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Loss Doubled: Ceylon Transport Board lost £739:650 last year, more than double the -1958 .deficit...
Nearing Completion: The new £120.000 bus station, at Crewe will he completed by the end of April after a year's work.
'Office Change; The Preston branch office -of United Dominions Trust, Ltd., will be moved to Provincial _House, Orchard Street, on March 7. .
Wakefield Acquisition: C. C. Wakefield and Co., Ltd.. have acquired the entire share capital of De,Corrosion. Service (Norwest), Ltd: A sum of £20.000 was paid.
Painters Acquired: The vehicle painting and spraying business of Messrs. Read and Lyle, Gregory Street Works. Loughborough, has been acquired by G. H. A. Tyler, Ltd.
Sweepers Filmed: A 16 mm, colour sound film available free from the Brockhouse Organization, 25 Hanover Square, London, W.1, shows the range of Lewin sweepers.
011-street Parking: John Laing and Son (Holdings), Ltd., and Lex Garages, Ltd., ale to form Laing Lex, Ltd., a new company to sponsor multi-storey and underground car parks.
More Offices: Two new offices of Bowmaker, Ltd., have been opened at Bowmaker House, William Street. Cardigan, and Kershaw House, Great West Road, Hounslow, Middx.
Yugoslav Roads: About 750 miles of new road have been built in Yugoslavia during the past two years. Work is proceeding on the Ljuhtjana-Djevdjelija motorway and the Adriatic Highway.
Workshop Gift: Following a request for advice, the Government of West Germany have given the Ceylon Transport Board a, training workshop for vehicle engineers. It is valued at £112,500.
Training Booklet: A booklet about the company's training centre for the instruction of boys from school-leaving age has been published by Beckett, Laycock and Watkinson, Ltd., Acton Lane, London, W3.
Drivers' Quiz: Teams 'of drivers -of Clicensed vehicles will compete in a questionnaire based on the Highway Code and the drivers' handbook of the Traders' Road Transport Association at Portsmouth' on March 9.
Lower Premium: Municipal Mutual Insurance, Ltd., have offered fvforecarnbe and Heysham Transport Committee a lower premium for the insurance of their buses if this is contracted for five years, The committee have agreed.
Users' Advisory Council: A transport users' advisory council, with Mr. John C. Drennan as chairman, is to be set up in Northern Ireland. The Minister of Commerce stated that invitations to serve on the council had been sent to 21 persons.
Second Win: For the second successive year, drivers of the Kings Lynn terminal of the Mobil Oil Co., Ltd..; have won the Company's national safe-driving contest. Vehicles from the terminal covered 210,742 Miles last year, and the accident-frequency
rate was 0.47 per 100,000 miles. • Kenning Building: A new office block which will cost about £100.000 is to be built by the Kenning Group in West Street, Chesterfield.. It will house staff from existing offices at Clay Cross and Sheffield. New offices have been opened by the company in -Hipper Street South, Chesterfield.
Assistance Refused: Treasury assistance towards the cost of factory extensions by Smith's Deli very Vehicles. Ltd., Team Valley, _Gateshead, has been refused by the Board of Trade. The company wish to extend their factory by 50.000 sq. ft,, which would almost double its present size.