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from the north .o England to Spain via Dover or Lydd, Florence Motors Ltd. applied at Manchester on MonIday for them to be conveyed to the Continent by air from Ringway Airport. Mr. I. Booth, for the company, stated that some of its passengers came from as far afield as Kendal and Barrow in Furness, and a very long journey was necessary when they went to the Continent by the Channel crossing.
It would be much more ednvenient for Ringway Airport. to be an additional departure point. Other north western coach operators Would not be adversely affected as the company's only picking-up point in the area was at Garstang. Florence Motors also wished to substitute its 14-day Irish Tour for one of nine days' duration.
Mr. W. Jones, general manager, said there had been many requests for this, as the public seemed to want a tour to last longer than a week and yet be shorter than a fortnight. A backing licence was also sought for an express feeder service between Settle and Morecambe, which would make it easier for passengers to join the tours.
Originally, the application was, opposed by eight operators but eventually these withdrew. The chairman of the North Western Traffic Commissioners, MajorGeneral A. F. J. Elinslie, granted the application.
America's Fleet-12.3m.
ACCORDING to the latest edition of Motor Truck Facts, yearbook of the U.S. Automobile Manufacturers' Association, America's fleet of more than 12.3rn. commercial vehicles paid £1,107m. in total taxation during 1961.
The yearbook also indicates that there were 1,133,804 lorry factory sales in 1961, wholesale value £770m. More than 50 per cent of these vehicles were in the light class of 2-tons or less. Commercial vehicle exports continued to increase, 209,156 units being shipped in 1961.