Transport Development Buys McCallum T HE, Transport Development Group Ltd. has
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bought the Scottish haulage business of Peter McCallum and Sons Ltd. and its associated company Powers Transport Ltd. The two companies, which operate a fleet of about 60 vehicles, are based at Stirling Road, Airdrie, and have depots at Widnes, Lanes, and in London. Mr. Peter McCallum, whose haulage business was started a fter the Second World War, will continue to direct the -affairs of the two undertakings.
To acquire the issued share capital of the companies. Transport Development has allotted 127,800 T.D.G. 5s, ordinary shares credited as fully paid.
The McCallum business was nationalized, then expanded steadily after denationalization and in 1954 was incorporated as Peter McCallum and Sons Ltd. The concern is prominent among carriers of steel, particularly strip steel, and only last month was granted 10 extra articulated vehicles on A licence to carry this product for Colvilles Ltd., whose Gartcosh-plant representative stated that McCallum was its largest road operator.
ds compact tanker vehicle designed specifically for el oil distributors is being built by J. Brockhouse and o. Ltd. of West Bromwich for exclusive distribution the North of England by Appleyard Commercial chicks Ltd. of Leeds, and in the South of England by Fidland Tankers Ltd., of Oxfard. For this application e standard Austin/Morris 7-ton 12-ft. 6-in.-wheelbase ?assis is specially reduced to 11 ft. wheelbase, and a 000-gallon maximum-section tank is mounted, fitted ;th side-mounted meter, power-driven hose reel and a trrel carrier (when required) at the rear. The example 'own is operated by West Cumberland Farmers Trading Society Ltd. and has the Morris FF two-seat cab.