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POLICE INTERVENE IN BLACKBURN PARADE IT is reported that the police took the names and addresses of operators and drivers when Blackburn Area of the Road Haulage Association staged an anti-nationalization parade in Blackburn last Saturday. The police had objected to the demonstration because they alleged that petrol would be wasted and congestion would be caused.
Our Blackburn correspondent reports that nearly 100 vehicles took part. The names of 200 participants have been Sent to Mr. Shinwell by the Chief Constable, for possible legal action.
GRANTHAM FACTORIES AVAILABLE
IPtITANUFACTURERS who wish to AYI apply for factories Nos. 2, 3 and 4 at Grantham, which have been occupied since 1945 by Grantham Productions, Ltd., should communicate with the Distribution of Industry and Regional Division, Board of Trade, Millbank, London. S.W.1. The closing date for applications is August 15.
COMMISSION'S POWERS: S.M.M.T. SATISFIED
" A S satisfactory a compromise as
ri could be expected" is how the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders describes the amendments made in the House of Lords to those clauses of the Transport Bill dealing with the Commission's powers of manufacture.
THE GOVERNMENT'S PROSPEROUS DRIVERS
L-ROM the Minister of Supply comes
the interesting information that £9 13s. (including £4 bs. overtime) was the average wage paid to Government drivers employed in the drivers' pool in London in a recent week. Female drivers received an average of £5 12s., including 18s. 3d. overtime.
BIGGER PUBLIC WORKS EXHIBITION
AN enlarged Public Works Exhibition, covering every phase of municipal activity, will be held at Olympia, London, in November, 1948. It will be known as the Public Health Services, Engineering and Equipment Exhibition
and Congress.
Paid. public admissions to the exhibition that closed last Saturday exceeded those for 1937.
SECOND QUARTER'S EXPORTS SHOW RECOVERY
A CCORDING to the Board of Trade, I-A the value of vehicle exports from the United Kingdom was 02,800,000 in the first quarter of this year and £38,800,000 for the second quarter. These figures compare with a value of £37,700,0013 in the fourth quarter of last year.
NEXT MAY
TILE British Industries Fair, 1948, will held in London and Birmingham from May 3-14. Forms of application for exhibiting space will shortly be sent to manufacturers known to be interested.
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