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During the worst day of the recent cold spell, London buses lost only 612 miles out of 660,000.
The name of the Cities Service Oil Co., Ltd., has been changed to Fina Petroleum Products, Ltd.
Several of Camberwell Borough Council's refuse collectors are off the road because of the shortage of tyres.
Wingard (M.A.), Ltd., Kingsham Road, Chichester, has issued its 1947 price bulletin for a range of accessories.
Transport Vehicles (Daimler), Ltd., has during the past two weeks received orders for 151 bus chassis for the home trade alone.
The petrol-ration period for tractors, agricultural vans and lorries, and stationary engines is to be extended from two to three months.
To publicize the Bradford 8 h.p. utility truck, Mr. John Burnaby and Mr. Ronald Maxwell aim to travel from Britain to South Africa, via the Sahara Desert. Liverpool, Bradford, Hull and Sheffield Corporations have recently placed substantial orders for A.E.C. Regent Mark III double-deck buses.
On Monday (February 17) the Board of Trade Regional Office (Wales) will remove to Imperial Buildings, Mount Stuart Square, Docks, Cardiff.
Repeat orders for Crossley oil-engined 56-seater buses, with metal bodies, have been placed by Luton and Stockport Corporations, each taking 12 vehicles.
The British Wagon Co., Ltd., has opened a branch office at 6, Victoria Place, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, with Mr. J. E. R. Denny as manager.
A Cardiff-Newport and District Graduate and Student Society of the Institute of Transport has been formed. The honorary secretary is Mr. G. M. Morgan, 301, Grand Avenue, Cardiff.
Mr. N. G. Calvert will speak on "Vehicle Maintenance" at a meeting of the Institute of Traffic Administration, Merseyside Centre, at the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, on February 17, at 7.30 p.m.