NEWS I N BRIEF York. Distributors: The York Trailer Co.
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.Ltd. has appointed Walter W. Saunders Ltd., of Two Waters Road, Hemel Hempstead, as York distributors for that part of Hertfordshire west of the Great North Road. As Atkinson and Bedford distributors, Saunders Ltd. will operate a fast breakdown and parts service for vehicles on the southern half of Ml. Telephone number is Boxmoor 51212. Britain's First Motorway Lighting: The first motorway lighting in Britain is to be installed on the new Chiswick-Langley overhead section of M4. Hitherto there has been only localized junction lighting on motorways. Lighting was specified for the viaduct because, in addition to it being an elevated carriageway, its construction permits only a comparatively narrow central reservation and no hard shoulders. Linear sodium. lamps will illuminate the viaduct itself, whilst the section of the Great West Road beneath it will be lit by mercury lamps. Lighting equipment for this two-mile section will be supplied by Osram (G.E.C.) Ltd.
Air Products Expansion : Air Products Ltd. have created a carbon dioxide marketing department, with Mr. L. J. Ward as CO, product manager. This product line is an addition to the air products range of industrial gases.
Show and Service Week: Standard-Triumph Sales have arranged a show and service week from November 16 to 20 at P. W. Barker Ltd., 82-84 Lowesmoor, Worcester. Renault Prices : From Monday, November 9,
the U.K. price of the Renault Fourgon 6-cwt. van has been raised from £425 to £429. and of the Estafette 15-cwt. from £639 to £649. This results from the Government's 15 per cent import surcharge.
Petrol Companies Expand: Contimmtal Oil (UK) Ltd. and Jet Petroleum Ltd are to move their London head office from Berkeley Square House, Berkeley Square, W.1, to larger premises at Greater London House, Hampstead Road, N.W.I (Euston 0511). These are the Continental companies operating and marketing in the United Kingdom. This move, which will be effective from November 16, is the result of progressive expansion and development of both companies. Container Fittings: Having received many requests for details of what has been termed an international standard for the corner post fittings of freight containers, the British Standards Institution states that there is no international standard or recommendation dealing with these fittings although a proposal on this subject tabled by the U.S.A. delegation in Hamburg has been reilered to a working group: it is on the agenda for the next meeting of the ISO group early in 1965. Kenning Acquires Lind; The Kenning Motor Group has purchased the coachbuilding firm of Lind Bros. Ltd., of Baffigate, 'Scotland. The acquisition will enable the Kenning group to operate a commercial bodybuilding service within easy reach of the Batheate factory of the British Motor Corporation, from which many of the chassis will be drawn.