The Forthcoming Royal Show : Our Customary Special Number.
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The eeventy-first annual show of the Royal Agricultural Society of England will take place, at Liverpool, next month. Splendid accommodation has been put at the dispesal of the Sudety by the City Council, and facilities for nicest to the extensive showyard, whether by road or rail, nre probably superior to any which have previously. been available in connection with this national display. The allotment of space in the implement section has been above the average, and the proportion of exhibitors who will i)lace commercial motors upon their stands is unusually high. The exhibits, to which we shall have occasion to direct attention. range from the small agricultural motor, priced in the vicinity of £100, to the five-ton petrol wagon, priced at inclusive of indinrubber tires— as tench as £830. This year, it may be recalled, owing to the weight of representations which were made on the subject, the Soc-iety of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has not raised objections to the course of manufacturers who desire to support. the " Royal " ; this fact, in all prebobilite, will result in the staging of interesting models wItieli would otherwise have been withheld. The tractor sef-tion will be extremely good, though individual makes are likely to be less numerous than on sonic previous occasions: and we look, also, for eeveral up-to-date examples of the motor fire-engine. Not unnaturally, in a district where heavy loads are the general rule, there will be coinparetively-few vans for loads of one ton or thereabouts, lea it is wrong to conclude that Liverpool and district have no call for these smaller types. Given the right In:whine, large shopkeepers in Liverpool are as ready to make their deliveries by road-matur as are their brother traders in London., Glasgow, or M.anche,ster.
It has been the practice of this journal, since the year 190.5. when a beneficial good-bye was said to Park Royal as the permanent London showyard of the Society, and after which date the old migratory system was re-adopted. to devote a special number of THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR ti each stevessive provineial show of England's premier ;igricultural body. Beginning with that at Derby, in 1906, we are able to turn hack to an upward-tending series of issues in this counection: Lincoln, in 1901, largely by reason of its location and environment, was reckoned a good show ; Newcastle, in 1908, unquestionably broke the record for the current period of revival; Gloucester, nearly a year ago. whilst attractive from the standpoint of engines. vehicles and tractors on view, and whilst lending itself to full treatment in our pages, was a disappeintment
finan cia due. to the bad weather which wns unfortunately experienced. Everything indicates that the Liverpool Show will be most-brilliantly favoured. Strangely enough,, apropos the recent decease of King Edward VII, it had been arranged for some months, that the royal visit would be paid by the Prince of Wales—now King George V, hut Court mourning will probably bring cancellation of the intended visit. The contemplated defection of the four-hour influx from London will not materially affect the attendances from the manufacturing districts of Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire, for patronage associated with the King's visit more peculiarly affects in tereets other than those which are identified with the implement section, although his late Majesty showed notinconsiderable concern in various classes of motors, and particularlyin those for agricultural purposes. The needs of Liverpool and district are naturally well known to the writer, in eoneequence of his many years of association with the merchanth, shippers and traders of the port, dating back to the year 1896, so far as concerns the development of modern road-motors. It will, consequently, be a pleasant task to accept the responsibility for the presentation of articles and reports, in our issue of the '23rd .J tune, to prove, as it will certainly be possible to do, by the concrete examples within the confines of the show itself, and again by suitable, if brief, comparative statements to indieate the progress achieved, that commercial motors cure ripe for adoption in many branches of Lanceehire transport to which they have so far been admitted hot tentatively. A further announcement, of a business character, will be fetind on page 238, but we are eoncerned, iii our Editorial columns, merely to apprise our readers of the fact that next month's Royal Show Special will, as heretofore, be prepared and issued on a scale in keeping with the reputation which this journal enjoys.