New Austin 4-tonner with 3.4-litre Engine
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I-1 A RECENT addition to the Austin range is a 4-tormer powered by the B.M.C. 3.4-litre oil engine. Designed to supplement the existing Series III truck range by catering for bulky loads of medium weight, the new model is available in both normal and forwardcontrol versions.
It can have either a drop-sided or platform body with an internal length of 16 ft. 6 in. and a width of 7 ft. The wheelbase is 13 ft. 4 in.
[The Austin exhibition being held this week is described on pages 272-273.1 LINJEBUSS LINK WITH COACHAIR-RAIL SERVICE
rOACH tours run on the Continent
by Linjebuss are to be linked this summer with Silver City Airways' Silver Arrow coach-air-rail service between London and Paris and Brussels. Each of the 'Linjebuss coaches will be equipped with radio, toilet facilities and a pantry, and will carry an English-speaking hostess.
Specimen fares. inclusive of hotels and meals, from London are: Amsterdam, £9 Is. (a journey of 11 days); Geneva, £14 18s. (2 days); Milan, 121 4s. (3 days); Stockholm, £27 14s. (4 days).
BRITISH TOURS WANTED
APROTEST against the banning of coach tours in Eire by British • operators has been made by the Irish Hotelier.
" It is quite farcical that we should yearly spend £400,000 on trying to attract visitors from the ends of the earth, while at the same time, by deliberate and positive action, we exclude visitors who are on our doorstep," it is stated in an editorial.
The journal seeks reasons from the Minister for Industry and Commerce why the ban should not be lifted.
NYLON FOR SHEETS rOATED nylon fabrics, which arc now being offered in this country as lightweight tarpaulins for vehicles, will be shown by British Nylon Spinners, Ltd., at the Factory Equipment Exhibition at Earls Court from April 29-May 4. The fabrics weigh from 6-24 oz. per sq. yd.
BUSES REPLACE MORE TRAMS
THE next step in Sheffield Corporation's tram-abandonment scheme will be taken in May, when the Crookes-Handsworth route will be converted to motorbus operation. The corporation are to order 46 double-deck buses, for delivery in 1960, which will replace trams.
OBITUARY
WE regret to record the death of MR. DAVID A. YOUNG. Mr. Young, who was rolling stock
engineer of Leigh Transport Department, was 51.