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The Order prohibiting the importation of left-hand-drive vehicles into Gambia has been withdrawn.
Yarmouth Watch Committee is to consider the question of arranging for a central station for coaches visiting the town.
Bexhill Watch Committee does not consider that there is any need for the council to provide parking places for trade vehicles.
There is stated to be a growing demand for tractors on the large estates in Egypt, preference being given to oilengined machines.
The London County Council has decided to appoint Sir Giles Gilbert Scott as architect in connection with the reconstruction of Waterloo Bridge.
Front December 1st, 1930, to November 30th, 1931, the revenue derived from the taxation of commercial vehicles, ineluding motor hackneys, was approximately £12,250,000.
With the object of encouraging shopping visitors to the town, Newport (I.O.W.) Corporation proposes not to charge for the use of the suggested central motor park by public and private vehicles.
Newport (Mon.) Corporation has obtained sanction from the Ministry of Transport to construct a by-pass road from Newport Bridge to Ebenezer Street, subject to the cost not exceeding £100,000.
In Warwickshire the traffic census last August showed an average increase of 9 per cent, over the figures for 1928, an increase of 182 per cent, on the 1922 statistics and of 096 per cent. over the figures for 1913. According to the latest taxation returns, there are now 10,567 farm tractors in use in Italy.
Mr. S. W. B. Jack has prepared plans for the erection of a bus depot for Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., in Lowther Street, Carlisle.
Devon County Council cannot take any action, at present, regarding the proposals for the abolition of the level crossings in Paignton.
The highways committee of Cheshire County Council is considering the provision of automatic traffic signals at 20 centres, at an estimated cost of £4,000.
One of the most up-to-date municipal garages in this country is the new building in Wellhead Lane, Perry Barr, Birmingham, which has been built for the corporation.
Some notes on the Britannia works of Marshall, Sons and Co., Ltd., at Gainsborough, and on the company's wide range of products are contained in a new well-illustrated booklet.
It is stated that during 1931 there were 440 miles of all-concrete roadway laid in the British Isles-149 miles more than in any previous year—and that there are now nearly 1,500 miles of
roads of this class. •
The Ministry of Transport has refused–to set up a speed limit in Broad Lane, Tottenham, although the local council persisted that the road was too narrow for fast traffic and contained two schools.
A party of over 30 students from the Army Vocational Training Centre, Aldershot, recently visited the Ferry Lane Works, London, E., of Murex Welding Processes, Ltd., to witness demonstrations in electric-arc welding.