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I.P.C. Meeting : The spring meeting of the Midland Centre of the Institute of Public Cleansing will be held at Belper on April 27, 141,000 Profit: Middlesbrough Transport Department, which still has id. fare stage, expects to make a profit of £41,000 in the year just closed.
Dealers Acquired: Glanfield Lawrence, Ltd., have acquired the business of Charles Wensley and Sons, Ltd., coachbuilders and Bedford dealers, Wakefield.
Radio for Works Trucks: J. and H. McLaren, Ltd., Leeds, have installed Pye two-way radio in their works trucks to improve control over the 15-acre factory site, • 25,008 Members: Membership of the B.M.C. Drivers Club has passed the 25,000 mark. Since the New Year, membership, has risen at the rate of 1,800 a week.
Parking Study : West Ham Borough Council have asked the Association of Municipal Corporations to study nationally the problem of parking lorries in streets.
Albions for Ceylon : Fifteen Albion Nimbus underfloor-oil-engined buses have been ordered by Sri Lanka Omnibus Co., Colombo, Ceylon, to replace petrol vehicles.
B.R.S. inStockton: The north-eastern division of British Road Services are to have new offices in Church Road, Stockton-on-Tees, to serve as local headquarters.
50th Anniversary: South Shields transport undertaking celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and Mr. J. Crawford, general manager, is organizing a civic luncheon and celebrations.
£125,000 Depot : A new bus depot, costing £125,000, in Slatyford Lane,' Newcastle upon Tyne, will be opened in July by the Minister of Transport. The depot will accommodate 120 municipal buses.
Poster Campaign : Humorous posters to attract visitors to Kew Gardens, Windsor Castle, Whipsnade and other places are to be displayed by London Transport throughout the summer to stimulate offpeak traffic.
Lo.T.A. Conference : On the opening day of the annual conference of the Institute of Traffic Administration, at Bailey's Hotel, Gloucester Road, London, SW.?, from May 11-13, there will be a discussion on traffic congestion.
Don in Ireland: Small and Parkes, Ltd., now operate in the Republic of Ireland through Small and Parkes (Ireland), Ltd., 35 Westland Road, Dublin, C.9. Capt. J. Douglas, a director of the Irish coinpany, is manager.
Prices Pegged : Prices of Leyland vehicles are not to be raised to meet an increase in tyre costs. Ronanack and Sons, Ltd., have also announced that they are absorbing the cost of a wage increase and not advancing the prices of their packaged standard light-alloy bodies.
ILF. Heating for Jacks: Epco, Ltd., Leeds, are using G.E.C. high-frequency induction-heating equipment to braze together hydraulic components of garage jacks. As castings are not used, porosity troubles do not arise and weight is saved. To braze an end piece to a cylinder takes two minutes.
Lamp Marketing Co-ordinated : This week a new concern, A.E.1. Lamp and Lighting Co., Ltd., came into operation to market B.T.H., Edison Swan and Metrovick lamp and lighting products. Customers will receive a speedier service, it is stated, by the amalgamation of the distributive resources of the three organizations.
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PROFIT AND LOSS
Hoffmann Manuractirring Co., Ltd., £536,611 net profit after £543,114 tax; dividends for the year, 11% per cent. tax free.
Candy. Ltd., £25,233 group net profit after £31,700 tax; dividend, 12 per cent, Alexander Duckham and Co., Ltd., £108,893 net profit before tax of £58,000; dividends for the year, 20 per cent.
Marlin Walter, Ltd.. £158,376 net profit before lax; dividends for the year, 15 per cent.
Potteries Motor Traction Co., Ltd., £108,117 net profit after £84,597 tax; dividends for the year, 10 per cent.
North British Rubber Co., Ltd., £31,166 net loss; no dividend.
Rhondda T'ransporl Co., Ltd., £.43,518 net Profit after £24,156 tax; year's dividends, 6 per cent. tax free.
Northern Commercial Vehicles, Ltd., £48,889 net profit after £35,417 tax; year's dividends, oer 4s. shate.
Clayton Dewandre Co., Ltd., £233,896 net profit after £251,000 tax; year's dividend. 20 per cent.
Bromllow and Edwards, Ltd., £204,992 profit after £99,759 tax; year's dividend, 15 per cent.
Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., £395,501 group net profit after £231,659 tax; year's dividends, 10 per cent.
Devon General Omnibus and Touring Co., Ltd., £76,598 net profit after £84,650 tax; year's dividends, 10 per cent.
Lancashire United Transport, Ltd.. £87,511 net Profit after £44,986 tax; year's dividends, 22% per cent.
F. Perkins.' Ltd., £418,871 group net profit after £409,888 tax; year's dividend, 10 per cent.
Trolleybuses to Go Sooner Than Expected THE final abandonment of Darling' ton's trolleybuses is likely to take place about June of next year, which is earlier than was expected. At present, in addition to the Faverdale-Neasham route, trolleybuses work at peak hours to Brougham Street, Harrowgate Hill, for the railway works. When seven new Guy double-deckers with Gardner 5LW engines and Roe bodies are delivered next August, it will be possible to withdraw the trolleybuses which are retained for this peak-hour working.
When conversion is complete, the undertaking will have a fleet of 48 vehicles, all Guys with 5LW engines. Good results are being obtained with this type. Averaged over the fleet, fuelconsumption rates were for December, 1955, January and February, 1956, respectively: 11.5, 11.6 and 11.55 m.p.g. The undertaking will show a profit of about £15,000 this year and probably of about £2,000 next year if there are no further wages increases.
It is hoped in August to begin the use of Ultimate six-unit ticket machines.
STUDY OF HUMAN FACTORS THE Ergonomics Research Society is holding a symposium on "Human Factors in Road Transport," at Bristol University, from April 16-19. The object is to bring together specialists and research workers in engineering, science, medicine, motoring and transport. At least 23 subjects will be covered.
R.H.A. SUBSCRIPTIONS CHANGE?
IT is understood that recommenda tions concerning subscriptions are to be made to the National Council of the Road Haulage Association by the National Executive Committee,
NO ACTION ON TYRE REPORT
NO action is to be taken at present by the Government on the report of the Monopolies Commission on the supply and export of pneumatic tyres.