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11th August 1950
11th August 1950
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Will the Small Oiler Make Good?

ri An Immense k HE greatly increased • cost of liquid fuel has . had the effect of stimuto the makers lating the interest in...

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Sacrifice to Security

T HE Government's new three-year defence programme, which is to cost 0,400,000,000, must inevitably have serious effects on the...

Pass . ing Comments

Two Clever Devices Used in Bo ring for Oil BORING for oil is a com plicated business requiring special instruments, apart...

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One Hears

Of far too many people "shooting the lights." That, regrettably, some bus drivers are amongst them. That such an action is...

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B Licence for £12,000 Heavy Haulage Outfit Refused

Art Waits for B.R.S. D ELAY in the transport by British Road Services of a collection of pictures from Wakefield caused a...

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Cutting Out Man-handling in Bulk Flour Delivery

YGIENIC and rapid delivery of 'flour, direct to the baker's storage bunker without the aid of human hands, is ensured in the...

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In a Line or Two Men in the News

Shell motor oils are now available in gallon and pint packages. Next year's Royal Show will be held at Cambridge from July...

Coi, N. L. FitnimN, until recently chief inspector of the Army Fire Service, has joined the Pyrene Co., Ltd.

Mn. D. MATHER, formerly with Sunderland Transport Department, has been appointed works superintendent of the South Shields...

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Opposition to Applications for Higher Fares

P ROTESrs against the proposals formulated by transport undertakings to raise fares and increase revenue are being made by...

To " Pay " Railway for Licence?

D URING the hearing of appeals against the granting of licences to operate bus services in an area near Douglas. the Martx...

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Park Royal Designs for Argentina

NOTHER manufacturing arrange ment has been made by Park Royal Vehicles, Ltd., for the production, overseas, of bodywork to the...

700 Miles a Week With Refrigerators r- I NE of the tasks upon which Oxford

Group 80 of British Road Services is engaged is the delivery of Prestcold refrigerators. Fourteen Morris-Commercial 5-ton...

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Leyland Returns to Single-deckers

A FTER a lapse of 11 years, during which only double-deck bodies have been built, Leyland Motors, Ltd.. has started production...

Fined for Running Football Trips

A CASE which, it was stated, would have a far-reaching effect on the coach industry, was heard at South Shields when Messrs....

B.T.C. Should Have a Say in

Road Expenditure—, Sir FL Osborne Mance D OUBT whether the British Transport Commission had been given wide enough powers—"...

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SILENT SPEED

By L. J. COTTON,, m.i.R.T.E. B EARING the characteristics of its namesake, the Leyland Royal Tiger is quick off the mark,...

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Beware of VACUUM

Says P. A. C. Brockington, A.M .I.M ech.E. For the Most Part, the Westcountry Hauliers Have Not Been Deprived of Permits, But...

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Scottish Municipalith Plan for the Future

M.Inst.1 F INANCIAL difficulties, uncertainty about the future and a desire to maintain long-established traditions of good...

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New Tilling-Stevens Battery-electric

A NEW 5-ton low-loading batteryI - 1 electric chassis, with a downswept frame, underslung-worm-driven axle and a Lockheed...

Vans Keep Tobacco Leaf in Condition

, 1 - 1 A NEW departure in the transport of leaf tobacco has been made in New Zealand by Godfrey Phillips (N.Z.), Ltd., which...

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Putting the Cat Out

1 V HE door of the ivory tower is shut. It bears a notice which reads: "Closed for Integration. Hauliers Not Admitted....

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What an Engine Costs

in Upkeep The Cost Amounts of Minor Engine Attentions Add Up to a Swill Greater Per Mile Than Expenditure on Major Repairs I N...

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A Heavy-duty Towing Pole Pi A NEW towing pole, designed for

the controlled towing of vehicles of a gross weight of 12 tons, is being marketed by Mann Egerton and Co., Ltd., Cromer Road...

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Head Design for High Compression

A NOVEL combustion system for petrol engines forms the subject of patent No. 639.634, which comes from H. Weslake, Fullers Way,...