Revenue, Mileage and Tonnage Down
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A FURTHER decline in receipts, 11 vehicle 'mileage and tonnage carried is reported by British Road Services. In the four weeks to August 10, receipts amounted to £5,047,000 contrasted with £5,503,000 in the comparable period of last year.
In the first 32 weeks of the year, however, revenue has risen from £46,031,000 in 1951 to £46,624,000 in 1952.
During the first 28 weeks of the year, B.R.S. vehicles covered 391m. miles, as against 405m. miles in the comparable period of 1951. Tonnage likewise dropped from 24.9m. to 23.2m.
In the four weeks to August 10, the British Transport Commission's provincial and Scottish road passenger transport interests yielded £5,005,000, compared with £4,522,000 in the four week period of 1951. The first 32 Dieeks of this year have provided revenue of £28,902,000, compared with £26,267,000 in the first 32 weeks of 1951.
In the four-week period, London Trantport's revenue has risen from £4,719,000 in 1951 to £5,409,000 this year, and in the 32-week period from £36,258,000 to £40,636,000.
BIG TAX INCREASES IN EIRE
HEAVY increases in motor taxation in Eire will come into effect on January 1, 1953. Duty on 12-cwt. vans will rise from £10 to £15, that on a 3-tonner from £45 to £70 and that on a 4-tonner from £60 to £102.
The tax on a 6-tonner will advance from £90 to £205. Vehicles of 8-ton, 10-ton, 11-ton and 12-ton payload capacities, which at present pay £105, will bear tax at £385, £585, £785 and £1,105 respectively. The tax on a 16-tonner will be £1,905.
Duties on public service vehicles will rise by about 20 per cent.
CHASSIS ON SHOW AT PRESTON LEYLAND and Atkinson vehicles are displayed at the Preston Guild Merchants Industrial Exhibition, which was opened last week by Viscount Swinton.
A Leyland Royal Tiger coach and a 90 b.h.p. industrial oil engine appear on the maker's stand. Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., shows a 3-ft.-long model of a Royal Tiger 41-seater made by Mr. J. H. Lawrenson, a chargehand bodybuilder at the company's works.
Another Leyland vehicle is exhibited on the Homalloy stand. The chassis is fitted with an 18-ft.-long platform body in light alloy that weighs only 2 cwt.
Atkinson Lorries, Ltd., displays a standard 15-ton eight-wheeler with a platform body—a model that has proved popular with long-distance hauliers.