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Glasgow Branch : Firth Cleveland Finance, Ltd., have opened a branch office at 29 Si. Vincent Place, Glasgow, C.1.
Monopoly, Inquiry : The Monopolies Commission are to be asked to investigate and report on the tied garage system in Britain.
Minus Three: Only five, instead of eight, people arc to be allowed to stand in Glasgow Transport Department motorbuses • and trams.
Now V.B.R.A.: The National Employers Association of Vehicle Builders are changing their name to the Vehicle Builders and Repairers Association.
Oil Marketing : A new company, the D. A. Stuart Oil Co. (G.B.), Ltd., I la Albemarle Street, London. W.1, has been formed by the Amber Group to market Dasco and Sturaco lubricants, well known in North America. in this country.
Debate on B.T.C.: The British Transport Commission's report and accounts for last year and the report on the railways by the Select Committee on Nationalised Industries will be debated in the House of Commons on October 26—the day after Parliament resumes.
No Transfer: The London Transport Executive last week denied suggestions that any of their services would be handed over to private operators. No proposals to this effect had ever arisen during negotiations with staff over the introduction of bonus schemes or allied matters.
Join I.U.P.T. Plea: Following nomination of Aid. S. P. Hill, chairman of Nottingham Transport Committee, as next year's chairman of the Municipal Passenger Transport Association, Ald. W. G. E. Dyer, vicechairman of the committee, has urged that Nottingham should join the International Union of Public Transport.