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New S.P.D. Depot: S.P.D., Ltd., are planning to build a new depot at Quarry Road, Aberdeen.
A Day Later : Because of the Christmas holiday the next issue of The Commercial Motor will be published on Saturday, December 27.
New Lockheed Company: Lockheed Precisioh Products, Ltd. have been formed by the Automotive Products Associated Group to deal with hydraulics and other subjects.
Daimler on Test: Nottingham City Transport have been testing a Daimler 74-scat double-decker with a Gardner 6LX engine and Dairnatie automatic transmission. It has an °pm loading platform at the rear.
Transmission Order: The Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., have ordered 100 hydraulically operated semiautomatic four-speed gearboxes and 100 fluid-friction clutches from Self-Changing Gears, Ltd., Coventry, for use in the new D9 double-deckers. R.C.C. Booklet: The latest booklet issued by the Roads Campaign Council deals with traffic difficulties in Leicester, Newcastle upon Tyne and Worcester.
Managers to Meet : The next meeting of the managers' section of the Municipal Passenger Transport Association will be held at Lincoln from April 29-30.
More Meters : Westminster City Council were asked yesterday to approve the extension of the Mayfair parking-meter scheme and the institution of a number of new oneway streets.
Lower Rates: The tyre mileage rate of Exeter Transuort Department has been reduced from 0,702d. to 0.698d. per vehicle mile for the period January 1-March 31, 1959, This will save the undertaking about £170.
No Drinks! An appeal to drivers, and particularly those engaged on deliveries, not to drink white on duty during the Christmas period, was issued on Tuesday by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.