Commercial Vehicle Rally in Paris .
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FROM October 12-14, a commercialvehicle rally is to be held in Paris. Organized by two of the principal French bodies representing road transport interests, this is the third international rally to be held, and this year it will coincide with the Paris Show.
This event corresponds to the coach rally which takes place in Nice during May each year. The organizers, the Federation Nationale des Transports Routiers and the Groupement Syndical de la Carrosserie, emphasize that the contest is of a technical nature.
It is divided into two classes—goods and passenger vehicles. Previous rallies have contributed valuable information which has been collated by the judges and published as a paper. Above all, the competition is concerned with bodywork.
In the goods-vehicle class there will be a further sub-division and vehicles will be judged on driving cabs and on general features. • Points will be awarded for accessibility of the engine and other components, visibility, com fort, ma nceuvrability, etc. Similar considerations govern the judging of the passenger-vehicle class, in which entries will be divided further into categonies for city and other service buses, and long-distance and touring coaches.
TO VISIT HOFFMAN
FUTURE activities of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers include the following:—September 15, London centre, visit to Hoffman Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Chelmsford; September 21, North-east centre, lecture on body design and construction by J. E.
Pearson,Charles H. Roe, Ltd., Metropol Hotel, Leeds, 7 p.m.; September 26, North-east centre, lecture on aluminium in vehicle bodies by T. G. Gr:ffiths, B.Sc., A.F.R.Ae.S., of the Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd., Dunelm Hotel, Durham, 7 p.m.
FEWER PASSENGERS ON BUSES
SINCE the Budget, passenger traffic has declined, Mr. J. P. Marshall, of the Mansfield and District Traction Co., Ltd., recently told members of the Blidworth Parish Council. "There is as much money being earned in this district as before the Budget, yet passenger traffic on every route has just fallen away," he commented.
WINTER HOLIDAYS
BETWEEN September 30 next and April 28, 1951, eight-day holidays centred at Brighton, Worthing and Eastbourne will be offered by Southdown Motor Services, Ltd., at reduced prices. The cost will be £8 I Is. 6d., £8 8s. and £8 15s. respectively. The prices include the cost of hotel accommodation, travel, tours and entertainments.
TRAMS TO GO AFTER 50 YEARS
T'THIS month marks the 50th anniversary of Sunderland Corporation tramways system. Although Sunderland's trams have been among the most profitable in the country, the corporation is planning a .gradual change-over to buses.