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Leeds Ring Road Extension
T HE Minister of Transport has made a grant of more than £185,000 to West Riding County Council towards the cost, estimated at £247,350, of building an extension to the Leeds......
Good Orders For Traders
S UBSTANTIAL orders were being placed with the Ford Motor Co., Ltd.. for the Trader range of vehicles, said Sir Patrick Hennessy, chairman, in his annual report last week. In......
40 Per Cent. Below Cost
F ORTY per cent, of the route mileage and 72 per cent, of the routes operated by the Devon General Omnibus and Touring Co., Ltd., were run at below the company's average costs,......
Railways Cannot Support Non-paying Buses
BECAUSE the railways had already 1 -. 0 spent enormous sums on unremunerative routes, they could not he .expected to support non-paying bus routes as well, said Sir Reginald......
.nearly 34m. Tons Handled Nver 3.48m. Tons Of Traffic Was
handled by Pease Transport, Ltd., and Silver Roadways, Ltd., in the year ended September 28, 1957, said Mr. Ian D. Lyle, chairman of Silverlown Services, Ltd., in his annual......
Wind-up Although Pay-off Offered
W HEN Judge Abraham Flint made an order at Nottingham County Court for the winding-up of S. and S. Transport, Ltd„ Cedar Road, Nottingham, he referred to an anonymous......
Foreign Tours From Wells
A SUCCESSFUL application was made last week by Fry and Sons (Motor Engineers), Ltd., Wells, to the Western Traffic Commissioners to run Continental coach tours. A supporting......
10 Warriors For
TEN Guy Warrior lightweight underfioor-engined chassis have been ordered by Uniao de Transportadores para Importacao C Commercio, The contract was placed with Col. A. Jerrett,......