Motor Road Transport in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Page 55
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
THE construction of a road from the port of Assab in Eritrea to the town of Dessie in Ethiopia and the concession to the Ethiopian Government of a free zone in the port of .A.ssah are the subjects of a recent Italian royal decree. An ItalianEthiopian company is to be formed, with an exclusive concession for the road-motor conveyance of goods and passengers. The scheme is important from the Italian economic standpoint as it will probably involve a considerable outlay in the purchase of Italian motor vehicles.
Bus-licence Proposals for Cape Town.
THE traffic control committee of the Cape Town Corporation has recommended that from January let, 1930, the licence fee for motorbuses be fixed at i3 15s. half-yearly for a bus designed to carry not more than 15 passengers, plus Sc. for every passenger seat in excess of that number. The object of suggesting a six-monthly licensing period is to ensure regular inspection of the vehicles twice yearly. At present the licence fee is £7 10s. per annum irrespective of the number of Passengers carried.
South Africa's Big Proportion of Goods Vehicles.
SOUTH AFRICA is a country where there are many more motor lorries than motorbuses. During 1928 the registrations in Natal comprised 319 buses and 1,376 goods vehicles, whilst the Cape Province registrations were 446 buses and 5,789 lorries, etc. The corresponding figures for the Transvaal were 253 and 2,945, and those for the Orange Free State 14 and 530 respectively, making totals for the Union of 1,032 buses and 10,640 commercial vehicles.