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The new German army will need auoui 86,000 lorries of 20 different types.
There were 87,609 commercial vehicles registered in Holland on June 30, 1955.
In three years' time, buses will have completely replaced the railways in Co. Donegal.
A hundred German buses are to be imported for service in Bogota, Columbia, in exchange for coffee
Regulations permitting vehicles to be left without lights within 100 yd. of public lighting on certain roads will be intro
duced before the end of August.
"Selling to Western Europe" has been published by the Credit Insurance Association, Ltd.' Staple Hall, Stone. House Court. Bishopsgate, London, E.C.3. Market prospects in various countries are described. The Esso Petroleum Co.. Ltd... have opened a new 216,000-gallon distribution depot at Cromwell Road, Cambridge.
The German Deutz air-cooled oil engine
is to be made in the USA. Several American vehicle manufacturers have expressed interest in it.
Daimler-Benz are negotiating with the Chilean Government over the construction of a £30m. factory to produce commercial vehicles and oil engines.
The Leyland, Farington and Charley factories of Leyland Motors, Ltd., will be closed For summer holidays from July 15August 1. Service Facilities will be maintained at Chorley.
Arcolectrie (Switches), Ltd., Central Avenue, West Molesey, Surrey, have
revised their prices. A push-pull switch costs 3s. 6d., a foot dipper switch Gs. 9d.. and a toggle switch 2s. 9d.