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22nd November 1946
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road' construction technique to be organized by the British Road Federation will be opened in London on December 4 by Mr. Alfred Barnes, Minister of Transport. It will be open to the public at the premises of the Empire Tea Bureau, 22 Lower Regent Street, W.1, from December 5 to January 11.

Three luncheons, at which the Minister of Transport and prominent figures in road engineering will be guests of honour, are being arranged in conjunction with the exhibition.

• The Federation advocates a fourpoint plan covering the construction of motorways, with a system of ring-roads and by-passes; the building of express roads, with provision for adequate parking space, and reasonable facilities for the cyclist and pedestrian.. Each of the four points will be illustrated at the exhibition.

THE mcyramsrs KORAN EVERYONE who owns a car will find a recent publication most useful. It is the 32nd edition of "The Motor Manual," published for Temple Press Ltd. by the English Universities Press Ltd., at 5s., or 5s. 4d. by post from temple Press Ltd., Bowling Green Lane, London, E.C.1.

All aspects of car ownership are dealt with—maintenance, theoretical principles and law. The clearly written text is illustrated with many diagrams and the book is well bound.

SAVING WEIGHT IN GLASS save weight, coach and bus body builders are demanding an extremely thin safety glass, which is more difficult to manufacture than the thicker varieties. This, said Sir Graham Cunningham. chairman of the Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd., at the annual general meeting last week, was one of the problems facing the company. Another was the demand for bent safety glass, in the production of which a new technique is' required. EXPORTS OF NEW VEHICLES BRING IN £1200,000 I N the first nine months of this year British manufacturers exported 32,167 new commercial vehicles and chassis, valued at £12,525,020. These figures exclude general-haulage tractors and taxicabs, but include new industrial trucks. Exports in September totalled 5.140 new vehicles (£2,113,054). The monthly average for 1938 was 1,190 (£323,597).

The nine months ended September saw the export of 665 new general-haulage tractors (£468,353). In September, 59 general-haulage tractors went overseas and brought in £63,564. The monthly average in 1938 was 99 tractors (£15,299).

Exports of agricultural tractors and parts in the first nine months of the year brought in £2,223,833, and those for September were valued at £297,170, against the 1938 monthly average of £51,796. Exports of motor-vehicle parts and accessories also reached a high figure.

TANK MAKER'S PROFIT

A TRADING profit of £73,396, cornf pared with £57,095 a year earlier, was made by Thompson Brothers (Bilston), Ltd., in the past financial year. Various charges reduced the net profit to £45,458 1£21,979 a year earlier). After payment of dividends, £43,614 remains to be carried forward.


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