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1956
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24 August 1956 329 AVIATION MANUFACTURINGCO. PTY., LTD., Auburn, Victoria. —Manufacturers and distributors ofB.G. sparking plugs and fittings. BALM PAINTS PTY., LTD., P OBox 21, Concord, N.S.W.—One of the largest manufacturers and dis-tributors of paint products in Aus- tralasia. Current aircraft productsinclude the complete finishing pro- cesses for the Jindivik pilotless air-craft. See also p. 321. BENDIX-TECNICO PTY., LTD.,61-69 James Street, Rockdale, N.S.W.—Main function of this com-pany is to procure or manufacture Bendix Aviation Corporation pro-ducts for Australia. In a new 45,000 sq ft factory at Rockdale, manufac-ture of aircraft generating, starting and control equipment and electronicapparatus is carried out, together with servicing of aircraft electricalequipment. Distributors for B.T-H. magnetos, Exide batteries, Championplugs and Teddington controls. Total employees, 200. LEWIS BERGER AND SONS(AUSTRALIA) PTY., LTD., Rhodes, Sydney, N.S.W. Associatesof the English Berger company, manufacturers of aircraft dopes andfinishes. BRICO (AUSTRALIA) PTY.,LTD., 47 Mallett Street, Camper- down, N.S.W.—Production of enginecomponents including aircraft piston rings. Foundry in operation for pro-duction of specialised castings (in- cluding centrifugal castings). THE BRISTOL AEROPLANE CO.(AUSTRALIA) PTY., LTD., (Head office) P.O. Box 4, Bankstown,N.S.W.; (Sales office) 414 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria;(Weapons division) P.O. Box 112, Salisbury, S.A.—See p. 320. BRISTOL AVIATION SERVICESPTY., LTD., P.O. Box 4, Banks- town, N.S.W.—See p. 320. BRITISH AUSTRALIAN LEADMANUFACTURERS PTY., LTD., Cabarita Road, Concord, N.S.W.—Manufacturers of aircraft finishes. BRITISH TUBE MILLS (AUS-TRALIA) PTY., LTD., Churchill Road, Kilburn, S.A. —• Manufac-turers of aircraft steel tubing, tubular components, gas cylinders, etc.; re-pair and overhaul of tubular struc- tures. BRUNTSONS BRIGHT STEELPTY., LTD., Booker Street, Spots- wood, Victoria.—Steel bar to aircraftspecifications. CABLE MAKERS AUSTRALIAPTY., LTD., Liverpool, N.S.W.— Manufacturers of all types of rubber,thermo, plastic and varnished cam- bric insulated cables, moulded rubberand plastic components; also of plastic foam materials. CASCO CHEMICALS PTY., LTD.,Wellington Road, South Branville, N.S.W.—Manufacturers of glues,synthetic resins and other adhesives for aircraft and general purposes. CHRYSLER (AUSTRALIA), LTD., Aircraft Division, Finsbury, S.A.— See p. 319. COMMONWEALTH AIRCRAFTCORPORATION, P.O. Box 779H, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne.—Seep. 317. COMMONWEALTH STEEL CO.,LTD., Waratah, N.S.W.—Manufac- turers of steel to aircraft specifica-tions. G. E. CRANE AND SONS PTY.,LTD., 33 Pitt Street, Sydney, N.S.W.—Manufacturers of .sheetaluminium and alloys to aircraft specifications. DE HAVILLAND AIRCRAFTPTY., LTD., P.O. Box 30, Banks- town, N.S.W.—See p. 318. DOWTY EQUIPMENT (AUS- TRALIA) PTY., LTD., Bankstown, N.S.W.—See p. 320. DUNLOP RUBBER AUSTRALIA,LTD., Aviation Division, Mountain Highway, Bayswater, Victoria.—Seep. 320. EXIDE BATTERIES OF AUS-TRALIA, LTD., 44 Bridge Street, Sydney, N.S.W.—Supply of Exideaircraft batteries; provision of battery parts; overhaul and repair. FAIREY AVIATION COMPANYOF AUSTRALASIA PTY., LTD., (Main plant) P.O. Box 41, Banks-town, N.S.W.; (Special projects division) P.O. Box 85, Salisburv,S.A. See p. 320. FAWCETT AVIATION PTY.,LTD., Hangar 276, Bankstown Air- port, N.S.W.—Airframe and engineoverhaul and repair; overhaul of com- ponents; electrical installations andoverhauls; manufacture of machined parts. FIBRAK (AUSTRALIA) PTY.,Sydney, N.S.W.—Subsidiary of Old- ham and Sons, Ltd., of Manchester;battery manufacturers. SIR GEORGE GODFREY ANDPARTNERS (AUSTRALIA) PTY., LTD., 539 Bourke Street, Mel-bourne C.I.—Subsidiary company of the English Godfrey organization,responsible for sales, servicing, main- tenance and testing of the parentfirm's cabin pressure, air-condition- ing and refrigeration equipment. GOODYEAR TYRE AND RUB-BER CO. (AUSTRALIA), LTD., GranvUIe, N.S.W.—See p. 321. GOVERNMENT AIRCRAFTFACTORIES; (Headquarters), Dept. of Defence Production, 339 Swans-ton Street, Melbourne C.I; (Plant), Fishermen's Bend, Port Melbourne,Victoria; (Flight-test section), Ava- lon, Victoria.—See p. 319. HAWKER SIDDELEY GROUP,100 Victoria Parade, Melbourne— Office of the Group representing allmember firms. HENDERSON FEDERAL SPRINGWORKS PTY., LTD., Alfred Street, North Melbourne, Victoria.—As part of its general production, this company supplies a wide variety ofsprings, plates and other small parts for aircraft. W. T. HENLEY'S TELEGRAPHWORKS CO., LTD., 205-207 Wil- The aircraft division headquarters of Chrysler Australia Limited is located at Finsbury, South Australia. Subcontract work is carried out for the Government Aircraft Factories. liam Street. Melbourne, Victoria.—Suppliers of aircraft electrical cable. C. HUPPERT AND CO., LTD.,193 Bouverie Street, Carlton, Vic- toria.—Manufacturers of aircraftfuel, hydraulic and other pumps and associated equipment; manufac-turers, under licence, of Pesco pumps; manufacturers of steel andlight-alloy castings, and sub-assem- blies. IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUS-TRIES OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, LTD., 376 Col-lins Street, Melbourne.—See p. 321. KEEFER BROS, PTY., LTD.,Martin Street, Beaumaris, Victoria. —Makers of machined parts andsheet-metal pressings. KINGSFORD SMITH AVIATIONSERVICE PTY., LTD., P.O. Box 11, Bankstown, N.S.W.—See p. 321. KINGSFORD SMITH FLYINGSERVICE PTY., LTD., P.O. Box 11, Bankstown, N.S.W. — Photo-graphic surveys, flying training, charter flying. Annual hours flown,11,000-12,000. LIGHT AIRCRAFT PTY., LTD.,14 City Road, Sydney, N.S.W.— Manufacture and maintenance ofparachutes and safety harnesses; laboratory testing of survival-equip-ment components. New test facili- ties (for barometric-controlled re-lease and other units) being in- stalled. Representing Martin-BakerAircraft, G. Q. Parachute Co., Irving Air Chute, Aerolex, and MillsEquipment. LUCAS-ROTAX (AUSTRALIA)PTY., LTD., 81 Bouverie Street, Carlton, Victoria.—See p. 321. MACROBERTSON MILLER AVI-ATION CO., LTD., Yorkshire House, 194 St. Georges Terrace,Perth, W.A.—Manufacturers of air- craft components; overhaul, repairand maintenance of airframes, en- gines and airscrews; repair and dis-tribution of fuel pumps, instruments and other accessories. NATIONAL INSTRUMENTCOMPANY PTY., LTD., Mel- bourne Airport, Essendon, Victoria.—See p. 321. NETTLEFOLDS PTY., LTD.,Ballarat Road, Sunshine, Victoria.— Manufacturers of aircraft rivets,screws, split pins, nuts (including Aerotight nuts). NORMALAIR (AUSTRALIA)PTY., LTD., Essendon, Victoria.— See p. 322. OLYMPIC CABLES, PTY., LTD.,Mephan Street, Footscray, Victoria. —Subsidiary of Olympic Consolid- The aviation gasoline plant of Altona Refinery, Victoria, operated by the Standard-Vacuum Refining Company (Australia). Currently, this plant is producing 70flOO gal of aviation gasoline daily.
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