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Competition Quandary
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THER,E has been some heart-burning among the organizers of the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition about the rules concerning Service drivers. What would happen, they were asked, if Servicemen took the first three places in any group? Would no civilian drivers, for whom the competition is primarily intended, then go forward to the final contest?
The answer seems to be that the drivers scoring the highest marks among the civilians in any group would be selected for the final and the Servicemen would compete for their own trophy.
Bats in the Chateau
SHADES of Lord Byron's Prisoner were evoked in the candlelit Great Hall of the 12th-century Chateau de Chilton when a bat interrupted the speeches at the official dinner held in connection with the 8th International Coach Rally at Montreux a fortnight ago.
There were a few awful moments for the women present when it appeared that the bat might make its perch on a bare shoulder, and they were relieved when it was released from its temporary captivity by a gendarme.
Mr. Ben Goodfellow, general manager of Sheffield United Tours, Ltd., also had an embarrassing moment when his wristwatch alarm interrupted a speaker.
continuing a Tradition
THE chateau is an appropriate venue for this event, for Byron's poem began the tourist trek to Montreux that resulted in its becoming the English holiday centre of
Switzerland. This tradition is now being maintained largely by British coach operators.
, Because of the nature of an organized road tour, people who before the war_ were restricted chiefly by crass inhibitions are now able to enjoy in comfort the beauty= and the best hotels—of the Swiss Riviera. It is, consequently, sad to record that S.U.T. have been the only British participants in the rally for the past two years, although other operators have had coaches in the town at the time of the event. Are these concerns doing so well that they can afford to miss the opportunity of valuable local publicity—at comparatively little expense—that a prize in the rally would bring them? And, I would point out, entry alone assures them of some sort of award_
More Stringent Tests
NE'cryear. the rally promises to be an even better test of both vehicle design and driving skill. On each of the three consecutive occasions that I have been present the trials have been progressively more stringent and, although the details have not yet been settled, this trend will continue.
Old and New
I NTERIOR decoration in the contemporary style offers a striking setting for old coloured prints of early goods and passenger vehicles, Mr. R. P. Block, managing director of Blox Services, Ltd., 263 London Road, Mitcham, Surrey, believes. His problem is to acquire the old prints. He has frames to take pictures sized about 10 in. by 8 in., but would consider buying framed pictures complete if the frames did not clash with the modern &car of his office.