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MORE FOR BRADY: A repeal order for 12 Leyland Super Comet tractors ha.s been placed by T. Brady and Son.s,. Ltd., of Barrow-in-Farness.
ALLISONS' ARTICS: Allison Transport Contracts, Ltd., Dundee, have ordered 15 A.E.C. Mercury and four A.E.C. Mandator chassis for use as prime movers in articulated outfits.
TAR-SPRA YING EQUIPMENT: Five Leyland Power-Plus Beavers ordered by E. H. Jones, Lid., 01 Greenwich, will be equipped with road tar-spraying equip.'"en'.
SPANISH BUSES: Pt further 50 A.E.C. Reliance single-decker chassis sets have been ordered by Uniao de Transportadores para Importaeao e Comercio, Lda., of Lisbon, who will assemble the chassis and build bodies for them.
ASPHALT CARRIERS: Amalgamated Asphalt Companies, Ltd., of London, have ordered four Leyland Super Comet tippers. Bromilow tipping gear and bodywork suitable for carrying hot asphalt will he fitted.
ETHIOPIAN LEYLANDS: The first order for Leyland vehicles from Ethiopia is one worth £80,000 for 25 Worldmaster ERTII underfloor-engine buses. Fully automatic gearboxes and extra-heavy-duty springs are to be fitted SUNBEAMS IN READING: Twelve Sunbeam F4A 68-seater double-decker trolleybuses are now being delivered to Reading Corporation Transport. Frontentrance bodies 28 ft. 81 in. long and 8 ft. wide have been fitted by H. V. Burlington, Ltd., of Blackpool.
National P.S.V. Cricket Competition
FOLLOWING the change of name of Wakefield-Dick Industrial Oils, Ltd.,. to Castrol Industrial, Ltd., the Wakefield Shield, awarded annually to the winners of the National P.S.V. Undertakings Cricket Competition, has been renamed the Castro' Shield.
A record number of 38 clubs, from all parts of the country, have entered for the 1961 Competition, The holders of the Shield, London Transport (Central Road Services), with nine West Indians in their team, have already disposed of Red and White in the first round.
Manchester Corporation, London's traditional rivals in the final, received a bye into the second round and will meet either Chesterfield or Lancashire United.
The final will be played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. on Wednesday. September 6.
PLATFORM-SPACE DOUBLED
ANEW parcels bank 180 ft. long and 50 ft. wide has been opened at the British Road Services Parcels Depot at Gypsy Lane, Willenhall, Staffs.
The new building doubles the platform space previously available at Willenhall, where 14,000 parcels are handled daily.
CONTAINER SERVICE AT NEWRY? COMMITTEE of industrialists. traders ahd public representatives has been formed in Newry. N. Ireland. to investigate the feasibility of establishing a container service through the port.