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Regent Eights: The Regent Oil Co., • Ltd., has ordered 1.1 Leyland Octopus 24.04 eightwheeled tanker chassis.
Multi-fuel Tank: The Leyland L6() 700-b.h.p. multi-fuel engine has been adopted for the new British Chieftain Tank,
Comets for Read: George Read (Transport), Ltd„ Mitcheldean, Glos, have ordered six Leyland Comet CS3 chassis.
New Plant in Australia is Lobe established by the Cummins Engine Company, Inc, Assembly of engines in Melbourne is planned by April, 1961.
Silver City. Airways will operate its crossChannel passenger and vehicle • ferry service to Ostend from Ferryfielcl airport, Lydd, instead of Manston from December I.
Any Moment Now: Mr. Ernest Marples, in a written reply in the Commons, said the Committee of Inquiry on Rural Transport hope to present their report before the end of the year.
Teleboist at Moscow: A range of hydraulic equipment and certain Wilmot Breeden products are to be exhibited by Telehoist, Ltd., Cheltenham, at the British Trade Fair to be held in Moscow next year.
Malay Tippers: The Public Works Department.. Malaya, has ordered another 30 Albion Chieftain tippers valued at over £60.000. The chassis" will have Edbro B. and E. tipping gear and locally built bodies.
A.E.C.s for Lisbon: A further 30 A.E.C. Regent Mark V double-deckers have been ordered by Lisbon Electric Tramways, Ltd., to supplement the fleet of over 200 Regent double-deckers already running in that city. The new buses will have 11.3-litre oil engines and semi-automatic transmission.
South African Batteries: The Chloride Electrical Storage Co., Ltd., have made arrangements for their South African company to take over production and distribution of batteries at present 'being sold in the Union under the names Bartleite, Autolitc, Prestolite and US!.. The Exide factory is at East London. .
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Ross Motorway: Mr. Ernest Marples will open the Ross Motorway: on Monday, November 28, at 10.30 ain.
Nantwich Council is to support the fight of local employees of Crosville Motor Services, Ltd., to keep Open the CompanY's bus depot at Nantwich.
New Depot: Road Services (Forth), Ltd., are planning to have a long distance haulage depot erected on the McMullen Road Trading Estate, Darlington.
Leyland-powered Scraper: Two Leyland UE600 140 b.h.p. oil engines power the new Euclid TS-14 scraper. The machine has a struck capacity of 14 cu. yd.
Synthetic Rtibber Plant : Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. plans a £446,430 expansion of its Akron, Ohio, works for the production of Chemigum (nitrite) rubber and 'synthetic latex.
Over There : The operations of the Perkins Group in North America will in future be handled by The Perkins Engine Company Inc., 12345 Kereheval Avenue. Detroit 15, Michigan.
Soldiering On: Because of staff shortages, bus conductors employed by Ashton-underLyne Corporation Passenger Transport will be retained over the age of 65 in appropriate cases."
New Warehouse : Glover. Webb and Liversidge. Ltd.. body builders and engineers. Old Kent Road, London, S.E.1, have plans in hand for the erection of a new warehouse at their works in Marlborough Grove, S.E.I.
For Coaches : Portsmouth Development and Estates Committee has agreed in principle to the provision of a coach loading and setting-down station on a 1.1-acre site at The Hard. Portsea. at an estimated expenditure of £49,600.
Called Oil: To help to avoid the spread of foot and mouth disease in East Anglia the Eastern Area of the Road Haulage Association cancelled a meeting of the Area Committee which was to have been held in Cambridge on Wednesday.