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Brussels Show Off: The Brussels Motor Show, to have been held from January 1223, has been cancelled.
Evode Move: The offices ot Evode, Ltd., suppliers of mastics and adhesives, have been moved to Common Road, Stafford.
Canadian Market: If present conditions continue, there will be a potential market for about 100,000 lorries in Canada next year.
South America Buys: Orders worth well over £2m. have been received by Leyland Motors, Ltd., this year from South America.
Minister's Request: The Minister of Transport urges drivers of large, slow-moving vehicles to make full use of lay-bys to allow following traffic to overtake.
Triplex Expand: New extensions costing• £150.00(1 to the King's Norton works of the Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd., will increase production and warehouse capacity by 25 per cent,
Tour Booking Record: A first-day record of over 2,000 bookings for tours was established last Saturday when Sheffield United Tours. Ltd.. opened bookings for their 1957 tours Firestone Move: The East London district office and warehouse of the Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., are being moved to new premises at 219 Whalebone Lane South, Chadwell Heath, Essex. Canals' Future: A statement was submitted to London County Council this week on the future use of London's canals. It drew attention to possibilities of alleviating road congestion, and emphasized that the transfer of goods traffic to canals should be encouraged.
Port Improvements: the British Transport Commission have approved the provision of additional port facilities costing £1,365,000 at Newport and Barry, South Wales. Two large transit sheds will be built at Newport and road access at both ports improved.
Rubber Suspension: A. L. Moulton and P. W. Turner will address the Automobile Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers at 6 p.m. on December 11 on "Rubber Springs for Vehicle Suspension." The meeting will be held at 1 Birdcage Walk, London, S.W.I Henry Spurner Lecture: The Henry Spurner Lecture of the Institute of Transport will be delivered on December 10 in the Jarvis Hall, 66 Portland Place, London, W.I. by Sir Charles Goodeve, director of the British Iron and Stec] Research Association. He will deal with operational research in road transport
YORKS—BOURNEMOUTH
EXPRESS SERVICES REFUSED
NEW summer express services to Bournemouth from Keighley and Bradford have been refused by the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners.
Yorkshire Pool Services were the applicants for the service originating in Keighley, and Wallace Arnold Tours, Ltd., for that proposed from Bradford. Reports of the hearing of the applications appeared in The Commercial Motor on November 16 and 23.
THAMES-PERKINS TO BE MADE IN INDIA? THE Indian Government are considering a proposal that Thames lorries with Perkins oil engines should be manufactured in the country. Perkins engines are already made in India.
Recent estimates place India's requirements for goods vehicles at 40.000 units a year by 1961.