Suggested for the Monopolies List
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SPEEDOMETERS and wiring for motor 6-) vehicles were among the commodities whose supply position was suggested for reference to the Monopolies Commission during 1961. This is stated in the Board of Trades annual report on the working of the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Acts. The report stresses that the fact that goods are mentioned in this context does not mean that monopolies or restrictive practices, as defined by the Acts, necessarily prevail—or that, if they do, they are against the public interest. The Board of Trade is not necessarily required to act on any request. The report also states that at the end of last year, the Commission had three references before it, including the solus sites system of retail petrol sales in the U.K., and the supply of electrical equipment for mechanically propelled land vehicles.
DEFICIT FORECAST DEFICIT FORECAST
THE Coventry Transport Committee forecast a /50,050 deficit for the financial year which ends on March 31. Registrations: 1961
Record Year
THE number of commercial vehicles registered for the first time in December, 1961, was 15,318. This figure was appreciably lower than that for the preceding month (21,450) and also substantially smaller than the December, 1960, total of 19,699. Though the total of new December registrations was much lower than for any other month of last year, the total of registrations during 1961 (292,041) was higher than the record total for 1960. The aggregate of registrations for "December, 1961 (including cars and motorcycles) was 57,465, bringing the total registrations (all classes) for the year to 1,259,162: aggregate of registrations for 1960 was 1,369,386.