More Tourists from Empire ?
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THAT visitors to this country prefer road travel, by coach, hire car, or their own cars, was the view expressed on Monday by Lord Hacking, chairman of the Travel Association, who recently returned from a tour of South Africa and Southern Rhodesia.
He also .pointed out that. the development of the tourist drive from a purely national " Come to Britain "campaign will now be extended to a plan embracing the Empire. By early sum. mer the AssoCiation hopes to produce . publicity material 'designed to attract . tourists not only to the United Kingdom, but to certain British areas overseas.
Simultaneously, it is hoped that the Empire countries will take joint action to promote travel within the entire sterling group. Southern Rhodesia is playing a prominent part in the scheme and, of course, dollars spent in any country of the sterling group are of direct benefit to Britain.
As regards both South Africa and Southern Rhodesia, Lord Hacking said that Britain could look forward to an :expanding two-way tourist traffic ; between thoSe countries and the United Kingdom. In 1948 w:a had approximately 12,000 visitors from them, and they spent about £4,000,000 in all. Passenger capacity is now equal to prewar.
MARCH PLANS
PLANS of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers for March are as follows:—
London Centre: " Petrol Injection," by W. E. Nicolls, B.Sc.; Royal Society of Arts, John Adam Street, W.C.2, March 17, 6.30 p.m.
Midland Centrc: " Engine Bearings," by R. J. Brown, A.M.I.Mech.E., Crown Inn, Broad Street, Birmingham, March 18, 7 p.m.
North-Western Centre: "The Deyelopment of the Gas Turbine for Road Transport," by J. Hodge, M.A., Engineers' Club, Manchester, March 2, 7.30 p.m.
North-Eastern Centre: "Factors Influencing the Service Life of Engine and Chassis Lubricants," by J. S. Jackson, Hotel Metropole, Leeds, .. March 17,7 .p.m.
Scottish Centre: Modern Colin-. rnercial Vehicle Suspensicins,". by J. A.
Birdsell, B.Sc., Institution Engineers and Shipbuilders' Glasgow, March 7;7.30 p.m. ..
SHIP CHARTERED TO DELIVER
• ' BUSES.
TO effect quick delivery of 15 double1 deck buses to Isle of Man Road
• Services. Ltd., Leyland Motors, Ltd.; chartered an ex-Army landing craft. The ship, the "Empire Gaelic," operated by the Continental line. left Preston Dock at midnight on Wednesday of last week, and arrived at Douglas just over eight hours later The normal service is by packet steamer; whiCh carries only one bus at a time and then only if the weather he suitable. Bad weather reports had limited delivery by this means to two buses in two weeks.