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Kirkstall is Going Ahead in Australia

26th December 1952
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ABOUT till ee years ago, Mr. Rodney Butler, of Kirkstall Forge Engineering Ltd., Leeds. 5, went to Australia, to investigate the possibility of producing certain of the company's specialities in that country. Later, Kirkstall linked with a company called Repco to form Kirkstall-Repco, each side having a 50per-cent. financial interest, with no outside shareholders.

A site some 15 miles from Melbourne was selected for a drop-forging and machining plant, which, in the first instance, would be concerned with the production of front axles. In fact, the first stamp has started work and a director of the company, Mr. F. R. Cowell, left Leeds last Wednesday to see how the project is progressing

One of the first tasks was to build a housing estate, the next, to clear and level the site, and to supply the steel work from England for the buildings. The outlay on the scheme can be realized from the fact that a single drop stamp costs £30,000 without considering its' foundations, and many of these machines are being installed.

For the time being, production will cover commercial-vehicle front axles for models ranging from 30-cwt. to 6-ton capacity. At present these sizes arc being exported from England.

A.A. LINKS PATROLS BY RADIO

TWO-WAY radio now links all the I mobile patrols of the Automobile Association in the London area with headquarters. Eventually, all the patrols throughout the country will be similarly equipped for rapid communication with their local headquarters. The object is to ensure prompt help for drivers in the event of a breakdown.

The radio patrols arc an extension of the A.A.'s radio-controlled nightareakdown services which have been operating in London, Birmingham and Leeds for some time and assist over 20,000 drivers a year. At first, the new

service will cover a radius of about 20 miles from the London headquarters in New Coventry Street. This area has been divided into six zones, in each of which the patrols will operate from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. each day.

SIX TANKERS LOADED TOGETHER

ANEW Shell-Mex and B.P. depot is being built at Pickering, Yorks. It will be capable of loading six vehicles simultaneously from static tanks with a total capacity of 350,000 gallons.

Bridging to Pickering will be undertaken by road tankers. The depot is the first of a number of new establishments, the construction of which is

planned to take place over the next few years in conformity with a revised pattern of distribution. Larger types of vehicle to supply customers nd depots will be progressively introduced.


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