T HERE are nearly 230 exhibitors at the Show which opened
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its doors on Friday last, or 24 more than last year. The increase occurs, however, mainly aniongst_the exhibitors of accessories and components. On the ground .floor 'there are a few newcomers, but there are absentees from last ,year's catalogue, showing that the industry is still in a plastic state. The main line of development in the passengercarrying vehicle is in the direction of greater luxury for the occupant whose pleasure journeyings by road have brought a new era of prosperity to the coach owner. Some really delightful interiors in coaches and some ingenious seating arrangements in buses will draw the attention of everybody interested in the return of the travelling public to the highway. There are on view new models in steam vehicles, showing that this form of prime mover has lost none of its vitality, and new electric vehicles have also risen to compete with their more popular petroldriven rival. Speedy light vans and power-operated • tipping-bodies on trailers are recent developments. The Show closes on Saturday_ evening next. The price of admission is 2s. on each day except Saturday, when it is one shilling. _ In the tables which precede each notice the following abbreviations are employed :—*Example shown at Olympia; B, bus ; C, coach; 0, dust wagon; GE, gully emptier; I, industrial truck ; K, sweeper; MG market gardener's wagon ; P, pneumatic tyres ; 8, solid, tyres; T, tipping wagon; V, van; W, watering wagon.