SALES OF NEW CARS
PROSPERITY IN BRITAIN
(British omclal Wireless.) (Received July 15, 11 a.m.)
RUGBY, July 14. An official record of sales of new cars for May issued by the Ministry of Transport reflects British prosperity in general and of the motor industry in particular.
The number of private cars registered for the first time in May was higher than in any previous May, and 20.6 per cent, higher than in May last year. The total of all motor vehicles registered for the first time was 28.4 per cent, higher.
Motor taxation receipts for the six months ended May 31 were £25,134,052, compared with £23,633,830 for the corresponding period last year.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 13, 15 July 1936, Page 11
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112SALES OF NEW CARS Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 13, 15 July 1936, Page 11
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