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11th March 1949
11th March 1949
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Fair Play for Engineers

Those Who Are Directly Responsible for Vehicle Fitness Should be Adequately Remunerated A T no time previously has the road...

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Passing Comments

Henley's Scheme to THERE is much to be said . Promote Quality in 1 for the scheme " incentive Production . . in Action," which...

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B.E.T. Will Not Sell Out

A T a meeting in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, last week, Mr. H. C. Drayton, 1—k chairman of the British Electric Traction Co., Ltd.,...

Nationalization

councils with transport undertakings, who had voted in favour of nationalization. It would appear that they had no confidence...

• Passengers Fight

A RESOLUTION declaring opposition to the nationalization of road passenger transport was passed last week at the first public...

Newcastle Ch anges its Mind

A T the meeting at which Newcastle 1— kCity Council decided by 33 votes to 32 to refer back the parliamentary and transport...

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Change of Base : Barrett Loses Case

IN the King's Bench Divisional Court, last week, B. E. Barrett, Ltd., I Castle Street, Luton, was refused an order of mandamus...

1,100 Buses for 800 London Trams

C ONVERSION ' of the South London tramways to oil-engined bus operation will call for 1,100 buses In replace the 800 trams now...

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Men in the News

MR. C. SPENCER REDDIHOEGH, LLB, and MR_ J. C. RAsTtucx have become directors of Central Garage. Ltd., Bradford. MR, R. G....

30 m.p.h. Again

T "proposal to increase the speed limit of heavy g oods vehicles to 30 m.p.h. is referred to in the annual report of the...

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Hauliers' Fate Depends on Groups?

TUE grouping scheme in the Midlands, described in "The Commercial, Motor" on January 7, is regarded by the National...

Another 18 Taken Over by R.T.E.

D URING January, the Road TranSport Executive acquired a further 15 road transport undertakings, of 'which three were holding...

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I. of T. Resumes Annual Congress

T HE first post-war Congress of the Institute of Transport is to be held at Buxton from June 22-24, inclusive, with...

What is Public Advertisement ? •

jy/FIETHER a Bradford football YV suPporters' club coach trip 'last Christmas Day came within . the 'private-party category was...

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Nationalization:' India Presses.. On

E STABLISHMENT' of a7 Provinciat 1-A Board•'of seven to nine members,. ,ts a statutory _corporation, to make nationalized road...

X, and Y ,.onpons MO Now be _al*ed MER-C,1 AL

--1/ . .EFIICLE7 operator s N-ernay nOW deposit their X and y petrol coupons with garage, provideit . , that the garage agrees...

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Meadows Offers Shares to A.B.E.

O PTIONS on the whOle of its authorized but unissued share capital up to September 1, 1950, have been granted by Henry Meadows,...

Drop Frame for Leyland Comet

B y making available Leyland Comet passenger chassis with a drop frame. th: fitting of a boot, or the incorporation of a...

Hydraulic Lift for Easy Loading T O enable heavy loads to

be lifted on to and off vehicles with normal platform heights, and at the point found most convenient, Power Jacks, Ltd.,...

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. - Exanlination of .Past. and Present Bus-running •Schedules

Sugge.sts the Question: Why Not Constant-speed. Engines? By j. V. Hewes I T has long been appreciated, especially in...

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Asks Charles M. Hendy W ho Presents Some Aspects of the

Destinationindicator Controversy , in which Operators and Manufacturers Both Call for Standardization of Types and Dimensions...

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Bus Passengers Against Nationalization

MAY I'congratulate Mr. Ashley F. Taylor, A.I.R.T.E., IYA on his able exposition on passenger transport in the north-east area,...

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th alOCw

By L. J. COTTON, M .I.R.T.E. Powered by a 90 b.h.p. Engine, the Chevrolet 10cwt. Van Has Rapid Acceleration, High Maximum...

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0 . 1-engined Refuse Collectors

for South Africa A FEW weeks ago, the sanitation department of Germiston Municipality, South Africa, placed in service a...

Petrol-engined 60-tonner

A PACIFIC 6 bY:0 •tractve . inut ati'd . Fruehauf semi-trailer, originally ft used ha a 'Tank transpOrter,' have recently been...

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CIE BACKS SERVI

By alley F. Taylor . A.I.R.T.E. With a Fleet Numbering 390 Vehicles, 180 Regular Routes • and Workpeople's Special Services...

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PROTECTION

for the remover Some More Clauses that Should be Embodied in a Contract for the Removal and Storage of Furniture / N the...

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Container Body Used as Tool Store

(Right) For use as a portable toolhouse an the site of operations, this lift-ran for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., Ltd., is...

Skeleton-type Track for Ford son Tractors

13)RORABLY one of the best-known I track conversion units for Fordson tractors is the D.G., which is produced by Roadless...

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Hydraulic Operation for Inj ectors

A N oil-engine injection system forms the subject of patent No. 611,243, which comes from R. Worledge and Integral, Lid, both...