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Items of News Intended to Stimulate the Interest of British Makers in Overseas Markets.
An Exhibition in Palestine.
WE are informed by the Department of Overseas Trade that the fourth Palestine and Near East Exhibition and Fair is to be held in April next at Tel Aviv. It is stated that German, Italian and Roumanian concerns are taking considerable interest in the exhibition, and that several steamship lines are granting reductions, varying from 20 per cent. to 50 per cent, on the normal rates, to passengers and goods bound for the fair.
Sections of the exhibition, amongst others, will deal with imported industrial and agricultural machinery, electrical goods and motor vehicles.
Communications should be addressed to the Mischar W'Taasia Co., Ltd., P.O. Box 21, Tel Aviv, Palestine, or to the London representative, Mr. G. Bradlaw, care of Palestine Electric Corporation, Ltd., .6, Bedford Square, London, W.C.1, from whom information can be obtained, Opportunities for British Vehicles in South Africa. ACCORDING to a report lately to hand from Port Elizabeth, the road vehicle transport services which have been a feature of the past year have much improved the distribution system available to South African agriculture, with consequently beneficial effects on farm purchasing power and future development. Services on more than 8,000 miles of road are now in opera
tion by the South African Union Railway authorities, an additional 2,000 miles having also been authorized for immediate equipment. In view of the projected branch railway construction, it should not be long before all important agricultural centres throughout the Union will have efficient outlets to markets. Good opportunity exists for the sale of British commercial vehicles.
Big Advances in Output of German Vehicles.
IT is estimated that in Germany, during the past year, the production of motor vans and lorries amounted to 27,000 vehicles, against 22,000 in 1927 and 8,590 in 1926. The output of motorbuses is estimated at 2,200 vehicles, against 1,687 in 1927 and 1,185 in 1926, whilst that of tractors and other special motor vehicles is said to be 13,000, as compared with 10,348 and 5,809.
Morocco Registrations—and those of . Madeira. GOVERNMENT reports indicate that 851 motorcars and 329 lorries and motorbuses were registered in the French zone of Morocco during the last quarter of 1928. From Funchal the reports show that 43 motorcars and 27 commercial vehicles were registered in Madeira from June to December, 1928. In Iraq in the month of November alone 47 motorcars and 14 commercial motors were registered. Australia's Motor Imports.
THE following figures, just issued, of Australia's imports of motor vehicles during the month of October, 1928, are interesting because they include the average value per vehicle.
Belgian Motor Exhibition.
THE demand for stands at the annual Belgian Motor Exhibition in Brussels having outgrown the available space, it is proposed to hold two successive shows
in future. The section for industrial motor vehicles would be included in the second display, which would also comprise motorcycles and a certain amount of wireless apparatus.