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From October 5, lighting-up time will be from half-an-hour after sunset to half-an-hour before sunrise.
One-man-operated single-deckers are, it is reported, to be run experimentally by Reading Transport Department.
A German Communications and Transport Exhibition will be held in Munich from June 20-October 11, 1953.
A pressure-operated fire extinguisher made by Nu-Swift, Ltd., Elland, Yorks, has been approved for use in the U.S.A.
A new Ordnance Survey map to replace current editions is being prepared. The first of the new sheets are a already on sale.
The A.P.V. Co., Ltd., Wandsworth Park, London, S.W.I8, has issued a booklet describing its aluminium tanks for road vehicles.
Export prices of Morris-Commercial vehicles have been reduced by amounts varying between £15 and £65. The largest cuts have been applied to 3tonners and 5-tonners.
With a capacity of 1,870 cubic ft., the Scammell and Nephew lightweightbodied ThISN is claimed to be the largest vehicle of its type at Earls Court (Stand 42).
Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., has applied for licences to run the services of Viking Motors, Ltd. This is understood to be the first step in transferring the business to Ribble.
The three London buses which recently toured North America are to be on show in the capital. At present, they are displayed in the demonstration park at Earls Court.
Of 424 drivers of the Yorkshire Electricity Board who entered the annual safe-driving competition of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, this year, 356 were successful.
Prices of Wyresoles retreads have been reduced. The extra charge for Wyresoles, compared with normal retreads, is now 10s. for small tyres, and there are substantial cuts in the charges applicable to giant covers.