BIG CONTRACTS FOR CROSSLEYS.
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Contracts recently placed with Crossley Motors, Ltd., Gorton, Mauchester, exceed £445,000. The orders are all for standard products of the company, including oil-engined buses or trolleybuses for a number of municipalities and vehicles for the Air Ministry and the'War Department. In some cases, the trolleybuses have battery-manceuvring equipment incorporated, whilst the vehicles for the Government Departments are of the six-wheeled type and include a number of aerodrome fire-tender chassis.
Reo's New H.Q.
Reo Motors, Ltd., is now established in new headquarters in the Great West Road, Brentford. The premises occupy an acre of ground and have a frontage of 165 ft. They include a spacious showroom, a spare-parts stores and a factory service depot. Spares can be obtained from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m'. The stock fluctuates between a value of £23,000 and £25,000 and feeds not only the British Isles, but also Europe.
The showroom at the front of the building is devoted to a display of the range of Reo goods-carrying vehicles, with capacities from 15 cwt. to 5 tons.
An Historical Review of McNamara's.
An interesting little booklet reviewing the history of McNamara and Co. (1921), Ltd., has been issued to mark the company's centenary. It is an excellent souvenir of a wonderful record of progress, during the whole of which period the company has been engaged in carrying large quantities of mails for the Post Office. Although mail-carrying is only a part of its work, it still has to provide for the carrying of 900,000 separate mail services a year, involving a mileage of 3,250,000, whilst the total staff is over 1,200.
The record 'covers 60 pages and is well worth reading.
700 Guests at Henley Dinner.
On October 30, Henley's Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., held a most successful staff dinner and dance, which was attended by 700 people.
Speeches, some humorous, some serious, were made by members of the Board, but that which mostly concerned the commercial-motor industry was delivered by Mr. Gibbs. This speaker stressed the fact that owing to the skilful guidance of the directors, the parent company, W. T. Henley's Cable and Telegraph Works, Ltd., was in a stronger position now than it had ever been before, but that, so far as Henley's Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., was concerned, they were experiencing as many difficulties as, he understood, were other tyre manufacturers.
. Mr. Gibbs, however, was confident that with skilful direction and organization, these obstacles would be overcome, and that Henley's Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., would be one of the soundest in the industry.