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VIEW By the Hawk Fame in Spain A dozen UK companies were represented at a recent Anglo-Spanish gathering in Barcelona when, in recognition of their co-operation with British industry, the three executive directors of Autocesorios Harry Walker SA received a special presentation. Harry, Walker, who went to Barcelona to set up the business in 1913, died in 1950 and left his three assistants in charge.
Enrique Colomina, Jose Jasans and Ramon Colomina had already done much for the development of Anglo Spanish trade and industry and in the past 10 years they have imported products worth more than £.4 m. from Ferodo Ltd., Renold Chains Ltd., Joseph Lucas Ltd., S.
Smith and Sons Ltd., Crypton Equipment Ltd., Tube Investments Ltd., Herbert Terry and Sons Ltd., Villiers Engineering Co. Ltd., Dowty Hydraulic Units Ltd., Glacier Metal Co. Ltd., Heenan and Froude Ltd. and Hardy Spicer Ltd.
The Harry Walker sales organization employs more than 400 people and the company is associated with CAVLucas, Renold Chains, Villiers and Ferodo in local manufacturing enterprises.
Mr. L. J. Tolley, Renold managing director, who made the presentation, said that the Spanish motor industry had this year reached a production of 260,000 cars and commercials. plus 10,000 tractors, an achievement that was a matter of pride to the British manufacturers by virtue of the components they were supplying.
Some Clanger A report from the country where everything is bigger states that there has been "a miscalculation" of £17,857,150 in tax assessments in Orange County, Florida. Alas, the human error in computer programming was spotted too late. The tax demands had all been sent out. Some Clanger
But it is an ill wind that blows no one any good. Perhaps one presumably unemployed programmer and British Railways could do a deal and likewise get BR out of the red—at least by computer.
Road Safety Archie Prentice, transport manager of St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Association, is the chairman of Edinburgh Accident Prevention Council and every month he circularizes a bulletin on this very important subject.
In his December bulletin Mr. Prentice draws attention to the four main aspects of road safety that he has been plugging all the year round—namely, segregation of pedestrians and vehicles; the human factor; education (particularly in schools) and a higher priority and sense of urgency at top level. Dealing particularly with the last point, Mr. Prentice states that the Council, despite commendable effort, had achieved little in reducing the number of road deaths and injuries. However, they had chipped away at many problems and, because of their effort during the year, had initiated more road safety measures than ever before.
Examples were: better illumination of pedestrian crossings and major intersections; facilities for pedestrians at traffic signals; introduction of a road safety centre in the city; appointment of a road safety officer; installation of additional pedestrian refuges; re-siting of bus stops; compulsory road safety education in schools; installation of additional traffic signals and improved lighting in Holyrood Park.
Not a bad record for just one year's work, I would suggest.