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Simms Belfast Branch: The address of the Belfast blanch of Simms Motor Units, Ltd., is now 15 Grosvenor Road.
Dodge Weight: Gross vehicle weight of the Dodge 87AP model referred to in last week's issue is 8 tons I cwt.
Tram Abandonment: Motorbuses will replace the Grimsby-Immingham trams from Corporation Bridge on July 1, The new tram terminus will be on the outskirts of Grimsby.
Flying Visit: Smith's Delivery Vehicles. Ltd.. last week chartered two aircraft to brine a party of 43 traffic managers of Co-operative Societies in the Midlands for a visit to the company's Gateshead works.
More 1.-H. Workers: The labour force at the Bradford factory of the International Harvester Co. of Great Britain, Ltd. is to be increased from 7.00 to up to 1,00. The factory was acquired from jowett Cars, Ltd.. in 1954.
Warrington Bus Station: To provide accommodation for vehicles on local and out-of-town services, a bus station is to be built at Turner Street, Wartiagion. if the town council approve. The station would cost about £26,000.
Service Awards: Eleven employees of the Northern General Transport co., Ltd., who have completed 40 years' service, and 112 with 25 years' service, have been presented, with awards. A quarter of the staff
work,
ing for the company in. 1930 are still with the undertaking.
Findlay Centenary: John Findlay and Co. iContractorsa Ltd., Dundee, are celebrating their centenary, They pioneered the use of insulated vehicles for meat haulage in Scotland, and for some time carried meat down to Smithfield, but are now concentiating on local delivery.
Reasonable Compromise: Mr. C. Sprittles, president of the National Employers' Association of Vehicle Builders, last week described the agreement on pay for bodybuilding workers making and assembliMa plastics parts as a reasonable corn promise which showed progress and tolerance.
Esso Change: The Esso Development Co., Ltd., is now titled Esso Research, Ltd., and is housed at Abingdon, Berkshire.
Now SO-ft. Span: Standard prefabricated concrete buildings with spans up to 50 ft. can now be obtained from Marley Concrete, Ltd., Guildford.
First Double-deckers: Rotherham Transport Department brought its first doubledeck trolleybuses into service on Monday. They seat 70 passengers.
Freight Handling: A review of productivity in freight handling has been published at 2s. 6d. by the British Productivity Council. 21 Tothill Street, London, S.W.1.
Receipts Up: Although 23,795 fewer passengers were carried, Lincoln Transport Department's receipts for the year ended March 31 showed an increase of £5.936.
this Stop Markings: The Association of Municipal Corporations want the Ministry of Transport to malae.a grant towards the cost of laying down and maintaining bus stop markings.
Buildings Brochure: The range and applications of Coseley steel-framed buildings are illustrated in a brochure published by the Coseley Engineering Co., Ltd., Wolverhampton.
Shell H.Q. Model: A model of the proposed new main offices in London of the ' Royal Dutch-Shell Group of companies is on view at the summer exhibition of the Royal Academy.
Production Exhibition: The Production Exhibition will be held at Olympia, London, from May 23-31. Sixteen subjects will be discussed at the conference to run at the same time. .
Blox Take-over: Twenty-three vehicles of the Alperton Bottling Co., Ltd., previously run under C licence, have been taken over by Blox Services, Ltd., Mitcham, for operation under contract-A licence.
Scrap Up £2: The statutory maximum prices of iron and steel scrap have been increased by an average of £2 a ton under the Iron and Steel Scrap Order, 1956, which came into effect on May 4.
Price, of Overtime: Overtime worked because of the shortage of drivers cost the department £100,000 a year, Cllr. S. W. Bridges, chairman of Leicester Transport Committee, said last week.
Engines for Finland: Vanajan Autotehdas Oy. Helsinki, have ordered 300 Leyland 5.76-litre oil engines to be installed in medium-capacity lorries. The vehicles will operate within the Arctic Circle in temperatures as low as minus 20° C.
Rubber in Vehicles: The many n ways i i which rubber can be applied n motor vehicles is dealt with in "Rubber in Automobile Engineering." published by the Natural Rubber Development Board, Market Buildings, Mark Lane, London, E.C.3, at 5s.
New Directory : The Road Transport Catering and Accommodation Joint Committee, 146 New Bond Street, London, W.1, arc to bring up to date their directory of establishments providing food and accommodation for drivers, and hope to circulate a revised edition later this year. Handicraft Exhibition: The exhibition of prizewinning drawings and examples of handicraft entered in the 1956 competition of the Institute of British Carriage and Automobile Manufacturers will be held at the offices of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, 148 Piccadilly, London, Wel, from May 30-June 2.
2m. Pamphlets for Roads: During the past month the Roads Campaign Council have produced more than lm. pamphlets and leaflets for public circulation, and another
million are being prepared. The latest publication, Highway Times, isa, newspaperstyle quarterly, 50,000 copies of which are being sent to MT.% councillors, industrialists and road users.