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Leyland Motors. Ltd., exported Lii m. worth of vehicles in April and May.
The industry is to have 5 per cent. more sheet steel during the next quarterly period.
The first coach run by a Glasgow operator on a tour to Scarborough last week had two passengers.
Fifty Valliant Direct coaches recently took 1,517 members of the staff of T. Wall and Sons. Ltd., on their yearly outing.
Running costs Of Middlesbrough bus undertaking are expected to increase by £7.700 annually as a result of higher fuel costs.
The latest Dunlop Guide to Britain, priced at 10s. 6d., contains a 24-page coloured map section and gives details of 1,500 towns.
A luncheon was held last week to celebrate the 50th anniversary of A. W. Chapman, Ltd.. well-known maker of seat mechanisms.
An unconfirmed report from Canada states that the Ford factory at Windsor is closing down because of material shortages and falling sales.
Devon and Cornwall County Councils and Plymouth City Council are to press for the construction of a new bridge over the Tamar at Saltash.
London Transport Executive is to run special buses each Sunday during the summer from 60 suburban and outerLondon points to the spectators' enclosure at London Airport.
Hindle Smart and Co., Ltd., Manchester, has opened an office at 85, Judd Street, London. &WA, where all home and export sales business of its batteryelectric vehicles will be conducted.
. DUTCH ESCAPE GEAR ON LEYLAND COMETS
TTURNTABLE fire escapes manufactured in the Netherlands by J.Geesink and Zonen are now being fitted to standard Leyland Comet petrolengined machines. Two of these Comets, equipped with 107-ft. escapes. have been delivered to the West Riding County Fire Service.
Several patents cover the design and manufacture of the Geesink escape. It has automatic change speeds for extension and elevation, acoustic warning signals, load indicator with signal, and a number of other safety devices.
Power for driving the ladder is taken • from the driving shaft of the vehicle through a special oil-bath gearbox which has strong helical gears. When the drive to the ladder is engaged it disengages the drive to the rear axle, while at the same time the electrical signalling system is put into action. New export-type heavy-duty endtipping gear and U-shaped steel dump bodies have been designed for Leyland Comet 90 and Super Beaver chassis by Bromilow and Edwards, Ltd. The gear, which is the slant-ram cam-and-roller type, is common for both models, but the bodies have been designed to give a capacity Of 5 cubic yds. for the Comet 90 and 7 cubic yds. for the Super Beaver.
TRAFFIC MANAGER AND DRIVER HONOURED
D1RTHDAY Honours in addition to LP those mentioned in "The Commercial Motor" dated June 8 have been awarded to the following:—
R. Blyth, passenger trade group secretary. Transport and General Workers' Union; Miss D. H. Brown, higher executive officer. Ministry of Transport; F. W. Daniels. head of tractor sales department, Ford Motor Co., Ltd.; J. E. Peirson, group manager, Bermondsey group. South-eastern Division, Road Haulage Executive; A. E. Roberts, senior executive officer, Ministry of Transport; I. B. Sheehan, senior executive officer, Ministry of Transport; S. C. Wells, traffic manager, East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd.
B.E.M.—J. G. Ellis, driver, Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd.; H. R. Guley, chief inspector, Thames Valley Traction Co., Ltd.; J. G. Smith, driller, Albion Motots, Ltd.
ALBION DEPOT AT BRISTOL?
ALEASE of land forming part of the Bedminster Trading Estate has been provisionally granted to Albion Motors, Ltd. On this site, the company proposes to build a service depot.