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WHEELS of INDUSTRY "The wheels of wealth wilt be slowed
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by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which it runs."—John floattie Crazier.
This Issue and the Next.
Owing to the extreme pressure on our pages we have this week been compelled to hold over several of our regular features, including Opinions and Queries, Phases of Passenger Travel, the Resume of Patents, and our page for Drivers and Mechanics. We shall endeavour to include certain of these in our next issue, which, incidentally, will form a most informative guide to the Commercial Motor Show, and will contain also further descriptions of new chassis, a statistical analysis of the motor industry, and technical articles
by experts. .
Prices of Admission to Olympia.
The charges for admission to the Commercial Motor 'Exhibition, which opens at Olympia on November 7th and continues until November 16th, have been fixed as follow :—Thursday and Friday, November 7th and 8th, 2s. ; Saturday, November 9th, 1s.; Monday to Friday, November 11th to 15th, 2s.; Saturday, November 16th, is. The charges rule throughout each day.
Royal Commission's Next Meeting.
The chairman of the Royal Commission on Transport announces that the Commission will meet in public in Committee Room E, House of Lords, at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, October 30th, to hear evidence to be given on behalf of the Canal Association, and at 10.30 a.m. on the following day to hear that to be given on behalf of the Dock and Harbour Authorities' Association.
A Dodge Bros.-Chrysler Celebration.
The annual banquet of Dodge Bros. :(Britain),. Ltd., held on Monday of last week, was made the opportunity for introducing the heads of departments to the Press and trade generally, the necessity for this arising chiefly because of reorganization subsequent to the combining of Dodge Bros. (Britain), Ltd., and Chrysler Motors Corporation. Of these Mr. E. C. Morse, the president of Chrysler Motors Corporation, comes .first.
Others who were introduced included Mr. C. 'M. Lomax, to whom reference has already been made on our pages as now appointed governor director of the British company, and Mr. Sutherland-Pilch, export manager, who interested us by saying that in Calcutta Dodge buses are just as familiar and, in proportion, as numerous as L.G.O.C. buses in our own Metropolis. Introductions were also made of Mr. Ware, chief of staff of the British company, Mr. Fortescue, sales manager, and Mr. Welch Lee, of the advertisement department.
The Willys Overland Crossley Dinner. An enthusiastic dinner to agents and other friends was given at the Hotel. Cecil to meet Mr. Sohn N. Willys, who • has retired front the office of president as headquarters, but still retains a strong connection with the company, and holds out a hope that he will have more time to pay visits to England and keep in closer touch with the English company and its ramifications.
Speeches from Mr. Willys, Sir William Letts, Sir William Sleigh and Mr. A. R. Atkey, M.P., were replete with good will and satisfaction with their business relations.
. A musical programme and community singing made things go with a swing. In answer to an-insistent demand Mr. Edgar Stafford also spoke, and' Mr. Roland Dangerfield responded for the Press. Co-ordinating Petrol Prices.
For some time past the Petrol Negotiating Committee of the Motor Agents' Association has received . complaints that the two-price system, by which a different retail price is charged to owners of private vehicles as distinct from that charged to commercial users, is not satisfactory.
The chief objections to the system are said to be (1) difficulty in differentiating between the two classes of user ; (2) the tendency for the lower price to be extended to those not entitled to it ; (3) the tendency of the system to weaken the dealers' pricemaintenance structure; (4) the impossibility for individual traders to check the profit they should receive for a given number, of gallons sold.
Discussions were initiated with the National petrol companies, and the following are amongst the principles of agreement which have been aerionneid : As from November 1st the prie(P'of spirit sold ex dealer's pump to any buyer shall be the same, and from the scone date the gross profit margin on all spirit sold' in this manner and in cans in the Inner. London zone shall be lid., plus 1d: exclusive buying rebate, if and when payable. In other parts of the country the gross profit margin on spirit sold in cans will remain unchanged.
As from January 1st, 1930, the _companies associated directly or 'indirectly with the Motor Agents' Association will only supply their brands of motor spirit for resale under their own declared brands.
General Motors Entertains Its Agents,
We were present a few days ago at a most enjoyable dinner given by General Motors, Ltd., at the Savoy Hotel. The speeches were cut down to the minimum, and they were followed by an excellent cabaret entertainment given by first-class performers.
Opportunity was taken of the occasion to introduce representatives 'irons the Vauxhall Co., which now forms part of the parent concern. There was every evidence of extreme cordiality and a 'satisfactory degree of co-operation between the company and its agents. As an indication of the size of the business, we may mention that nearly 500 members of the company and guests were present.
The Willys-Manchester 30-35-cwt. in Army Service.
A fleet of 18, Whys-Manchester 30-35-cwt. lorries has recently been operating with the Experimental Mechanized Division of the Southern Commands the vehicles being used for the transport of rations to various troops exercising on Salisbury Plain. Most of the work was done at night without lights, and the going was across rough, open country.
High praise has been received by the maker, Willys Overland Crossley, 'Ltd., evesybody concerned with the vehicles having expressed appreciation of the excellent working of the lorries.