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Unic Output Up : Production of Unic vehicles rose from 5,177 in 1956 to 7,613 last year.
P.T.A. Dinn.v: The annual dinner of the Public Transport Association will be hel4:L at the Connaught Rooms, London, W.C.2, on November 13.
National Benzole Move : The London division staff of the National Benzole Co., Ltd.. have moved to new offices at Mercury House, Hanger Green, London, W.5.
Order Book Full: Daimler-Benz production capacity for buses for delivery this year is now full. Orders for 2,900 buses to be exported this year are in hand.
New Trailer Offices: An area office has been opened by the British Trailer Co.. Ltd., at 1101 Coventry Road, Hay Mills, Birmingham, 25. Mr T. H. Cotton is in charge.
B;g Fork-truck Order: The Brazilian Government have ordered 527 fork trucks from the American Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co. to improve handling methods at ports.
Trunk Services: Parkway-Prime Traffic Services, Ltd.. Bristol. have joined the Collingwond Haulage Co., Ltd., Liverpool, in the operation of a nightly trunk service from Bristol and the West to Merseyside, North Wales and South and West "Lancashire.
Traction Engine Rally: The Bedford Steam" Engine Preservation Society arc holding their annual rally at Woburn on August 4. Nearly 70 entries have been received..
No Five-day Week: Chesterfield Corporanon Transport Department have been unable to accede at the present time" to a request from about 50 craftsmen for a five-day week.
Guide to Austria: The Automobile Associanon have produced a 68-page booklet giving a wide choice of outward and return routes to Austria, via the Rhine, Black Forest and Switzerland.
Volkswagen Expansion: Another £20m. is to he spent this year by the German Volkswagen company to increase capacity and modernize production methods. Factories are to be built in Brazil and Australia.
Simms Gain Award: A " highly commended " award has been won by the Ten see hand-operated starter for oil engines which was exhibited in the Silver Medal competition of the Royal Agricultural Society of England.
Leyland Agents: Milne and Co., S.A., Lima, have been appointed sole agents in Peru for Leyland trucks, buses and industrial units. In Libya, Leyland and Scammell sales and service are to be provided by Mitchell Cotta and Co. (Libya), Ltd., Tripoli. in the Belgian Congo, the Leyland, Scammell and Albion agency is now held by MatermaeoBelgique, S.A., Brussels.