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" every year during the war. Ba -------- A eC RR aR THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1949 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE ELEVEN New License Plates On Sale verability and economy of operation are their chief selling points. | Those dealers carrying agencies for both American and English cars -| feel that there is an ample market Sale of Ontario motor vehicle license plates for 1949 opened at the Parliamen t Buildings, Queen's Park, Tuesday. Miss Lorraine Polinkas displays the new markers -- blue on white background. --Globe and 'Mall Photo War Brought Boom In Use o Little noticed by the general pub- lic, although right under their eyes, there has been a tremendous boom in the use of trucks in Cana- da. Since 1939 the number of commercial vehicles registered has almost exactly doubled and there are nov close to 470,000 of these freight carriers roaming the streets _ and highways of the country. Unlike passengcr automobiles, the : number of trucks in use increased With the end of hostilities there was a further surge of demand that pressed hard on the manufacturing facilities available and led to the expansion of planis in several com- munities, This boom has been brought about by the commercial carriers operating on intercity runs in com- petition with the railroads. There are only about 10,000 trucks, trac- tors and trailers owned by the com- mercial operators who will haul anything anywhere for a price. This is a pretty small fraction of the to- tal vehicles in use. Most of the vehicles are hauling goods around the city streets or moving produce from farm to town. They represent the growing com- plexity of distributing the produce of our industry te the ultimate con- sumep--of getting things from where they are to where they are wanted. We now have one truck in use for about every 27 Patsons u the total population, or to pu another way, one truck for about every 11 persons gainfully employ- ed. That means a lot of truck driv-- It also means a lot of repair work--and a lot Million i~ 5 Years During the war years form 1040 to 1045, Canadian factories produc- ed just under one million trucks. Most of these were for military use, and were shipped overseas to die in battle or be left for scrap in remote |. corners of the earth. Retail sales "4 in those years totalled only a little more than 100,000 trucks, not much more than enough to meet the de- mand for increase in registration, and certainly not sufficient to provide for the heavy depreciation of the vehicles in use. In 1946 the manufacturers quick- ly converted to peace-time produc- tion. Output was pushed up to nearly double the pre-war level-- and in 1947 it jumped higher still. By the end of 1947 the heat was off and supply began to catch up with demand. As in so many other lines, & false situation had been created by in- sistant ordering. Customers were placing orders with several different distributors in an effert to obtain their requirements, When the bub- Die bit or the backlog disappeared a hi At iid there is practically no backlog of orders. One of the prin- cipal manufacturers can now guar- antee delivery on most lines within tén days. From now on it looks like a buyer's market. But that doesn't mean that demand has dried up. It merely means thta a more balanced condition has been reached which is healthier for both the producer and the ¢ consumer. t in 1048 will probably ex- 947 by a slight margin. The ii decline in imports from the United States has been more than offset by a reduction in Canada's export of trucks. The net result is an available supply not much dif- ferent from the previous year. Double the number of trucks on the roads should mean double the number of replacements in years to come. Unless there is a very dras- tic dip in the volume of business being done in the country, the re- placement orders alone should be sufficient to keep the truck makers operating at a level not far from present conditions. Then there is the possibility of still further ex- pansion in the use' of trucks over the years to come. The one big problem facing the larger companies is the . export trade. If the world's supply of dol- lars shrinks any more, the pur- 'chase of Canadian trucks may Tremendous of Trucks really hurt, for nearly one-quarter of the 1948 output: is earmarked for export. 'Irend to Heavy Trucks The truck manufacturers have been trying to educate the trans- portation people into using the right type of vehicle for the job. They have been meeting with some suc- cess in this respect. At one time the tendency was to purchase trucks too light to carry the loads demand- ed, under the false idea that this was economy. Now the trend is to- wards obtaining the type of ma- chine capable of doing the work. Consequently there has been an increase in sales of heavy trucks as compared with the lighter models. Although the backlog of orders is gone, the truck manufacturers are reasonably optimitsic in looking ahead. Sales in 1949 are expected to be good, and steadier than in the past. They are particularly look- ing for a substantial demand for the heavy duty type of vehicle which is used in new construction work, hydro-electric developments, and similar projects. Access to mechanical parts has also been made more difficult, due to this tendency to streamline ev- erything under one or two sections. This has resulted in increasing re- pair costs considerably. Taking a cross-section of a re- presentative number of dealers in ntreal, opinions varied widely as whether sales of English cars will be maintained once the supply of American cars has caught up with the demand. At the present | deliveries are running from three months to two years behind from the majority of domestic manufac- turers. Sales of English cars in most cases have more than doubled this year. Some dealers (those not handling English lines), feel that the current demand for them is simply due to the inability of the Canadian manufacturer to supply the de- mand, and that later on as condi- tions become more normal, sales of the English product will diminish considerably. Their main argument against them, is that they are un- suitable to climatic and road con- ditions in this country. Also that the price differential is too great when comparison as to size and comfort are taken into considers. " tion. The dealers handling English ois exclusively naturally feel that they are here to stay and have gained sufficient popularity to maintain their hold in the Canadian and United States markets. Manoeu- 1 ks § Tr shrink correspondingly. This could," for both types of cars, all according to the customer's taste. Some pre- fer the light, smaller, more econ- English car, -while others are willing to pay higher operating costs in order to obtain a larger, more powerful machine. Service offered is about equally good mow. The majority of Eng- lish manufacturers have at last come to the realization, that their cars must be adequately serviced and several companies have estab- lished factory bases in Canada to handle distribution of cars and spare parts across the country. Doubt was expressed in some quarters as to what sort of a .sec- ond-hand market would develop for English cars, the feeling being that Sales in the past 'have been rela- tively so small, it is not possible to form any judgment on this point at the present tir >. The question of road clearance their trade-in value might be poor. |. and width of track was discussed. At one time the majority of Amer- ican cars had a practically stand- ard track, with a much higher clearance than now prevails. To- day there is no standard track, widths varying considerably in the modern 'American car. Clearance on t English models is very little less n that of the American pro- duct. Summing up, the present day English car appears to be capable of giving satisfactory service at a low cost of operation. The Ameri- can car offers greater comfort, larg- er bodies and more powerful en- gines at a higher cost of operation. The price differential still favors the American car to some extent, although this appears to be gradual- Toront®, Jan. 6.--(CP). -- Robert John Armstrong, 70, died Wednes- day night after he was struck bw to, an automobile in North Toronto. Police said it was the first local traffic fatality of the year. Dr. J. Lowe Comments On Oxford gem By NORMAN CRIBBENS Canadian Press Staff Writer Oxford, England; Jan. 6---(CP)-- Otord University, once the tem- ple of Sas, has its post-war head yell t of the clouds ts 3 interested in contemporary af- 'than their , in the opinion of Oxford's new Vice- Chan- cellor, Daigary hon Dr. John Lowe. "There is, a greater interest in religion," said Dr. Lowe, a lean scholarly figure, formerly Dean of Diviuty at Trinity College, Toron- Dr.' Lowe said that while in the '30s the dominant sentiment among undergraduates was left-wing, and lost] "there does seem to be at present a moderate swing of the pendyjum to the right." "But," hé¢ added, "no far-reach- ing inferences should be drawn from this. A lot of the Union Society de- bates are 'chiefly play-acting, and there is a youthful tendency to ex- press things strongly one way or another. "There is an equally fatural ten- dency to swing against the govern- ment." of the university' 's latest member- ship figures--Conservative Associa- | , Labor Club, 1,250 and rig 1 ub 600--he said: "It mere- Liberal ly proves there is a healthy interest 000 "post-war students ae in all parties." Dr. Lowe's appointment as Vice- Chancellor in succession to the late Dr. W. T. 8. Stallybrass, principal of Brasenose College, came as a sur- prise to many. At 49 he is one of the youngest Vice-Chancellors in Oxford's history and is the firs Dean of Christ Church to atta this position since 1914. Son of the late Rev, H. P. Lowe, rector of St. Luke's, Calgary, he was taken to Toronto when only one year old and educated at St. Cath- arines Collegiate Institute and Trinity College. He served as a sapper with the Canadian forces during the First World War and went to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 1922. He took a first both in Greats and theology. Returning to Canada in 1926 he was successively lecturer, chaplain, professor and Dean of Divinity at Trinity College, Toronto. He was appointed Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, in 1939. "The government of Oxford is thoroughly democratic," he said. "All major decisions of policy are made by the congregation, a body of about 80 resident M.AS. or hold- ers of higher who are teachers or administrators in the university. "The Vice-Chancellor is primar- ily chairman of a large number of boards and committees, ane in this way may exercise influence, though his direct authority is small." WORST FIRE HAZARDS The leading causes of fire are de- fective flues and chimneys. Australin Desert Is Made Productive Sydney, Australia--(CP) -- Aus- tralian scientists have de 3,000 square miles of formerly worthless desert country bloom. Research carried out" on the South Australian desert by Council for Scientific-and Toosteing ' Research showed that the soil was suffering from mineral deficiencies. 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