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French Find Show . Magnificent R EPRESENTING all sections of French road
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transport, including shortand long-distance haulage, passenger transport and furniture removal, a party of 10 members of the Federation Nationale des Transports Routiers visited the Commercial Motor Show this week. Informal disedssions were held on the Government's denationalization plans. Mr. Frank Lyon, public relations officer of the Road Haulage Association, explained the current political situation to the visitors. The party also visited the works of A.E.C., Ltd.
Among the types of vehicle which were particularly praised by the visitors were the lightweight pantechnicons and underfloor-engined buses built in Britain. as well as the rear-engined passenger chassis, which was considered admirable for coach operation. Service equipment was also singled out for special praise. Before leaving, the party also expressed its admiration for the work of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders in organizing the Show.
MINERS' FARESPROPOSAL
LAST week, the South Wales Division of the National Coal Board offered to subsidize miners' weekly fares to the extent of lid, in the Is. for every is. over 5s. up to its. Miners enjoying concession fares totalling less, than 5s. a week were, it was proposed, to pay full rates.
Local lodges of the National Union of Miners are deciding by ballot whether to accept the suggestion.
SPEEDING CASE DISMISSED
ASPEEDING charge against a G.P.O. telephone-cable testing engineer was dismissed by Cockermouth magistrates last week. The police maintained that the vehicle was subject to a 30 m.p.h. limit, hut the defending solicitor submitted that as the vehicle was Crown property and did not need a carrier's licence, it was not restricted to any speed.
SWEDISH TRANSPORT SURVEY
NEARLY half the passenger transport in Sweden in 1951 was by road, states the Swedish Automobile Industry Association, which recently completed a survey. The railways carried 39 per cent, of the traffic and the tramways 8 per cent. Road haulage catered for about 17 per cent. of the goods transport, the railways 57 per cent. and ships 13 per cent.
There are 89,500 goods vehicles and 7,800 buses in Sweden.
COACH FIRM TRANSFERRED coach business of Messrs. TIylor Bros., North Shields. has been taken over by Messrs. Hall Bros,, South Shields. The proprietor of the acquired firm, Mr. T. H. Taylor, died earlier this year. Nine vehicles are involved in the transfer, but they will continue to be run under their present name.
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