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Bus Station Plan: Rotherham Borougl Council are planning a new bus station 01 the site of the town's old gasworks.
One-man Trial: Glasgow Corporation hay offered to lend Plymouth Transport Depart ment a one-man-operated bus for experiment " Ben " Date: The annual meeting of th. Motor and Cycle Trades Benevolent Fun( will be held on February 5 at 15 Fitzhard ingc Street, London, W.I.
L.T.E. Winkers: After experimenting sinci May, 1956, London Transport have decidct to fit winking-light direction indicators ti all their 8,000 motorbuses.
Stronger Bridge? Bucks Highways Corn mittee propose that Marlow suspensim bridge be strengthened, although they hat earlier wanted to rebuild it.
Pikes Go Up: Suffolk Iron Foundry (1920) Ltd., have increased the price of some weld ing products—aluminium, steel and iroz rods, also fluxes. Bronzes arc unaffected. No Carpets: Western Germany has don( away with carnets and tryptiqucs required 131 vehicles entering the country. The onb formality is a check on registration numbs;rs New Contract: Luton Transport Department's tyre-supply agreement with the Indit Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., ends of March 31, and the undertaking are tc advertise for tenders for a new contract. Increase Postponed: The tyre contractors tc Coventry Transport Department are to defei applying for an increase in their mileage latt for three months, and the present figure ol 0.795d. per mile wilt remain for the present New Rapid Charger: Partridge Wilson ant Co., Ltd.. Leicester, have evolved a new Davenset battery charger capable of rector. ing a battery within three-quarters of ar
i hour. and it s to be marketed by the enc of this month.
Renault Output Up: Last year the Iota production of Renault vehicles was 336,31'; units, art increase of 22.7 per cent, over thc 1956 figure. Commercial vehicles totalled 47.903, including those built for tht S.A.V.I.E.M. group.
Fanners' Feat The National Farmers' Unior have been urged by their Huntingdonshire branch to .press for regulations making ii compulsory to pressure-wash vehicles corning into this country from the Continent, as 2 safeguard against foot-and-mouth disease. Penrith Garage: S.M.T. Sales and Service Ltd., have refurbished their garage ir Scotland Road, Penrith. One of the new facilities is a comprehensively stocked Vauxhall-Bedford stores department. There is ample space for vehicles to draw up to the six fuel dispensers.
PAPERS FOR I.P.C. CONFERENCE
AMONG four papers to be read at the -diamond jubilee conference of the Institute of Public Cleansing at Morecambe from June 10-13 will be one on "Fibre Glass and Polyester Resins and Other Applications in Public Cleansing.' by Mr. G. Langford Allen, of Bakelite, Ltd.
Mr. A. H. Duncan, chief inspector of cleansing, Dunfermline, will speak on "The Basic Factor—Refuse," and Mr. E. A. W. Mosscy, director of public cleansing, Oldham, will deal with "Post War Developments and Their Effect on Public Cleansing Services."
The annual demonstration of vehicles will be held on June 11.