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"The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all ditlieurlies of transport at whatever points arising., as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which it runs."—Juks Beattie Crazier.
The Autumn Motor Shows.
The next motor exhibition at Olympia will be held from Thursday, October 11th, until Saturday, October 20th, and, without a doubt, the number of persons visiting the exhibition (including those holding season and complimentary tickets) Will turn the 400,0041 mark, the attendances at the last three motor shows having been as follow :-1925, 290,397; 1926, 350,286;' 1927, 891,960. The number of persons paying for admission at the 1927 show was 275,222.
There will be no Commercial Motor Show at Olympia this year, but the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has agreed to allow commercial-motor vehicles to be exhibited at 12 of the recognized agricultural shows throughout the year.
The official figures in connection with the attendance at the Commercial Motor Show held last November have just been published. We give them, and, for the purpose of comparison, the equivalent figures of attendance at the 1925 exhiffition:-1925 : admission by payment, 35,301; 1927;. 51,854, showing an increase of 16,553, or about 45 per cent.; 1025: season and complimentary tickets, 30,174; 1927: 37,521, showing an increase of 7,347. or over 25 per cent. Total attendances at the shows were -:-1925, 65,475; 1927, 89,375, an increase of 23,900.
S.M.M. and T. Overseas Developments.
As a result of the visit of the delegation, including Sir Arthur Boyd Carpenter, Colonel A. Hacking and Mr. A. R. Fenn, to the Dominions, branch offices of the Society have been established in Australia and New Zealand to represent the interests of British motor manufacturers in the two Dominions. The secretaries of the branches are :—Australia, Mr. J. S. Strong, 16, Barrack Street. Sydney:
New Zealand, Mr. G. O. Sutton, P.O. Box 657, Wellington. Any member of the Society can obtain from the secretaries information regarding the markets for any type of motor product. It is intended during the current year to investigate the advisability of opening similar branch offices in the Dominion of South Africa and in
one, evidently as a trial order, from Leyland Motors, Ltd. Delivery is to be made in the months of April and May. Tenders were received from 28 different European and American concerns.
Big Irish Free State Amalgamation.
Fairways, Ltd., the company which was formed by several Irish Free State bus companies to protect their mutual interests is now in full force, and the title "Fairways Associated" is displayed on the vehicles of the Blue Line, Southern General Services, the Shove Bloom Line, Duffy's Services, the Residents' Co., the Wicklow Hills Services, McDowell's Services, • the Gladiator Line, Magnet Services and Doyle's Services. Jointly owned services are also operated by the company, which covers practically all parts of ths South of Ireland.
Maudslay Profits.
The report of the Motu-Islay Motor Co., Ltd., of Coventry, for the year ended August 31st last reveals a net profit of £13,692. The sum of £8,639 has been transferred to the income tax reserve and the balance of 15,053 is added to the credit balance brought forward from the previous year, i.e., £18,242, making a total of £23,295. The latest balance sheet shows the bank overdraft at £18,367, as against £24,043 at the end of the previous year's accounts, whilst the capital reserve has been increased from £27,637 to £32,274. No dividend has been paid by the company since 1919, although in 1920 a capitalized .bonus of 20 per cent, was distributed.
• Road Tractors to the Rescue.
During the Christmas period, when the inclement weather conditions caused a great deal of trouble on the roads owing to the holding up of traffic, it was noticeable, in many instances, how much good work was carried out in the rescuing of snowbound private cars, and even heavier vehicles, by International, Fordson and other tractors (Quipped for road .haulage. • This is by no means the first time that these useful little haulage units have been employed for rescue work, as they have been used on previous occasions for hauling ears from racecourses which continual rain has turned into quagmires. Most of the Fordson tractors are provided with Muir-Hill equipment.
An accompanying illustration shows some of these tractors in actual use daring the 'period in question.
Mr. Morris Visiting the Dominions.
Mr. W. R. Morris sailed on Wednesday last on the " A.cluitania " for a trade tour of the Dominions, travelling by way of the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.