COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES

Shannon News, 10 January 1928, Page 3

COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES

HIGH COMMISSIONER ENTERTAINED. LONDON, Nov.. 19. •Sir James Parr was the guest 0.-f honour at a luncheon by the promoter? of the Commercial Motor Vehicle. 1 Exhibition at Olympia. This is .boin.fc held under 1 the auspices of the So ciety of Manufacturers and Trader.' of Great Britain. The Hi?!i Commip .sioner had an opportunity of going round the exhibition before the lun eheoii. n replying to the toast of " TinVisitors," proposed by Sir Georg< Bcharrell. Sir James said that nf one could view the wonderful show of new motor lorries, and motor busesand heavy motor vehicles withon 1 realising that Great Britain led tin world in this branch of the motor trade. He instances two promisingnew features. First, there was th< new six-wheeled motor lorry one motor bus which he thought woub' be very aiutablc for rough country and for metalled roads, as it woub' ease the burden on the road surface? by 33 per cent. The other .new foa tures was the propulsion of motoi vehicles by gas as a substitute to benzine. It was claimed that ga; could be produced from charcoal anri the dropping of cows for one-fifll the cost of benzine. This was a most interesting experiment, and so far ha' met upth success. The High Coir. missioner- insisted tliat the Britisi manufacturer was largely responsible for the small percentage of Britis! motor cars imported to New Zealand Australia and New Zealand, he said were sending £15,000,000 a year oir of the two countries to out side Great Britain for motor vehicles What was necessary to capture thi immense sum was enterprise on tin 'part of the British manufacturers which would cater for special cnlnnia requirements.