EDINBURGH TO BUY 80 BUSES
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THE purchase of 60 double-deck and 20 single-deck maximum-dimension buses has been sanctioned by Edinburgh Civic Amenities Committee. It is stated that the vehicles will enable a start to be made on tram conversion.
Mr. W. M. Little, general manager of the transport department, has stated that the cost of purchase may be less than expected, as therewas an opportunity to acquire a number of factoryrebuilt chassis at possibly a third the price of new models.
IN A LINE OR TWO A new commercial-vehicle section of the Folkestone works of Martin Walter, Ltd„ is to be opene41. on December The head office of Fina Petroleum Products, Ltd.; has been moved -to 25, Victoria Street (South Block), London, S.W.!.
Drivers and conductors at the Eastville depot of the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co., Ltd., recently held a meeting to form a Bristol branch. of a new uniein, the National Busmen's Association.