Bigger Vehicle Allocation ?
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THE Government was considering the motor industry's proposals for increasing the home-market allocation of new vehicles in the light, of export possibilities and the steel situation, said Mr. A. R. W. Low, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply, in the House of Commons, last week, when the industry's prospects were discussed.
Mr. Roy Jenkins and Mr. Julius Silverman had asserted that commercial vehicles and tractors were likely to become far more important exports than private cars. Mr. Low said that he knew that the industry appreciated this and the Government would help it to compete in overseas markets.
Mr. Jenkins expressed concern over the practice of exporting completely knocked-down vehicles, and felt that it should be adopted only when essential. Mr. Low said that it was employed only to overcome certain import conditions.
It was too soon to say whether hopes of finding markets to replace the loss of opportunities in Australia could yet be realized, Mr. Low added.
LISBON TRAMWAYS RECORD
BY carrying over 314m. passengers in 1951, an increase of more than 6m. compared with the figure for the previous year, Lisbon Electric Tramways, Ltd., last year established a new record
of activity. This statement is made by Sir Hugh O'Neill, chairman, in his annual report. In the year under review, the buses, carried over 41m. passengers, an increase of 8m., whereas the traffic carried by the trams declined by 2m. to 273.m.
Bus mileage increased by 945,928 the total mileage run by all vehicles in the year being 23m. More double-deck buses were put into service in the year.
The company celebrated its 50th anniversary on August 31 last year, and was the subject of an article in "The Commercial Motor on September 21.