chassis.
HONG KONG WULFRUNIANS: Two Guy Wulfrunian double-decker bus chassis have been ordered by the China Motor Bus Co., Hong Kong. Wulfrunians ordered by British operators include 50 for the West Riding Automobile Co., two for B.E.T., two for Wolverhampton Corporation Transport and three for Lancashire United Transport: two of these latter will have entrances behind the front wheels.