In d Line or Two
Page 34
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
Work May shortly start on a new bus station at Halifax.
'Sharples Centrifuges, Ltd., Stroud. has issued a booklet 'on oil purification.
A new, battery catalogue has been published by the Edison Swan Electric Co., Ltd. * The' 1949 edition of the British Engineers' Association's Classified Handbook has now' been published.
A Cornmer S.D.467 drop-sided lorry is to be exhibited at the International Fair:. at Zagreb, Yugoslavia, from September 17-October 2
University students from six countries are spending two to three months on technical courses at the works of Leyland Motors, Ltd., Leyland.
The Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co.. Ltd., announees that as from September 1, last, the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland came under the juris(fiction of its Newcastle branch.
Specialloid. Ltd., North .Finchley, London, N.12, is distributing its latest wall chart containing details of its products and a table of metric and English fractional equivalents.
A decision by members of the Transport and General Workers Union, employed by Middlesbrough Corporation Transport Department, bans all overtime working. A 50-per-cent. reduction in special bus services for Saturday sporting events has resulted.
With regard to the mobile grocery shop used by the Walsall and District Co-operative Society, Ltd., and illustrated last week, the body for this was built by Frank Grounds, Ltd., Lichfield Road,Birmingham. The vehicle was supplied by Evans and Kitchen, Ltd., Bristol Street, Birmingham.
The 34th International Motor Exhibition, to be held at Earls Court from September 28-October 8 this year, promises to be the largest ever. A total of 520 exhibitors has already taken space; 271 exhibitors will be in the accessory and component section and 84 in the service equipment section.
THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR SHOW MOTHING definite has yet been decided concerning the holding of the Commercial Motor Transport Exhibition. Some of the heavy-vehicle manufacturers have expressed a wish for this to be held every four years, but it is doubtful whether this will be put
into effect. The matter will not be settled until a meeting to be held early in October. It seems probable, however, that we -shall continue With the two-year period, which W.Ould mean staging the next Exhibition in 1950.