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The British Road Federation have moved to 26 Manchester Square, London, W.I.
Wolf portable electric tools manufactured in Australia Electric Tools (Australia) Pty., are to be by Wolf Ltd.
The annual conference of the Institute of Traffic Administration will be held at Bailey's Hotel, Gloucester Road, London, S.W.7, from May 11-13.
Sir John Non-Bower, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, will be the speaker at next Tuesday's luncheon of the Institute or Transport in London. The Derby office of United Dominions Trust, Ltd., is now at 49 Queen Street.
L. F. Dove (C.V.), Ltd., 98 Lower Addiscombe Road, Croydon, are to hold an Austin service week from March 5-10.
The B.M.C. Drivers' Club last week enrolled its 10,000th member. Membership inquiries arrive at the rate of 300 a day.
Advance Motor Supplies, Ltd., a subsidiary of Sheepbridge Engineering, Ltd., are now distributors of Vandervell bearings.
Commercial-vehicle sales last year accounted for more than 43 per cent, of the vehicle turnover of the Braid Group, Ltd., Chester.
London Transport are closing the gap between their personnel requirements and actual staff strength at the rate of about 100-a week. Nearly 1,100 staff have been enrolled since the October pay increase; 2.500 are still needed.
The Wolverhampton factory of the Goodyear concern has won the Hinshaw Trophy safety competition for 1955. The Trophy is awarded to any of the 16 Goodyear plants outside the U.S.A. which has the -best safety record for the year.
Orders from the home market for Albion vehicles in 1955 were more than double those of 1954, and export orders were nearly twice the average for the previous three years. Albion Motors, Ltd., may this year surpass their present record