Morris Oxford Utility Introduced
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PR10ED at £580 Plus £242 15s. 10d. purchase tax, the Morris, Oxford .Travellcr, tiew vphielt, -has been produced by the Nuffield Organiza tion. It has -two bench seats r' ix _people. Whgn the rear seat is fold down, a spade4 ft, 10 in. by4 ft. ,3 in, is available. With the seat erected, the -distance frorn the squab to the rear is .3 ft. 6 in. .
Kerbside weight is 231 cwt. The vehicle has a four-cylindered engine of 50 b.h.p., a four-speed gearbox with .steering-column control, and Lockheed hydraulic brakes.
"PLASTICS" ESSAY WINNERS 'THE prizewinners in the 1954 I Maythorn Essay Competition arranged by the Institute of British Carriage and Automobile Manufac
turers were as follows: 1st, Mr. C. W. Roberts, 7a Selborne Gardens, London, N.W.4 (£25 and the Institute's Silver Medal); 2nd, Mr. J. Scott, 10 Haig Avenue, Stirling (115 and the Institute's Bronze Medal); 3rd, Mr. R. A. Graydon, 30 Iscoed, Beaumaris, Anglesey (l0 and the Institute's Diploma). The subject was: "The possibilities of the use of glass fibre reinforced plastics in connection with motor car or public service or commercial vehicle body production."
"C-LICENSEES BREAK RULES". " IT is universally acknowledged that
I holders of C licences go outside the terms of those licences," the East Midland Deputy Licensing Authority was told last week by Mr_ W. N. K. Roley, who represented Mr. W. H. Milmer, a Derby greengrocer, who applied for a B licence to do removal work.
Applicant said that at least 10 people had stopped buying greengroceries from him because he could not do haulage for them.
Mr. D. S. Ascott, Derby, objected on, the ground that he cOuld carry. alt.*, traffic that Mr. Milmer said he ,cotild.
The licence was. refused.. .