People will now be able to hi air-taxis for 10d. a mile per passenger during the day and 1s. 6d a mile at night. This air-taxi ser-ice was inaugurated on Tuesday:
Croydon Aerodrome by" British Air Lines, Ltd, and it is operated cher," Armstrong-Siddeley The compan ly established "to provide a night and day service of 100 mph. machines from London to all parts of Burgpe. Colonal W. A. Bishop, Yew a Canadian airman, who. is chairman of the company, said that the company was prepared to fast air-taxi at a moment notice to AY to any part of Europe. People nowadays hired a taxi to fly hundreds of miles just as they took a taxicab for a short road! journey, and he believed their service would fill a definite want, The air-taxis are four and five-seater monoplanes, each driven by 240 h.p. Armsttong-Siddeley en-rine, and they are equipped with the latest type of wireless tele-Iphone installation. Even now, with all these latest developments, ftying is out of the reach of those! with modest means, for a few hun-red miles at 10d, and 1s. Gd. a rile soon mounts up alarmingly.
Two Interesting Mergers Two very big and very interest-mergers have been brought to ithe notice of the public this week. [One involved iron and steel interests and the firms concerned were Dorman, Long & Ca. Ltd. and Bolekow, Vaughan & Go, Ltd. It is understood that several other steel firms on the northeast coast will be involved in) what will eventually become a huge iron and steel combine, The negotiations for the present fusion have been Troceeding for some time. The dustrial ramifications of both firms fare world-wide. In recent years, Terman, Long have specialized bridge building and Bolekow, Vaughan were the founders of the ison' and steel trade on Teeside.
The combined debentures and share capitals. of the two. compan bout £20,000,00¢; neither has eny dividend on its Ordinary capital since 1920-21.
The other merger is equally interesting and is the fusion of Lever Brothers with the big Anglo-Dutch margarine combine; a provisional sereement has been signed. The extent of the combination may be fathered by the summary of the! capitals. concerned:—
Tesved share capital Lever Brothers £56,607,536
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