New B.M.C. Moves in Dominions
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THE British Motor Corporation are to register an Australian subsidiary to control the Austin Motor Co. (Australia), Ltd., and Nuffield (Australia) Pty., Ltd. The chairman will be Mr. Leonard Lord (who receives a Knighthood in the New Year Honours), and the managing director Mr. G. A. Lloyd, at present managing director of Nuffield (Australia) Pty., Lt d.
Mr. G. F. McGuire, having reached retirement age, has resigned his managing directorship of the Austin Motor Co, (Australia), Ltd., and his place on the board will be filled by Mr. G. W. Harriman. Cal. A. C. R. Waite has also retired from the board and he will be succeeded by Mr. Lloyd, who will also take over the managing directorship.
A new company, Morris Motors (Canada), Ltd., has been formed in Toronto. The directors are Mr. Lord, Mr. R. F. Hanks, Mr. R. St. Laurent and Mr. L. Michelin. Mr. Michelin is managing director of this company, as he is of the Austin Motor Co. (Canada), Ltd.
NEW LAMPS FOR WINKING INDICATORS
A RANGE of lamps suitable for 1-1, winking-light indicators is in production at the Leicester works of the British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd. The most popular of the winking-light systems is expected to be that employing four twin-filament lamps.
The 12v. lamp for this system contains a bw. and an 18w. filament, and may be used as a front side light combined with an indicator, or a rear light combined with both a stop light and indicator. A rear lamp may be wired so that the winking system has overriding control over the stop-light system.
The new Mazda lamps have symmetrical filaments to reduce the effects of vibration, and a new method of fixing the filaments to the leads for high resistance to heat and shock.
Festoon bulbs incorporating a thermocontrolled make-and-break, which give two flashes per second, are available from dealers at 18s. 6d. a pair. They can be fitted into semaphore-type indicators to give a winking light. The makers are Creators, Ltd., Woking.
ADVERTISING INTEGRATED THE commercial advertisement division of the department of the chief public relations and publicity officer of the British Transport Commission is now responsible, with certain small exceptions, for commercial advertising space on all railway stations, road-side sites and other properties, in trains and on buses and goods vehicles, and in publications.
CLEANSING CONFERENCE DATE
THISyear's Public Cleansing Conference will be held at Southendon-Sea from June (5-18.