Another Ewer Purchase
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A PROVISIONAL arrangement has I-% been made by George Ewer and Co., Ltd., to buy Ardley Bros. Coaches, Ltd., Dowsett Road,. London, N.I7.
The Ardley company, which is owned by the Archbold organization of Leeds, operates 11 Bedford and Foden coaches. It runs excursions and tours to south coast resorts, and has an extensive private-hire connection in the districts of north and east London in which the Ewer concern is interested.
George Ewer and Co., Ltd., already has about 120 vehicles.
RESERVATIONS ON REPORT D ECOM MENDATIONS that Glasgow Corporation should adopt the Inglis Report in principle have been made by the transport, highways and
planning committees. Reservations have been made, among them that the corporation should not agree at this stage that trams should be replaced by trolleybuses or motorbuses, and that corporation services outside the city should not be discontinued.
SERVICE MUST CONTINUE
UNTIL the Post Office could make other arrangements for the transport of mail, the Fort WilliamGlenfinnan bus service of David MacBrayne, Ltd., must be continued. This ruling was given by the Scottish Licensing Authority, last week, when the company asked to abandon services on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
A representative of Inverness County Council said that the service was one which the company was expected to operate under its Government-subsidy agreement.
The Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority, last week, deferred his decision upon an application by Neil Beaton, Ltd., to discontinue services between Waternish and Portree, until applications from two other operators who wish to provide such a facility have been heard. The manager of the concern said that the sale of the PortreeGlendale service to another company was dependent upon the Authority agreeing to the discontinuation of the Waternish section during the winter.
Strong protest against the abandon 62 ment of the service was made by the inhabitants of Waternish, for whom it would mean almost complete isolation from the mainland.
USEFUL BOOKLET ON TUBES
DESIGNERS and users of tubes will find the new specifications booklet issued by Accles and Pollock, Ltd., Oldbury, Birmingham, of great value. It gives details of mill practice and general information on tubes and tubular parts, and British standards and American specifications for aircraft tubes. Copies can be obtained from Accles and Pollock, Ltd., at the address given.
COLOUR STAMPS OF COACHES
SIXTEEN coloured poster stamps depicting coaches of well-known operators and popular British beauty spots have been produced by Travel and Transport, Ltd., I Guildhall
Chambers, Basinghall Street, London, E.C.2, Each stamp bears the slogan "See Britain by Coach." Operators will use for publicity purposes those stamps showing their particular vehicles. A limited quantity of the complete series in sheet form is available from the publisher, at Is. per set.
IN A LINE OR TWO
A guide to the choice of adhesives made by Aero Research Ltd., Duxford, Cambridge, has been published.
The annual dinner of the Traders' Road Transport Association will be held on April 21 at Grosvenor House, London, W.1.
A new department of Howard Clayton-Wright, Ltd., Wellesbournc, Warwicks, has been formed to give a specialized service in Clatonrite 0 rings.
Barimar, Ltd, has set "frost squads" in operation from its London and provincial branches, so that cylinder blocks damaged by frost may be quickly repaired.
The General Electric Co., Ltd., has re-introduced its headlamp bulbs with cadmium-yellow glass. They cost Is. 3d. more than the corresponding clear-glass types.