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10th October 1952
10th October 1952
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Road Transport's Weakness

R OAD transport in all its aspects never had a greater need than at present for effective public relations. It is embroiled in...

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Chassis v. Body Exhibits F OLLOWING a large and important exhibition

such as the Commercial Motor Show, it is always of interest to learn of reactions to it on the part of the people who are...

Passing Comments

Models at the Show S OME Show exhibitors, endeavouring to follow the policy of certain advertisers, like to use up every...

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One Hears

That one thing true Britons would like to see nationalized is patriotism. That "Every man for himself and devil take his...

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R.H.A. Calls for Amendments to Bill: First Official Statement

A FTER. three months, the Road Haulage Association has broken 1– x silence on the Transport Bill. A short announcement issued...

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Men In the News

MR. J. M. D. Scan has been appointed assistant traffic manager of the Rhondda Transport Co., Ltd. He was formerly with the...

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120 More A.E.C. Buses for Baghdad

vOLLOWING the order for 100 I A.E.C. Regal Mk. III buses received in November, 1950, A.C.V. Sales, Ltd., has received a repeat...

B.R.S. Joins R.H.A. in Rates Agreement

'OR the first time, British Road I Services has joined with the Metropolitan and South Eastern Area of the Road Haulage...

Transport Bill and Duplication: P.T.A. Chairman Dissatisfied

A T the annual luncheon of the Public Transport Association, in London, last Friday, Viscount Swinton, G.B.E., C.H., MC.,...

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P.M.T. Makes Third Application: Nottingham to Try Again

S TATING that although the concern would have liked to have asked for a decrease in fares, rather than an increase, Mr. D....

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Maintenance Becoming a "White-collar Job"

Descriptions of More New Items of Transport Service Equipment Shown at Earls Court Are Given in this Article, Which is...

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WAIT and see !

says E. H. B. Palmer, O.B.E. "Do Nothing that is likely to Embarrass the Government at Zero Hour. . . . Unrest in the Ranks...

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45 Minutes Wasted

O N September 18 I listened to a Midland broadcast debate on the denationalization of road transport and although I cannot...

Hot-spray Painting

WAS interested to read in your issue dated Septem ber 5, the paragraph on hot-spray painting. I think that you may be...

What Engine Position?

mosT emphatically do I agree with your correspon"I dent who criticizes the design of some of the modern coaches and buses. My...

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Light Vans Criticized

T OUR article, headed "What I want in Delivery Vans . " in your issue dated September 19, prompts me to write in hearty...

Away with the "Pip Squeaks"

ik A AY I offer my congratulations upon your leading marticIe of September 12, entitled "Who is the Highwayman? " It is most...

Gearbox with Clutch for Each Ratio

I N a gearbox produced by Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen A.G., Fricdrichshafen, Lake Constance, and shortly to be sold in...

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T . the German commercial-vehicle manufacturers represented at the Paris Salon,

the exhibition of their products is proving a costly experiment with little opportunity of furthering sales in France or its...

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Boldness Still Needed in Engineering

"The More Adventurous Kind of Automobile Engineering Development is Still Vital to Progress," Says Mr. Maurice Platt " A...

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Uses for Plastics in Transport

U SES of plastics in transport s‘ere described to delegates at the annual conference of the Scottish Road Passenger Transport...

In a Line or Two

Next year's Royal Show will be held at Blackpool from July 7-10. Two Cranes Z-bogies (" The Commercial Motor." October 3) are...

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Helping the Trader

W HEN the road hauliers get together at Blackpool next week, the chief subject of conversation is bound to be the Transport...

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One in Four Chance of Road Accident

Rospa Director-general Analyses Statistics and Reports Improved Safety Position to Congress T HE average individual has about...

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Off-peak Hiring Yields Profits

How an Operator in Christchurch, New Zealand, Obtains Full Employment for his Fleet of 45-50 Passenger Vehicles with No...

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A Spring-balanced Tailboard

"A Nimproved tailboard or loading ramp is described in patent No. 677,735, by J. S. Robson, Ltd., Durham .Road Coachworks,...