PRICES OF NEW AUSTIN VANS
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THE new 10-cwt. Austin van described in "The Commercial Motor" on October 10, will sell for £315 in lead
and £325 finished in colour. These prices were announced at a gathering of over 400 distributors, dealers, and members of the Press at Longbridge last week.
Mr. L. P. Lord, chairman and managing director, said that if the Austin Motor Co., Ltd., could obtain the steel promised—which he suggested should be allocated in proportion to achievement and not on a basis of paper plans—the company should be set for a 50 per cent. increase in production.
After referring to the ambitious Austin export plans in the U.S. and Canada, he expressed concern at the way certain 'other markets were being closed to Britain and at the new proposals to relax Imperial Preference.
He also spoke strongly of the present political interference, and asked: "What can we do to get rid of the cant and humbug that is being pumped into every home? Somehow we have got to instil' a new idea of pride in work and craftsmanship."
MR. DE BURGH KILLED IN FLYING ACCIDENT
WJE learn with regret that among the YV 52 people killed in the American air liner which crashed in Utah, was Mr. C. J. de Burgh, M.I.R.T.E., the wellknown transport consultant and engineer of Liverpool. He was accompanied by his wife, who also died. He had been meeting many of the principals of the bigger trucking concerns and P.S.V. operators there; had addressed meetings of Chambers of Commerce, and had met representatives of the State Federal Legislature. He had been commissioned by this journal to write a report of his experiences.
Mr. de Burgh was a director of seven companies concerned in transport operation, engineering, bodybuilding and warehousing, and was some years with the M.O.W.T. Road Haulage Organization. He was an early member of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers, having been elected in September, 1945. His age was 49.
NIZAM* RAILWAYS BUY BRITISH OILERS
AN order for 85 oil-engined lorries has just been placed by the Nizam State Railways, Hyderabad, with Leyland Motors, Ltd. In addition to these new vehicles, the railways have also bought 44 Leyland ex-Army trucks. These are 100 •b.h.p. six-wheelers with an overall width of 8 ft. The recent amendment to transport regulations allows 8-ft.-wide vehicles to be operatsi in Hyderabad State.
OIL COMPANY REORGANIZED
I T is announced that, following internal reorganization, Hope, Hartope and Co., Ltd., the oil concern, is being voluntary liquidated, but, after legal formalities have been complied with, will be re-formed with the same title. Correspondence should now be addressed to:-2, The Broadway, Harnmersinith, London, W.E).