Plant Importers Form a Federation
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AIMING at promoting the interests • of importers of construction machinery and at collaborating with Ministries and Government departments. concerned with the importation and use of heavy earth-moving equipment, a Federation of Construction Machinery Importers for Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been formed. The chairman of the organization is Mr. R. C. Ledger, of Mackay Industrial Equipment, Ltd.—one of the founder members. Others are Auto-Diesels, Ltd., John Blackwood Hodge and Co., Ltd., Eltee Equipments, Ltd., General Motors; Ltd., H. Leverton and Co., Ltd., L. 0. Tractors, Ltd„ and Jack Olding and Co., Ltd.
LATEST TRANSFERS
OVER 30 more undertakings were acquired by the British Transport Commission from August 21 to August 27. They are:—
Wrights Transport (Hem), Lsdi, Riekmansworth; Arnett (Unit A.18)), London, S.E.16; Dales Transport (Unit A.I84), London, S.E.5; Simmons (Unit A.158), Watford; British Road Services (Unit A.89), St. Albans; Cruikshank (Unit 13.165), Portsoy; Sutherland (Unit B.I66). F'inclochty; British Road Services (Unit B.167).
E lgin; Fraser Ross (unit 13.168), Fearn; Curran (Unit C.211), Liverpool, 3; Lawrenson (Unit
C.212), Liverpodl, 20; McCready (Unit C.213) Liverpool; Senior (Unit D.201), Gomersal Williamson (Unit D.202), Stockton-on-Tees
Baxter (Unit ).205), Birtley; W. Hill (Unit 5.186) Mansfield; Mackley wait E,188), Leicester
S onnets Transport (Unit F.147), Bristol, 3 Pritchard (Unit F.148). Clutton; Priest (Uni F.149), Bristol; British Road Services (Unit P.150) Fishponds; White (Unit F 151), Warminster; C. Crook (Unit F.155), Melksham; Cole (Unit 11163), Spalding; British Road Services (Unit A.193), London, W.C.1) British Road Services (Unit E.6), Nottingham; R. Gee (Unit E.184). Rugeley; Potter's (Unit H.164), Spalding; H, W. Hawker, Lid., Bristol, 2; United Motorways (Bristol), Ltd., Bristol, 2; Moorfields Transport, Ltd., Bristol, 2; H. Whitehall and Co.. Ltd.. Warrington; Bates (Unit H.16)), Spalding; Johnson (Unit HIS?), St. Clements; Groombridge (Unit A.186), London, S.E,8; Curren and Rand (Unit A.89), St. Albans.
ISSUE OF FODEN SHARES
THE strain on the financial resources of Fodens, Ltd., as a result of its I arge turnover (which exceeded £2,000,000 last year), the increased cost of materials and the need for carrying higher stocks, has resulted in the company making a decision to issue further ordinary shares. Of the authorized capital of £550,000 in £1 shares of this class, a total of £345,825 has already been issued.
NORTH WESTERN PLANS
PLANS have been formulated by the North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., to purchase 214 new buses by the end of 1952 at a cost of nearly £700,000. Some 74 vehicles will, it is expected, be delivered between September 1, 1949, and December, 1950.
Last year the company's buses covered 24,500,000 miles.
AYR BUS STATION PROJECT
PLANS for a new Western Scottish Motor Traction bus station at Ayr were made known recently. At a cost of £16,000, the project, which but for the intervention of war, would have been realized long ago, will entail demolition, alteration and erection of buildings and will provide covered
platforms with guide rails for the various routes.
Part of the existing main building in Sandgate will be converted into a comfortable waiting-room. At the moment the company is handicapped by not having enough vehicles, and although orders are being filled slowly it still requires a considerable number of buses.