INDIA NOT TO MANUFACTURE VEHICLES
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Ta Parliamentary question by Mr. • Ammon, last week, Mr. Amery, Secretary of State for India, said the extension of the war had not increased the resources available for the establishment. of an automobile industry in India. He added that the matter had been most carefully considered and the conclusion arrived, at was that any attempt to set up this industry now would divert both labour and machinery which. were more urgently needed for the war'.
HENRY MEADOWS GOOD TRADING
IN the year ended August 31, 1941, 'Henry Meadows, Ltd., made a trading profit of £312,661. Depreciation takes 290,698 and taxation 2.191,000. A final dividend of 17k per cent, is to be paid, making 25 per cent, for the year, which is the same as in the previous 12 months. The amount to be carried forward is £12,135, compared with £11,772 brought in.
SAFE-DRIVING COMPETITION FOR CIVIL DEFENCE SERVICES
I T is proposed by the London Regional Commissioners to hold a 'driving competition, open to drivers of civil defence vehicles within the London Region. The competition is designed to improve the operational efficiency of the Civil Defence Services by raising the standard of driving and to support the Government's campaign for a reduction in the number of accidents on the road. For the purpose of the competition, the vehicles will compete by services, viz., rescue, stretcher party, ,ambulances and sitting cases.
DRIVER'S MATE FINED FOR FLOUTING LAW
WHEN a lorry driver's mate was W fined 2.5 at Dewsbury, on December 18, for leaving his employment without permission, the presiding magistrate commented: " There would be no regularity or system, and no production, if people were allowed to jump from one place to another."
For the prosecution, the Ministry of National Service, it was stated that whiie the 18-year-old defendant was in the employ of a Dewsbury firm of iron and steel scrap merchants, he asked for an increase in wages. When it was not granted he appealed to a tribunal for permission to leave his employment. The appeal was dismissed, but defendant had failed to present himself for work since that time,
'Mr. Harold Anderson, for the prosecution, said the Ministry took a serious view of the 'matter.