1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152 
Export Record by Motor Industry
Page 104
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
THE value of British cars and commercial vehicles exported last year reached a record of nearly 1190m., the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders announced last week. In numbers, shipments of commercial vehicles fell by just over 8,500 compared with the figure for 1951.
Import restrictions in Australia and New Zealand helped to bring down the volume of commercial vehicles shipped. Higher exports to Denmark, British West Africa and Turkey did much to offset the reduction in shipments to Australasia.
Almost 53 per cent. of commercialvehicle production went to overseas buyers during the year. -Exports of agricultural tractors were up by over Lim. on the 1951 total, with a peak value of £42.25m. recorded against the 105,000 units shipped.
OBITUARY
WE regret to record the deaths of VV MR. VERNON WALKER, MR. FRANCIS GARDNER, MR. A. F. ORGAN, MR. H. PELHAM LEE and MR. T. V. DIXON.
Mr. Walker was director and secretary of Leyland Motors, Ltd., having joined the board in 1922. He became secretary in 1942. He was 67.
Mr. Gardner, who was 58, was the Leyland Midland sales manager for over 20 years. He joined the concern in 1908 and became north-western sales manager in 1926. During the recent war he was material controller at Leyland's factory at Kingston.
Mr. Organ was the general sales manager of the Nuffield Organization and one of its longest-serving employees. He joined the Morris company, then W. R. M. Motors, Ltd.. in 1914 and rejoined after service in the 1914-18 war. He was 60.
Mr. Lee, who was 75, was the chairman and founder of Coventry Climax Engines, Ltd., which he formed in 1917. He retained an interest in the business until his last illness and travelled extensively aim-Dad. Mr. Dixon was a director of Brown Brothers (Ireland), Ltd., and joint manager of the Dublin branch.
. FURTHER CORONATION TRAFFIC DETAILS
FURTHER details have been given by the Metropolitan Police about Coronation traffic arrangements in London. As reported last week, there will be an inner zone banned to all vehicles on June 2, except those bearing windscreen labels, which may be sought from the police in about six weeks' time. Traders' vehicles will be allowed to make early morning deliveries, and hired cars and London Transport buses will be permitted to enter and set down passengers.
A ring road, which will be signposted by the motoring associations, will be available for traffic wanting to travel from one side of London to the other.