Licence for 0,000 Concrete Mixer
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ALICENCE for an articulated concrete-mixing outfit, which had cost £6,000. was granted to Williams Bros. (Trueddyn), Ltd., by Mr. A. Jolliffe, North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, at Wrexham on Monday.
The unit had been placed on a shortterm B lieence to enable the company to operate experimentally, said Mr. J. Edward Jones, for Williams.
Mr. E. Williams, a director, stated that the demand for building materials, and especially ready mixed concrete, was increasing. The company already operated one unit which mixed concrete in transit, but demands were so heavy that they had to apply for another outfit, he added.
LORD LUCAS ATTACKS MAGISTRATES
UTAGISTRATES had flouted the will of IV I Parliament because, although the 1956 Act had increased the penalties for road offences, in 1958 the percentage of penaltiesdecreased. This charge was made last week by Lord Lucas of Chilworth, when he addressed the Lincolnshire Magistrates' Association.
Non-enforcement of the law, he said, was the greatest contributory factor to road accidents, and in that respect he held magistrates " culpably negligent," TOOL SALES TRANSFERRED
IVIANUFACTURE and marketing in al the United Kingdom of Surform and Surcut surfacing and cutting tools have been transferred from Simmonds Aerocessories, Ltd„ to Firth Cleveland Tools, Ltd. Stenor, Ltd., will continue to act as selling agents to the garage trade.
Mr. C. W. Clarke has been appointed general sales manager of the Surform Division of Firth Cleveland Tools, Ltd. Mr. E. Cragg has become home _sales manager of the Surforin Sales Division.
BEDFORDS AT BRUSSELS
SEVEN Bedfords will be exhibited at the 1960 Brussels salon, which opens tomorrow, by General Motors Continental, S.A., Antwerp. The exhibits include a long-wheelbase 10-12-cwt, van, four normal-control goods chassis of from 3-6 tons capacity, an oil-engined bus chassis, and a 10-ton petrol-engined tractive unit.
A Vauxhall Victor estate car for the Brussels Fire Brigade will be among the car exhibits.
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