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carried on the Transport Ferry Service was delivered by Pickfords Ltd, to its destination in Bedford on Wednesday.'it is a 108-ton Mill-housing casting measuring 27 ft. 7 in. by 13 ft. 10 in. by 5 ft. The tare weight of the trailer brings the gross weight to 138 tons, just two tons short of the maximum weight permitted on the ferry.
IN BRIEF
Bulwark Subsidiaries Merge : Two subsidiary companies of Bulwark United Transport— John Ancliff and G-J. Ltd. and Bulk Liquid Transport Ltd.—have mergcd under the name of Ancliff (B.L.T.) Ltd, Irish Freight: A new company—Northern Ireland Carriers Ltd,—is to be formed to take over the Ulster Transport Authority's freight services and is expected to start operating on February I. The company has been floated by the U.T.A. at the Government's request. Mr. T. H. Thornton, at present managing director of British Roadrailer Services, is to be the managing director of the new company.