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More Polish Lorries: Motorbuses. trolleybuses and 7-ton lorries will be produced when a body and repair works at Jelcz, Poland, is reorganized. Yearly output will be 5,000 vehicles.
No Tax Posters: Bury Town Council have rejected a suggestion by the Municipal Passenger Transport Association that antifuel-tax posters should be displayed on the town's buses.
Baildon Service: Sharp and Griffiths, Ltd., Baildon, Yorks. are erecting a building, which should be completed early next year, which will be devoted solely to commercial-vehicle service and repair.
£150,000 Development: Appleyard of Leeds, Ltd.. have spent £150,000 on a new car-sales centre, and their premises in North Street, Leeds, are now wholly devoted to B.M.C. commercial-vehicle business.
Pyrene Rights: The Pyrene Co., Ltd.' have acquired additional rights owned by the American Pyrene concern which will enable the British company to export to new markets in Latin America and Europe.
Mission's Transport: An A.E.C. Regal Mark IV and a Reliance of Red Line Continental Motorways, Ltd., have been provided to carry members of the Canadian trade mission around London.
Ford Record: Last week the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., exported their 170,000th vehicle this year. The company's previous best year for overseas trade was 1955, when 168,495 vehicles were exported.
Prospects in China: Mr. Brian Rootes, of Rootes, Ltd., on a fact-finding tour of China. reports that there is a great demand for commercial vehicles in China, but large purchases in the near future are unlikely.
National Benzole Move: The Leeds and Sheffield divisions of the National Benzoic Co., Ltd., have been amalgamated to form a new West Riding division. Headquarters are at Sheffield, with Mr. D. A. Dunbar in charge.
Perkins Loss: Mr. Frank Perkins, chairman of F. Perkins, Ltd., says that adverse trading conditions have continued in the first nine months of the current year and the company have incurred a loss. A profit is expected next year.
Export Success: British Nu-Swift pressurecharge-operated fire extinguishers are to become standard equipment on vehicles operated by A.T.A.C., Rome's municipal
traffic combine. Previously Italian-made extinguishers were Used.
Memorial Lecture: The 13th Henry Spurrier Memorial Lecture of the Institute of Transport will be delivered by Maj-Gen. G. N. Russell, chairman of British Road Services, on Monday, at the Jarvis Hall, 66 Portland Place, London. W.1. His subject will be
• Transport and the Common Weal."
'&0 Production: Production and sales of Garrington constant-velocity joints are now being undertaken by the B.R.D. Co.' Ltd., Aldridge, Walsall, a member of the Guest, Keen and Nettlefold group. Garringtons, Ltd.. previously made these joints, but state that B.R.D. are better equipped to do it.