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New Bearing Office: Ransome and Merles Bearing Co., Ltd., have opened an office at 58-60 Paradise Street, Liverpool,. IMr. E. L Paton is manager.

New Town Service : Next Monday, Mr. D. Hampson will start for an experimental period of eight weeks a town bus service in Oswestry. A flat fare of 4d. will be charged. A minimum fare of 6d. will apply after normal service hours.

Competition Wanted : Lack of competition for tenders for the transport of schoolchildren in Montgomeryshire—estimated to cost £67,200 this year—was responsible for its high cost, Mr. G. H. Rees told Nfontgomerystrire Education Committee.

Serious Staff Shortage : Leeds Transpon Department's platform staff has dropped to the lowest level on record-1,911, compared with the required figure of 2,250 Despite heavy overtime and the employ ment of inspectors as drivers, buses an lying idle, Gefarator Cheaper: the price of the Gefarator exhaust aspirator, made by Gefare, Ltd., Wisbech, and claimed to keep combustion chambers of petrol engines, particularly those using non-premium fuel, free of carbon deposits. has been reduced to £3 13s. 6d.

Chapman in Australia : A. Linard and Son Pty., Ltd., Melbourne, Australia, a division of Wilmot Breeden (Holdings); Ltd., have been atipointed official agents by A. W. Chapman, .Ltd., London, S.W.6. They are making and selling Chapman seat slides and mechanism under licence.

Busmen's Bonus Soon: The bonus incentive scheme for drivers and conductors 01 Manchester Transport Department is to start on October 29. It is estimated that when the scheme is in full operation the men will earn 105.-14s. a week extra. At present they are receiving an interim bonus of Ild. an hour.

Envy of the World : Twelve Copenhagen. busmen—members of the Tram and Busmen English Club—were last week guests of the educational club of the Western Welsh Omnibus Co. Ltd. Mr. Ken Groth, chairman of the club, said that British vehicles were the envy of the world and her transport system was second to none.

Work Cards Protected : Corrosion, Ltd., 16 Gloucester Place, London, W.1, have introduced B.P.F. plastic fluid for the protection of blue-prints, work cards and other documents requiring protection during handling and storage. It may be applied by brush or spray. For coding purposes, it is available in six transparent colours.

Hungarian Exports: Hungary is sending 2,600 lorries and buses to Yugoslavia.

O.S. Move: As from next week the address of the Omnibus Society will be Eros House, Ill' Baker Street, London, WA.

Another Rental Scheme : Lex Garages, Ltd., have now introduced a scheme for renting new commercial vehicles of every make I.P.C. Meeting : the autumn meeting of the Midland centre of the Institute of Public Cleansing will be held at the Council House, 'Walsall, on October 12.

Norwegian Demands: Although it is estimated that there are 10,000 prospective buyer S in Norway for commercial vehicles, allocations for only 1,400 are to be made in the current period, Buses Replace Trains: Fifty double-deck buses are to be bought by Liverpool Transport Department to carry workers to and from the docks when the overhead railway ceases to operate.

French Exports Drop : France exported 15,888 commercial vehicles in the first seven months of the year, against 18,151 in the comparable period of 1955, representing a fall of 12+ per cent.

Cords for Russia: The Russian trade delegation have ordered a supply of piston rings from Cords Piston Ring Co., Ltd., 906 Harrow Road, London, N.W.10, for use in Soviet tractors and commercial

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Private Bus Road: Linking Melville Street to St. Mary's Street, Lincoln? a distance of 300 yards, a new road exclusively for buses and belonging to Lincoln Transport Department has been completed. It is hoped that congestion in Broarlgate will be eased.

Mechanized Removals: Mr. A. W. Sampson, of White and Co., Ltd., Portsmouth, will speak on the use of modern equipment at the autumnal conference of the National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers in London on October 10.

To Increase Clearance: Following representations by Lancashire United Transport, Ltd., Lancashire County Council have agreed to reduce by 6 in. the level of the road under a new bridge at Newton-1eWillows which the company's latest doubledeckers cannot at present pass under.

Service for Foundries: Claimed to be the largest and most modern plant in the world for the manufacture of chemical and metallurgical products for the treatment of molten metals and moulds, a new factory has been built at Drayton Manor, near Tamworth, by Foundry Services, Ltd.


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