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Higher Contract-a Insurance Premiums
INSURANCE rates for vehicles authorized under contract-A licenees have been raised by the Provincial Insurance Co., Ltd., because of heavy claims. The Provincial are a......
No Support From A.m.c.
T HE Association of Municipal Corporations have given their views on Worcester City Council's concern over the congestion alleged often to be caused by abnormal loads being......
B.r.s. Rates Too High?
THE charge made by British Road I Services to Lindsey County Council for haulage work done in connection with the flood disaster was stated at a recent meeting of the highways......
Dismissal For Strikers.
.L - '0LLOWING the token unofficial strike of bus workers employed by Glasgow and Dundee Transport' Departments on Boxing Day (reported in The Commercial Motor last week), a......
Big Export Orders For A.c.v.
A LARGE number of vehicles was PA exported by A.C.V. Sales; Ltd., last year. One of the bigger orders was for 50 A.E.C. Regal Mark IV vehicles for Adelaide Municipal Transport......
New Windscreen Cleaner
PA. A DEVICE for cleaning windscreens is being manufactured by the Alexander Engineering Co., Ltd., Thame Road, Haddenham. It consists of a polished wooden handle on which are......
Sales Far Below Normal
DURCHASE tax and the uncertainty created by denationalization caused the sales of commercial vehicles by Kennings, Ltd., to be far lower last year than normal, said Sir George......
Opposition To Walsall Bill?
L OCAL authorities in the area are J—lexpected to oppose a clause in Walsall Corporation's new Parliamentary Bill giving the council power to apply direct to the Minister of......
Car Mart Acquire Rhodesian Interests
MEGOTIATIONS have been coml. pleted for Car Mart, Ltd., the largest Austin distributors in Britain, to acquire the controlling interest in Proctors Garage, Ltd., Broken Hill,......
Largest Works Truck Show
T HIS year's Mechanical Handling Exhibition and Convention at Olympia from June 9-19 will he the largest ever to be held, with over 200 exhibitors and 250,000 sq. ft. of space......
Revised B.s. On Drawing
T ° promote a better understanding in the precise interpretation of engineering drawings, the British Standards Institution, British Standards House, 2 Park Street, London, W.1.......
University Merger With Effect From January 1, Vi'...
Ltd., 1Hanwell, and the commercial division at Chelsea of University Motors, Ltd., have been amalgamated under the 'title of University Commercials and Coachwork, Ltd. The head......
New Plymouth Garage
F INISHING touches are being applied at Laira Bridge, Plymouth, to a new bus garage of the Western National Omnibus Co., Ltd. The building incorporates many modern features.......