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FRIDAY November 10th. IRTE IS. Wales) meeting. "LP gas usage in spark and compression ignition engines" by G. A. Lyon, Calor Gas Ltd. Angel Hotel, Castle Street, Cardiff. 7.30 pm.
NGTM (Doncaster) meeting. The Elephant Hotel. 8 pm.
NIONDAY 13th.1972 Public Works Congress and Exhibition, Olympia, London (ends 18th),
IRTE (Cheltenham and Glos) meeting. "Bus maintenance" by speaker from Bristol Bus Cp. Yeoman Hotel, Southgate Street. Gloucester, 7.30 pm.
IRTE (Hull & E. Yorks) meeting. "Transport in the Common Marker. by D. W. McIntyre, FTA. Demonstration Theatre, NEGB Showrooms. Prospect Street, Hull, 7.30 pm.
IRTE (W. London) meeting. "Trends in giant tyre design and manufacture" by speaker from Firestone Tyres Ltd. Greenford Hall, The Cyril Great Room, Ruislip Road, Greenford Broadway, 7.30 pm.
loTA IS. Wales) meeting. Grand Hotel. Westgate Street. Cardiff. 7.30 pm.
TPESDAY 14th. IRTE 1Scottish East) meeting. "Tachographs" by speaker from Smiths Industries (Technical) Ltd. Dorlin House Hotel. St John's Road, Corstorphine, Edinburgh 12. 7.30 pm.
IRTE (S. W. Wales) meeting. "Tyres in the Seventies" by E. C. Bartlett, senior designer, Truck Tyres, Dunlop Ltd. Swansea Sports Club, Bryn Road, Swansea, 7.30 pm. IOTA (Bristol) meeting. "Turbocharged diesel engines and their effect in transport". St Vincents Rocks Hotel, Sion Hill, Clifton. Bristol. 8, 7.30 pm.
CIT (Scottish) 'renting. "Future prospects in the road transport freight industry" by A. F. Rowe, chairman Scottish section. Edinburgh Corporation Transport Offices, 14 Queen Street, Edinburgh, 6 pm.
CIT (Aberdeen) meeting. "Insurance in Transport" by I. E. F. Hope, director, Stenhouse Scotland Ltd. Aberdeen
Corporation Transport Dept., 2 Marischal Street, Aberdeen. 6 pm.
W EDNESDAY 15th. IRTE (E: Midlands) meeting "Heavy haulage and unusual loads" by J. Wynn of Robert Wynn & Sons Ltd. Tollerton Flying Club, Nottingham Airport, Tollerton, 7.30 pm.
IRTE (Essex) meeting "The Industrial Relations Act, its implications to date" by C. Jackson, Department of Employment. Brentwood College of Education, Sawyers Hall Lane, Brentwood, 7.30 pm.
NGTM IColchester) meeting. Kingsford Park Hotel, Colchester. 7.30 for 8 pm.
West Midlands Transport Circle meeting. Evening of road transport films by Shell-Max and BP and Goodyear. Compton Grange Adult Education Centre. Compton Road West, Wolverhampton, 8 pm.
THURSDAY 16th. TMC {Liverpool) meeting. Park Hotel, Netherton. 6.30 for 7 pm.
IRTE (Huntingdon) meeting. "Michelin tyres for trucks" by R. J. Haugh, Michelin Ltd. Huntingdon Technical College. California Road, Huntingdon, 7.45 pm.
IRTE (London) meeting. "Operator manufacturer liaison" by S. Oxley, assistant chief engineer, Atkinson Vehicles Ltd. Royal Society of Arts, John Adam Street. London WC2N 6EZ. 6 pm.
IRTE (W. Cornwall} meeting. "The law and its relation to the Road Traffic Act" by speaker from Devon and Cornwall Constabulary. Brookdale Hotel, Tregolls Road, Truro, 7.45 pm.
IRTE (Yorkshire) meeting "Fuller RT(01 gearboxes" by R. H. Hancock, service manager. Eaton Ltd. Guildford Hotel, The Headrow, Leeds, 7.30 pm_ loTA (Reading) meeting. "Transport problems in the movement of civil engineering and earth-moving equipment" by C. Fenton, managing director, Claude Fenton Ltd, 7.30 pm.
IFWR I (London and Home Counties) meeting. "Labour relations the industry's viewpoint" by E. Rockwell, RT1TB. Norfolk Hotel, Harrington Road, London SW7. 7.30 pm.
Business briefs
LANCERBOSS
A new LancerBoss after-sales service and parts depot opened in 'Scotland also forms the hq of LancerBoss Rentals Ltd's Scottish operation. The depot is rine miles from Glasgow at 14 Colville Place, Kelvin Estate, East Kilbride. A team of engineers use service vans in the blue lively adopted as the "house colour" earlier in 1972.
CROMPTON ELECTRICARS
A new regional office, spares and service branch has been opened by Crompton Electricars Ltd, and its subsidiary, Morrison-Electricars Service Ltd, both Hawker Siddeley Electric companies, at 1 Tribune Avenue, Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 5RX. (Tel: sales and service 061-928 3115, spares 061-928 4203. (The new bronchia responsible for sales in the North of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. A section of the premises will be devoted to handling electrical and mechanical repair work. Modification and rebuilding of Morrison vehicles will also be undertaken. The company's depot at Elm Grave, Sale, Cheshire, is closing.
CAF
CAF Mechanical Handling Equipment Ltd has announced that Bennes Marrel Equipment is no longer made by Reynolds Boughton Ltd, the manufacturing rights having been re-assigned to an associate member company in order to streamline production and marketing facilities.
KENNING MOTOR GROUP
For the year ended June 30 the Kenning Motor Group Ltd achieved a record turnover of f 107rn (1971: f91m), mainly owing to an improvement in car sales, cv sales being still depressed. Retained profit amounted to £865,000 If 263,000).