Whisky Galore

I OFFER no prize for those guessing one of the principal commodities carried on the first Freightliner out of the new Edinburgh depot opened on January 8. Whisky; 10,000 bottles......

Poor Example

I THINK the London boroughs must have been concentrating on praying for a quick thaw to get the snow away from the roads. There was little being done constructively in that part......

Honorary Degree At Aberdeen

AMONG a group of distinguished people who will be presented with honorary degrees at the summer graduation ceremony at Aberdeen University in July is Charles Alexander, head of......

It's An Ill Wind. . .

WHILE most of the transport industry was working to beat the chaos caused by the snow last week, engineers at BMC welcomed the conditions as a heaven-sent opportunity. It gave......

No Tea-break To Back Britain

IN DUNDEE, fitters in the repair shop of commercial vehicle distributors Oswald Tillotson Ltd. have joined the "I'm backing Britain" brigade. They have decided to forgo their......

250 Elephants A Year

EVERY YEAR, BMC uses over 1,000 tons of paper in producing sales and service literature—equivalent in weight to 250 fully grown African elephants, I'm told by the Corporation.......

Six Weeks In The Sunshine

INSTITUTE of Transport immediate past president Dick Farmer, and secretary A. G. Griffiths, left London yesterday on a six-week tour during which they will visit branches of the......

Canadian Breakthrough

I WAS PLEASED to learn that the Ratcliff tailboard loader (CM, last week) is to be produced in Canada. This represents a welcome reversal of the all-too-familiar trend of......