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chic I e manufacturers from Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland and Spain recently visited the • works of heavy-vehicle
manufacturers in Italy. The visit . followed that of Continental heavy-. vehicle manufacturers to this country in 1951, when it was arranged that visits to other countries should take place, The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders' representatives included Mr. A. J. Romer (A.E.C., Ltd.), Mr.. 0. D. Smith and Mr. W. E. Palling (tvtaudslay Motor Co.,Ltd.) and Mr. H. Clutterbuck (S.M.M.T.). The works visited were those of O.M. at Brescia, Alfa-Roraco at Milan, and Fiat, S.P.A. and Lancia at Turin.
The programme was arranged by the Bureau Permanent International des Constructeurs d'Automobiles and the Associazione Nazionale Fra Industrie Automobilistiche E Affini.
LONDON'S TRAMS PAY ON LAST NIGHT THE trams are paying to-night," " remarked a London Transport Executive official last Saturday, when Londoners turned out in force to see the last of the capital's trams. Many parties hired trams for a final joyride and the L.T.E. staff made great efforts to ensure that all arrangements went smoothly.
A crowd of 35,000 people lined a 300-yd. stretch of road by New Crossdepot for the reception of the last tram of all, No. 1951, from Woolwich. It possibly achieved a record loading figure, for passengers were being carried even on the roof.
A breakdown occurred just outside the depot, when the vehicle was immobilizd because of the attentions of souvenir hunters. No. 1931, the first trans to run through the Kingsway Tunnel, was brought out to tow it a few yards, and No. 1951 was enabled to complete the last few feet by itself.. It was driven by Mr. John Cliff, deputy chairman of the L.T.E.
OBITUARY WE regret to record the deaths of vv MR. W. W. CONSTANTINE, M.B.E., M.I.MEcn.E., MR. FREDERICK HOULT and Ma. A. I. BAGLEY.
Mr. Constantine, who had been associated with the motor industry all his working life, was a member of the council of the automobile division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. For the past 28 years, be was with General Motors in London and before that with the Daimler, Napier and Crossley concerns. He was 65.
Mr. Hoult was a director of Hoults, Ltd,, Newcastle-on-Tyne, a prominent removal concern. He was 50.
Mr. Bagley, who was 60, was the London manager of Smiths Motor Accessories, Ltd. He had been with the company since 1919.