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75 years ago 25 October 927
The first two-ton trucks to be entirely built in Poland had been completed by the Ursus Co in Warsaw. The works had a capacity of 50 vehicles a month. Following this success the Polish Ministry of War had placed a contract with the company for the supply of roo vehicles.
50 years ago 24 October '952
The Transport Bill had been redrafted and was to be placed before the House of Commons during the third week of November. National chairman of the Road Haulage Association Bernard Winterbottorn expressed his disappointment in the Bill, as the 25-mile limit would still not be abolished. He said it was true that part of the levy designed to compensate the railways had been repealed and that this was a step forward. The RH A was, however, still opposed to the whole of the levy because there were 62,o oo B-licence operators who would never gain any benefit from paying it.
25 years ago 28 October 1977
The Duke of Rutland had criticised Britain's commercial vehicle industry for not taking every opportunity to compete and advertise its products. Opening the Trafer7 event he said that he was disappointed by the lack of British products on show and thought that the industry would have taken opportunities such as Trafex to advertise its goods: "Even though we have a high reputation for the manufacture of heavy goods and public service vehicles, we have to admit that, in the eyes of the world, our troubled motor industry has no such reputation," said the Duke.