Nice Coach Rally Normal
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DESPITE the shortage of fuel, a normal programme is planned for the annual international coach rally which, this year, is to be held at Nice from May 29-31. Competitors can enter for either of two or for all three sections.
The tourist section is devoted chiefly to the organization aspects of a tour, the entry fees being about £5 for coaches with fewer than 20 seats, and about £7 10s. for those with 20 seats or more.
In the concours d'elegance, open to vehicle manufacturers and bodybuilders as well as operators, there are classes for stage and express buses, and oneday excursion and long-distance touring coaches. In each class there will be categories for conventional and integral vehicles, and for various seating capacities. The fee for this section is about 1:7 10s.
Participation in the technical and driving tests is dependent on entry in one or both of the other sections. The fee is some £10.
Full details of the rally, in English, and entry forms, can be obtained from the Secretariat, Association pour le perfectionnement et le developpemcnt de l'Autocar, 44 rue de la Bienfaisance, Paris (8me).
COMPLAINT OF POOR RATIONS QUPPLEMENTARY fuel allocations KJ in other areas have been more generous than in the West Midlands, Mr. J. Delicate, chairman of the Coventry Area of the Traders' Road Transport Association, has alleged. The West Midlands Division is to be asked to protest.
Mr. Delicate has stated that the West Midland Regional Transport Commissioner waited for laggards to submit applications for supplementary rations. placing hardship on many operators who had a genuine 'need for additional fuel.
At the annual general meeting of the Birmingham Area of the T.R.T.A., however, it was agreed to send a unanimous vote of thanks to Mr. W. P. James, West Midland Regional Transport Commissioner, and his staff for their handling of fuel rationing.
FUTURE OF C.I.E. UNCERTAIN
THE future of Coras Iompair Eireann is uncertain and its traffic position is disappointing in spite of what some regard as favourable circumstances." This was stated by Mr. L. Redmond, staff relations officer, of CIE., during the hearing of a minor wage claim by the Labour Court in Dublin last week.
The last national wage award cost C.J.E. 1.322,000, and its effect in a full year would involve £750,000, said Mr. Redmond. C.I.E. was unable to afford to pay isolated small increases, and did so only reluctantly when a case was apparently justified.