Road Transport IN OTHER LANDS
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Items of News Intended to Stimulate the Interest of British Makers in Overseas Markets.
Coaches Wanted for Mombasa.
WE hear that Col. W. H. Franklin, C.B.E., who is HM. Trade Commissioner in British East Africa, has sent home a report that a local concern in Mombasa wishes to receive quotations for the supply of three motor coaches, each suitable for 40 passengers; also for smaller passenger vehicles. Companies desirous of offering British-built vehicles may obtain particulars of this call for tenders by applying to the Department of Overseas Trade, 85, Old Queen Street, London, S.W.1. The reference A.X. 8476 should be quoted.
An International Bus Service.
A BUS service has been inaugurated
between Switzerland and South Germany. This line, which runs from Schaffhausen to Fonaushingen, is to be under the joint control of the Swiss and German postal authorities. The service in question links up with the railway which traverses the Black Forest.
Tramway Abandonment on the Riviera.
NEWS comes to hand from Nice that
tramways in the district are suffering severely from motorbus competition. As a result an agreement has been arrived at between the municipal authority of the Alpes Maritimes province and the Compagnie des Tramways de Nice et du Littoral by which the running of trams will be discontinued on eight routes and the construction of two new lines will be cancelled. The company will receive an indemnity of 2,500,000 frs. and will be authorized to run motorbuses in place of the trams.
Imports of British East Africa.
A RETURN lately issued shows that 1,334 motorvans and lorries, valued at £190,15$, were last year imported
B36 into Kenya and Uganda, 355 vehicles (£71,435) or over 26 per gent, of the total being credited to the United States. During the year there were also imported 388 tractors, valued at £107.023, no fewer than 349 of these (98,768) being of American manufac
ture. Both these territories are developing rapidly and offer excellent fields for the British ,machine.
Albion Orders from Overseas. ILLUSTRATED on this page is an
Albion 30-cwt. high-speed refuse lorry, which is one of two such vehicles recently ordered by H.H. the Sultan of Johore, for the use of the Town Board, Johore, Bahru. The end-tipping gear on these machines is of the doubletelescopic-screw type, with neatly enelosed bevel gear and . the body has the usual sliding dust covers and halfdepth doors at the sides to permit of easy loading when the body is empty.
Another illustration shows an Albion 4-ton 35-55-h.p. chassis equipped with a typical Australian body and cab. This vehicle was supplied by the Scottish company to the BritishAustralian Tobacco Co. Pty.
Gas-producer Vehicles in Portugal. FROM Lisbon it is reported that the Portuguese Government has decided to organize a series of tests of producergas plants, for use both in factories and on industrial motor vehicles. The object of the tests is to ascertain whether it be possible to utilize the timber resources of the country and so to render Portugal less dependent on imported motor fuel,
Uganda Demands Pneumatics.
THE operation of motor vehicles not fitted with pneumatic tyres is now
prohibited in Uganda. The Colonial Office, it was stated at a recent meeting of the East African Section of the London Chamber of Commerce, had been asked to authorize the use of previously licensed solid-tyred vehicles, so long as they remained serviceable, but the suggestion was rejected. British makers should keep Uganda agents posted as to sizes and costs of pneumatic equipment for their various models.
Limited Opportunities in Bavaria.
A NOTICE has lately been issued by
the Bavarian Minister of the Interior to all state departments and municipal authorities in Bavaria urging them to purchase only motorbuses, coaches, lorries and vans of Bavarian construction.
Switzerland's Commercial-motor Registrations.
FOR manufacturers wishing to know
to what extent road transport is developing in Switzerland we would state that, according to a report from the British Legation at Berne, 13,143 motor lorries were registered in the country as at the close of last year.
Production at a Polish Factory.
BRITISH manufacturers interested in
the Polish market should note that, according to a report from Warsaw, during the past year the Ursus Co., of Czeckowiee, produced about 300 30 cwt. motor lorries, all of which, with a few exceptions, were delivered to the Polish War Department.