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11th June 1948, Page 28
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11,849 VEHICLES MADE IN APRIL

COMMERCIAL vehicles produced in April, a four-week period, numbered 11,849, compared with 15,457 in the five-week period of March. Of April's total. 6.712 vehicles were retained for the home market and 5,137 were exported. In the under 15 cwt. class, the number exported (2,152) exceeded the home quota (1,858).

Production by classes was as follows:—Under 15 cwt., 4,010; 15 cwt. and under 6 tons, 6,130: 6 tons and over, 392; motorbuses and trolleybuses, 1,021, and battery-electrics. 296.

In the first four months of the year, the industry's output was 53,473 vehicles, of which 29,003 were for home users and 24,469 for overseas. Production in the various classifications was as follows:—Under 15 cwt. 17,712; 15 cwt. and under 6 tons, 27,659; 6 tons and over, 2,176 motorbuses and trolleybuses, 4,686, and battery-electrics, 1,240.

These figures have just been released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

MINISTER TO SPEAK AT R.H.A. LUNCHEON

AT the Road Haulage Association's annual luncheon on June 23, Mr. Alfred Barnes, Minister of Transport. will propose the toast of the Associatioh, to which Mr. B. G. Turner, M.Inst.T., will respond. Mr. James Callaghan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry, Sir Cyril Hurcomb, chairman of the British Transport Commission, and Major-General G. N. Russell, chairman of the Road Transport Executive, are among those who have accepted invitations.

REBATES ON BULK PETROL

AS from June 3, the Petroleum Board is granting quantity rebates to every commercial consumer taking more than 50,000 gallons of motor spirit a year. The rebate varies from id. a gallon on an annual consumption of 50,000 to 100,000 gallons, to Id. a gallon on quantities exceeding 1,000,000 gallons.

Under the new scheme, the Petroleum Board's schedule prices per gallon for bulk delivery in minimum loads of 200 gallons are:—Inner zones (neir the main importing centres), Is. 9id.; outer A26 zones (farther from the main importing centres), Is. 9/d.; general zones (farthest from the main importing centres), Is. 10d. The retail price from the pump varies from 2s. lid. to 2s. Id. per gallon, according to the zone.

These changes will involve an increase in price to some commercial users and a reduction for others.

CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE MATIONAL bodies representing the "interests concerned have been invited to nominate members of the Central Transport Consultative Committee for Great Britain, to be set up under the Transport Act. The Minister of Transport, who made this announcement on Monday, said that he hoped that the Committee would soon be established.

M.P.s AND NATIONALIZATION AEMBERS of Parliament will, in .1Ni-future, be allowed to put to Ministers questions on nationalized industries, although information on the subject has in the past been refused. The questions must, however, in the opinion of the Speaker of the House of Commons, be of sufficient importance to justify the concession. Ministers will not be bound to answer COLCHESTER FARES UP?

APPLICATION is being made to the Eastern Licensing Authority by Colchester Corporation for permission to increase bus fares. A net deficit of £6,058 was made in the year ended March 31 last.

LUTON CO-ORDINATION SCHEME

LUTON Town Council has approved an interesting scheme of co-ordination between the municipal bus services and some of those of the Eastern National Omnibus Co., Ltd. The arrangement covers a wide area to the north of the town, extending as far as Whipsnade, Toddington, Streatley and Great Wiley.

It will enable the corporation to extend its services over many routes outside the borough, and the two undertakings will work on equal terms in the whole area. Inter-working is being arranged through a joint committee. The recommendations were made to Luton Transport Committee through its transport co-ordination committee.

The arrangement is such that the public should benefit considerably by the institution of circular and other

important routes. All services concerned will, in fact, be revised to remove restriCtions and anomalies, and wasteful competition will be obviated.

The scheme followed recommendations made last year by the Metropolitan Deputy Licensing Authority, Sir Henry Piggott. The system will not affect the corporation's application for revisions in fares.

MR. BARNES SENDS MESSAGE TO SWEDISH OPERATORS

THE Swedish haulage organization, S.L.F., of which Mr. Ceve Bystrom is president, and Mr. Sten Mellgren secretary, is holding its conference at Gothenburg. At the invitation of this body, the Institute of Road Transport Engineers has sent as delegate its honorary secretary and council member, Mr. J. H. Vincent.

He has taken with him a message from the Minister of Transport, Mr. A. Barnes, to the Minister of Transport of Sweden, which conveys greetings and wishes for the prosperity of the industry in Sweden for which he is responsible. Mr. Barnes hopes that these contacts will be of mutual benefit to the operators of Sweden and Great Britain, and will foster understanding and goodwill between the two countries.

Mr. Vincent is also conveying a message to S.L.F. from the president and council of the I.R.T.E.

SHAREHOLDERS of Albion Motors, Ltd., will be asked at an extraordinary general meeting on June 24 to approve the issue of 300,000 additional ordinary shares of U each, thereby increasing the company's capital to £1,000,000.

Mr. W. McFarlane, the company secretary, points out that more capital is now locked up in raw materials than before the war, and that in complying with the Government's directions, the company has had to increase its 'proportion of production for export. New markets have had to be opened up, and sales in existing overseas markets intensified. An extensive programme for the renewal of machine tools is envisaged.

VEHICLE QUOTA REVIEW

THE reduction in the number of replacement vehicles allocated to the home market is being reviewed, said Mr. J. R. Strauss, Minister of Supply, in the House of Commons, last week.

He refused to reintroduce the system of priority for farmers in the supply of commercial vehicles.

ON SHOW TO THE WORLD

TWO A.E.C. coaches were used this week to carry a party of overseas Press correspondents on a tour of a number of British motor factories. Visits were made to the A.E.C., Jaguar, Standard, Rover, Austin, Joseph Lucas and Ford works. The correspondents were also entertained to dinner by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

MUNICIPAL PURCHASES .AND PROPOSALS

Morecambe and Heysham Borough Council 0 to purchase a Thornycroft SWeopa,..Vk.,:tor Bournemouth Corpora:ion is to a..:-cern :he Lender of Messrs. Lee Motors for the supp.y of Fi

ttul ier.

Fannon Borough Council is recommended To Purchase a Brush battery-electric saitame-colle,:line yehicie hom Treece (Birmingham}, Lid.

:Milford Haven Urban District Council IS 1-0 Obta ill lenders from local gara.ws for the supp!y of a Karrier Bantam 7-cubic-yd. refuse colleclor.

Herne Buy tlrhan District Council is recommended to accept the tender of Briush Anzani E'rigineering Co., Ltd.. for the supply of a 5-6 In tractor.

Enfield Boroult, Engineer has been amhorited to purchase two tipping lorries. of either Dennis ;)r Bccil'ord woe. lire council is also to buy it rattision•Redford tractor.

Warrington Corporation is to imite tentkr: for the supply of an ambulance. Mc,srs. J. A. and S. Baldwin arc to supply,, Bcdtord 2-3-itut sort-wheelbase end tipper Sunderland ToNn. CourrA has been recomrmmded to buy 12 S.D. W.-type 12-cubie-ttl. refuse collectors, a Karrier C.K.3 gully-emptier. and a Bedford 10-12-cwt. van (the last-named iron-) Adams and Gibbon. Ltd.) Northampton Corporation is to accept the tender of the Derngate Motor Co. for the stionlv of a Morris 5-ewt. tan. Two Seal:much fi-cubicyd. side-loading refuse collectors are also to is purchased. Birkenhead Corporation is to by four Deryl;,: 10-12-cubic-yd. side-loading refuse-collection ,:chicles and four 1)ennis 10-12 cubic-yd. teatloading moying-Poor outfits. Dewsbury Corporation is to place an order with George Box, lid., Dewsbury, for the suPpls of six Austin 2-ton lorries. The mimed is also to Jen, a Lewin sprinkler-sweeper-collector, two DL-tnnis refuse collectors and a Dennis gul:Ycmplier.

Ni. PARLIAMENT MUST CONFIRM TRANSFERS

N1OVING the second reading of the IV! Transport Bill in the Northern Ireland House of Commons, last week, Sir Roland Nugent, Minister of Commerce, said that the amalgamation of road and rail undertakings would not create a monopoly. The new authority to he set up would have powers to negotiate agreements to acquire undertakings, but the over-riding power of Parliament would be preserved by the provision that such agreements must he confirmed by resolutions of both Houses.

The Minister of Finance was to pay 0.025,000 for the Northern Ireland Road Transport Board's undertaking.

A new Transport Tribunal would be set up to hear appeals and review the situation with regard to maximum charges for services and facilities, and the conditions attached to them, Sir Roland continued.

Some of the recommendations made by the Joint Select Committee in 1936, principally to prevent evasion of the law by pseudo-merchants who were really acting as carriers, would be adopted to make illegal working more difficult. The exemption of furniture removers would be confined to those who had a principal place of business in Northern Ireland.

The right of local carriers to trimsport goods within the cities of Belfast and Londonderry would he continued, but the introduction of a licensing system for them was being considered. In other respects the provisions of the 1935 Act were continued, including the privileges of farmers, and the corporations of Belfast and Londonderry CASE AGAINST 1..1'.E.

June 29, Mr. W. H. Smith, of

Runtingford, will make an applicatA-)n before Mr. Justice Vaisey, in the Chancery Division, for an injunction to restrict the London Transport Executive from running a daily service over a route which he has been covering for the past 16 years. The case will raise important principles.

£16 OFF MOTOCART PRICES

INCREASED production has enabled

a reduction of £16 to be made in the prices of all models of the Motocart, states Jack Olding and Co., Ltd.. The chassis now costs £251 5s., the standard model £259 and the tipper 1282 10s. The Lincoln Tip-cart is priced at £299.


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