British Win Awards at Montreux •
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H.I.AVING won first place in the general classification at the past two International Coach Rallies at Montreux, Sheffield United Tours, Ltd., this year was placed second, third place being taken by Wallace Arnold Tours, Ltd., with a Leyland coach. The S.U.T. vehicle was an A.E.C., which received a total of five prizes.
First place this year was gained by a Scania-Vabis express-service coach operated by the Swedish Linjebuss A.B., which covered a much greater distance in the road section of the trial than any of the other 20 contestants.
In the road-test section of the trial, the S.U.T. driver obtained full marks (1,000). He was the only competitor to do so. In the concours d'elegance the coach was awarded 960 marks out of 1,000. The Wallace Arnold coach received 865 marks in this section and 872 in the road test.