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Imports of vehicles into New Zealand are to be controlled.
Flinders Motors Pty., Ltd., Evers Building, 457, Adelaide Street, Brisbane, has been appointed Thornycroft vehicle 'distributor in Queensland.
" Despicable " was how the Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority, last week, described the action of hauliers who failed to appear at inquiries into their applications, Leicester Transport Department expects to make a. £30,000 profit this year, and is not to apply for increased fares to meet extra expenses, including the new tax on fuel.
Twenty members of the staff of the South Wales Transport Co., Ltd., were recently presented by the chairman, Mr. W. T. James, with awards on the completion of 25 years' service.
Nottingham Transport Committee proposes to instal two-way radio in tower wagons used to maintain the -•trolleybus overhead gear. A sum of £917. would be saved annually, it is stated.
The headquarters of the British Electric Traction Co., Ltd., and the B.E.T. Federation, Ltd., has been transferred from 88, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. to Stratton 'House, Piccadilly,
London, WA. '
The latest British Standard covers double-ended open-jawed spanners for B.A. hexagon sizes. It costs 2s., postage included, from the British Stan-, dards Institution, 24, Victoria Street, London, S.W.1.
SHIELDS LONDON SERVICE?
THE North Shields firm of Messrs. Taylor Brothers have applied to run an express coach service between North Shields and London.The proposed service will operate from North Shields on Fridays and Saturdays and from London on -„Saturdays and Sundays throughout the year.