Garage Land Purchase Opposed
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I F land used to garage and maintain a fleet of vehicles were compulsorily purchased by York City Council, a family retail-newspaper business, which had been established more than 100 years, might have to close down.
Mr. F. Appleton, inspector of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, was told this at an inquiry at York last week. For the council, Mr. G. H. Hepworth said that a small area of land and the adjoining plot, owned by Mr. Gray, a partner in the business, was wanted in order to develop the whole area.
CHRISTMAS BOX DRISBANE'S fleet of 10 Leyland VJorldmaster buses is expected to be in service by Christmas. The first vehicle has already been delivered, and the remaining chassis are with Freighter Lawton Industries, Adelaide bodybuilders.
They were taken from the Leyland plant at Melbourne to Adelaide by a Comet transporter, and when completed will be driven 1,350 miles to Brisbane.
£2,132 FOR IDEAS
A MONTHLY record figure of £2,132
was paid out under the suggestion scheme of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., during November. The total included one maximum award of £450 for a suggestion for improving the method of machining steering knuckles.
The recipient, Mr. H. A. Fowler, earned a second award of £112 10s. for another suggestion during the same month.
13in. FOR EXPANSION WORK on the £3m. modernization and YV expansion programme at the Castle Mills plant of the North British Rubber Co., Ltd., will be inspected next Tuesday by Lord Craigton, Minister of State, Scottish Office, Lord Provost Sir Ian A. Johnson-Gilbert, and Sir John Anderson, Secretary of the Scottish Home Department. The capacity of the tyre plant is to be doubled.
MORE FUEL USED ONSUMPTION of petrol in the first nine months of this year was 7.2 per cent, greater, at 5.4m. tons, than in the comparable period of 1958. This was because more premium-grade spirit was used, offsetting a fall in the consumption of standard grade. Deliveries of oil fuel went up by 10.3 per cent. to 1.7m. tons, a record.
SPURLING BUY TWO COMPANIES MEGOTIATIONS have been completed I 14 by Spurling Motor Bodies, Ltd., for the purchase of the whole of the issued share capital of L. A. RumboId and Co.. Ltd.; and their associate, Harris (Kilburn), Ltd. A sum of £120,000 is to be paid in cash. The acquired businesses are engaged in light engineering and in the manufacture of aircraft furnishings.