AUSTRALIA ORDERS 114 MORE LEVLANDS
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A FEW days before Mr. D. G. Stokes, tt. export manager of Leyland Motors. Ltd., closed his comprehensive tour of Australia, the company' received orders for 114 Leyland export vehicles. Sixty-four Comets and 50 bus chassis of 21-ft. 6-in, wheelbase. have been ordered. The bus chassis is of a type which was introduced only a few weeks ago, and was designed to meet the demand in Australia and South America for a vehicle 33 ft. long, with 44 seats and a maximum capacity of 75 passengers,
A dual-purpose horsebox body with accommodation for three horses has been designed for the Cornet chassis of 14-ft. 2-in. wheelbase. Removable partitions are fitted. The body has an attractive appearance and has been arranged to merge with the Comet cab.
FEW U.K. MAKES FOR GENEVA 'THERE will be few British exhibitors 1 at the Geneva Show, to be held from March 11-21, Among those which have taken space are the Austin, Bedford. Brockhouse, Commer, Ford and Nuffield orgahizations.
The German Borgward company, which has already obtained export orders from several continental countries, has also taken a stand. The company is making 1-ton and 3-ton vehicles. 121 PER CENT. FUEL CUT FOR TOURS AND PRIVATE HIRE
FUEL allocations to operators of excursions and tours and those who do private-hire work are to be reduced by 124 per cent., said the Minister of Transport in the House of Commons, on Monday. He did not announce the date on which this cut is to become effective.
When the Minister stated recently that extra fuel was to be allocated to the railways for increased passenger services, it became obvious that fuel for ' some coaches at least would be cut. It is not known whether the decision on the London .coach fares inquiry (reported in "The Commercial Motbr last week) was reached in the knowledge that the quota of fuel for excursions and tours was to be restricted.
The Metropolitan, Eastern and South Eastern Licensing Authorities, under the chairmanship of Sir Henry Piggott, agreed that some operators who depended. mainly on seasonal express services and excursions and tours might find the present authorized increase of lfif per cent. on pre-war fares inadequate for 1948, but they found no indication of any decline in the public demand for .recreational transport. Now that the provision of recreational services is to be further restricted, the case for an increase in fares is even stronger than before.
FUND MEMBERSHIP 1,750 UP MEMBERSHIP of the Motor and ILL Cycle Trades' Benevolent Fund increased from 11,558 to 13,304 last year. Assistance was given to 298 beneficiaries and relief amounting to £15,532 was afforded. Donations amounted to £37,012.
The executive committee of the Fund recommends that "Willoughby," the children's home, be sold, because since the war applications for admission have been so few.
These facts are contained in the annual report of the Fund, which was presented to the annual general meeting on Tuesday.