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11th February 1930, Page 100
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Wallasey Corporation is preparing a scheme for a change-over from tramways to motorbuses or trolley-buses, within the next five years. The corporation's fleet of buses, which has been trebled in four years, is to be further increased.

During 1929 an area of concrete road equivalent to 8,500 miles having a width of 18 ft. was laid in the United States. America has now constructed over 85,600 miles of all-concrete road.

The Coventry Victor Motor Co., Ltd., of Coventry, announces that it has been awarded the Diploma of Honour at the Barcelona Exhibition in Connection with its exhibit of Coventry-Victor threewheelers (including vans) and engines, Last year Surrey County Council collected £690,000 for Road Fund licences, against £646,000 during the previous year.

A return of Middlesex County Council shows that six years ago the expenditure on main roads was £230,000, whereas it is now £302,000.

n22 The special co-ordination committee of Manchester City Council is endeavouring to secure standardization of motor vehicles owned by the corporation.

Menaced by certain clauses in the Rochdale Corporation Bill, Rochdale motor-coach and bus owners are taking steps to prevent municipal buses from being used in competition with their own vehicles for private-hire work.

The Great Western Railway Co. has absorbed the old-established haulagecontracting business of Messrs. Daniel Davies and Sons, Iilanelly. All vehicles and staff are being taken over by the railway company.

' Conferences have been held between East Glamorgan and Monmouthshire bus-operating local authorities to arrange augmented inter-town services.

Shrewsbury Town Council approves a £120,000 scheme for improvement of the loop road from the English and Welsh Bridge, and the provision of a bus-station site near the centre of the borough. Lancaster Corporation has leased a large site behind the King's Arms Hotel, in the centre of the town, for the parking of approximately 350 motor vehicles.

Nottingham County Council intends to spend £80,000 in widening the trunk road between Cavendish Bridge and the Cheshire county boundary at Whalley Bridge.

The registration is announced of Smith's Safeway Services, Ltd., of Middlesbrough, to carry on the business of Mr. J. Smith, who has taken a prominent part in developing limited-stop and local services in the Tees-side area.

Eastbourne Corporation is to seek sanction to borrow £250 for the purchase of the freehold of 1 and la, Kilburn Terrace, for a parking station.

Lancaster Corporation is seeking power to make further provisions with regard to the bus undertaking and to authorize the corporation to enter into working agreements within a 10-mile radius of the town.