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N.Z. Economy : The Stationery Office have published an economic survey of New Zealand at tOs.
Dunlop for India: A Dunlop tyre factory is to he built near Madras to supply southern India.
Factory Planned: Lansing Bagnall, Ltd., are seeking permission to build a factory oil a site in Winwick Road, Warrington. Brick Pallets: The Scottish Region of British Railways have introduced special 2-ton pallets and 100 converted wagons for quicker transport of bricks.
York to More In: The York Trailer Co., Ltd., are to take over premises at Summit, Manchester Road, Burnley, just vacated by British Road Services, and develop them. Undersea' Distributors: The Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co., Ltd., have appointed Brown Brothers, Ltd., distributors of 3M Underseal rubberized coating. Dinner Date: Operators and traders associated with Macclesfield Transport, Ltd,, will hold their annual dinner at the Alma Lodge Hotel. Stockport. on November 22. Euclid Issues Denial : Euclid (Great Britain), Ltd., state that the Faun dumper exhibited at the Paris Salon was not built under licence from Euclid, nor under their patents.
Special A Refusal: The South Wales Licensing Authority has refused to grant ii special A licence for a lorry to S. W. Bowles, Ltd,, Pound Cottage, Llandough, Pcnarth.
Gily Booklet: Guy Motors. Ltd., have published an enlarged edition of "Where Industry and Agriculture Meet." Attractions of the Black Country are described and illustrated.
Lorry Winkers: Penrith Rural Road Safety Committee have forwarded to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents a resolution that lorries be fitted with winking-light indicators.
Flints Offered: Two new 16-mm. films
entitled " Hydraulic Systems" and Diesel Engine Lubriorttion " arc available from the offices of the industrial division of the Mobil Oil Co., Ltd.
Trams To Go: Glasgow Corporation's trams to Airdrie, Carnbuslang and Milngavie will run for the last time on November 3. The tram Services to Renfrew and Paisley may be abandoned in February.
J. and H. Expand: To cover traffic originating from Yorkshire. J. and H. Transport Services (Peckham), Ltd.' have opened an office at 76 Pinstone Street, Sheffield, under the management of Mr. E. Hopkinson.
"Retrograde Step": Islington Borough Councilhave supported a statement by their health committee that London Transport's plan to buy 850 motorbuses was "a retrograde step that does not support the principles of he Clean Air Act, 1956." Car Facts: Details of all latest models are contained in " The Motor' Specifics-tions and Prices of 1957 Cars," price Is. from booksellers and :bookstalls or Is. 2d. by post from the publishers, Temple Press Ltd., Bowling Green Lane, London, F,C.I. Fee Doubled: The 10s. fee for the driving test has been increased to El, although the 2s. 6d. fee for drivers of invalid carriages, mowing machines, pedestriancontrolled vehicles and vehicles exempt From Excise tax is unaltered.
East Kent Occasion; The Mayor and sheriff of Canterbury and other local council leaders were shown round the new Canterbury bus station of East Kent Road Can Co.. Ltd., to mark the 40 years that the company have had their headquarters in the city.
Cheaper Power Steering: The price of Power-assisted steering "offered as an optional extra on Commer 5-ton and 7-ton lorries and 12-ton tractors has: been reduced by £18 15,s., and ROW stands at £65, plus £16 5s. purchase tax. High demand has made the cut possible.