ROAD TRANSPORT IN OTHER LANDS
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An Opportunity for Sales in Greece.
THE Fourth International Trade Fair will open at Salonika on September 15th, 1929, for 15 days. Germany. France and the United States have had important exhibits in previous years, motor lorries being prominent, particularly in the case of the last named country. Road transport by, motor is assuming important dimensions in Greece, and British commercial vehicle makers should take this opportunity to become established in a rising market.
France's Importations of Tractors. IN the year 1928 1,279 agricultural tractors, valued at 1181,650, were exported from the United States to France—a decrease of nearly 900 in number but an increase of £17,600 in value, as compared with 1927.
. Smaller imports Intc; Ireland.
DURING February last only 37 com
mercial vehicles, valued at £4,910, were imported into the Irish Free State, bringing up the total for the first two months of the year to 72 vehicles (Eli,079) as compared with 88 and £21,608 respectively in the corresponding period of 1928.
Farm Tractors in the Argentine. THAT the Argentine is an important market for agricultural tractors is evident from an official return lately to hand which shows that no fewer than 4,703 wheel-type machines valued at ±902,840 were exported to the republic from the United States during last year, an increase of about 1,600 in number and ±40,000 in value over the figures for 1927. There was also an increase in the exports of American track-laying tractors to the Argentine—from only 15 (f9,520) in 1927 to 136 (154,300) last year.
The Danish Commercial Motor Show.
AT the annua1 exhibition of com
mercial vehicles held last month in Copenhagen, American, French, German and Danish manufacturers were well represented, but there was only one British exhibit.
Sumatra's Imports Last Year.
DURING 1928 the East Coast of
Sumatra imported 159 commercial motors, of which 6 were British, 61 American, 76 Canadian, 5 Dutch, and 11 came from other countries.
Renault F.xpedition.
CAIRO and Addis-Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, were linked up by automobile for the first time on record last month, when a convoy of Renault sixwheelers reached the Ethiopian city, after ascending the Valley of the Nile and traversing the very difficult, mountainous and roadless country in the south-western portion of Abyssinia. The convey was warmly received at Addis-Ababa.
Tractors Needed in Western Australia.
THE "3,000 farms" scheme of the Western Australian Government should result in an important demand for tractors. It is understood that these farms are to be located in fairly dry areas, and in this ease it will not be possible to utilize horses to a very great extent. The scheme provides for an allotment of a certain area to each settler, together with a loan, which must be repaid within a certain period. It is estimated that an ambitious settler can, with a tractor, sow 1,000 acres of wheat per year. With a team of horses it is reckoned that he could only manage 800 acres.
Argentina Enthusiastic Over Road Transport.
ARGE.NTINA will almost certainly head the list of road-motor-importing countries in 1929. It is generally recognized that improved communications must now be based on the extended use of commercial motors for freight and passenger transport, and the question of road extension and betterment is not allowed to rest for a moment. As an instance of the progress in this direction, it may be stated that 2,500 miles of new roads have been built in the Province of Parana' alone during the past two years. It has also been found necessary to extend the pert of Santa Pd to cope with the cereals brought in by motor lorry..