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THE Argentine Government has placed contracts totalling £5.1m. with Leyland Motors, Ltd., and A.E.C, Ltd., for buses. A total of 390 complete Leylands and 100 chassis have been ordered, worth £3im. The A.E.C. order is for 500 city bus chassis.
The Leylands are to be 69-passenger vehicles on World master chassis. Bodies will be built by Metropolitan-CammellWeymann and Marshall Motor Bodies, Ltd.
Sir Henry Makes S.-T.I. Statement
THE Leyland Motors, Ltd., chairman and managing director, Sir Henry Spurrier, made a statement on Wednesday about Standard-Triumph International.
It was expected, he said, that conditions would improve rapidly in the Spring of 1961. Unfortunately, this did not materialize and drastic economies became essential. The Leyland board felt this far-reaching exercise should be borne entirely by the top Leyland Executive, and that they should have a clear field in which to put their plans into effect.
The members of the S.-T.1. board readily appreciated the Leyland point of view, and subsequently tendered their resignations.
Mr. Stanley Markland would introduce immediate measures to reduce overhead expenditure and generally run the organization on similar lines to Leyland. This must result in a severe cutting-down of numbers of executive and other staff, in addition to drastic reductions in day-today non-productive expenditure.
Sir Henry said that work was proceeding on the development of new products. He concluded: "1" would remind our friends of Leyland's worldwide reputation for giving the highest quality and greatest value in all its products. It is our intention to .maintain this standard throughout the entire Group,"
Decision Reserved on 11-vehicle Switch
IT was natural for any haulier to prefer vehicles on A licence to those on B, commented Mr. P. 0, Crowe (for the B.T.C.) at Macclesfield on Tuesday, but this could not, of course, be the case. He was objecting on behalf of British Railways to an application by Mr. H. Whittaker, of Macclesfield, who wanted an A licence for II vehicles.
Mr. J. Backhouse, for the applicants, pointed out that six units were already on -A licence and five were on B, but common conditions were required for all the vehicles. The case had been partheard. This time supporting evidence was given by Mr. H. Carlisle, works manager of A. V. Carlisle, Ltd., in respect of the carriage of paper.
Mr. A. H. Jolliffe, the North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, reserved his