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11th May 1951
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Scientific Stopping

M ODERN brakes are adequate for the speeds at which heavy vehicles are at present able to travel on Britain's narrow, winding...

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Passing Comments

Festival Publicity on A RHAPSODY on British Roads Scarcely r - k roads is appearing in Justified official publications...

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One Hears

Of a reader referring to our issue of April 20 as " one of the most important keep-for-reference numbers." The suggestion that...

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Eastern Area S•cheme Soon: Will Municipalities be Excluded?

ARLY developments in the British -L-Transport Coriunissidn's proposal for, an area scheme for road passenger transport In East...

C.D.C. Loses Money in "Unhappy Experiment" .

" A N unhappy experiment" is how the Colonial Development Corporation, in its recent annual report, describes the investment of...

Labour Party and C-licensees

rrHE C-licence position was discussed 1 at last week's meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party, "The Commercial Motor"...

MAJOR CHAPPLE ON S.W. AREA COMMITTEE

N AMES of members of the Transport Users' Consultative Committee for the south-western area have been announced by the Minister...

TURKEY ORDERS 350 COMET 90 MODELS

WITHIN three days of the announceVY ment of the new Leyland Comet 90 range of goods vehicles, Leyland Motors, Ltd., received an...

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Standard Insurance Scheme for

Remove r s:. Transport Rates Up A FTER a year's 'work, the insurance committee of the National Association of Furniture...

Court Ruling on Trade Plates T HE towing of ex-Service vehicles

for the Ministry of Transport, with the tractive units running under trade plates, was declared illegal by Market Harborough...

Haulage of Farm Produce Limited

A CURIOUS condition which appears to prohibit the carriage of return loads, is being imposed by the Yorkshire Licensing...

HASTINGS FARES PROTEST QPEAKERS at a recent protest meet ing

at Hollington, St. Leonards. referred to the 25-per-cent, dividend paid by Maidstone and District Motor Services, Ltd., last...

1951 DRAWINGEXHIBITION

n RAWINGS and examples of handi craft entered in the 1951 competition will be on exhibition at the Society . of Motor...

STATE SUBSIDY ADVOCATED

A GOVERNMENT subsidy and a cut Min interest payments have been advocated by the London Trades Council in a statement to the...

BIG ISSUE BY CLIFFORD

A PPLICATION has been made by Clifford Motor Components, Ltd., for permission to issue to the public 300,000 51 per cent....

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Mr. Lord Praises Civil Servants

THE past and the present were I brought together last Tuesday, when a large party of Press people were crinveyed in a horsed...

NO CONCESSION FOR DOUGLAS

A PROPOSAL to give the Manx Highway and Transport Board power to authorize Douglas Corporation to run buses outside the town to...

PLATFORM STAFF "UNDERPAID"

C LA1MS by bus companies that they paid their employees above tradeunion rates were often misleading, Mr. H. Blyth, northern...

Alen in the News

MR. THOMAS MACKENZIE has resigned • from the board of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd. -- Ma. T. H. TnomsoN has retired from his position...

B.R.S. Handling of Fruit Attacked

MATIONATIZATION of road trans11 port had removed men who had spent the whole of their lives in transport and knew what...

DELAYS TO TOMATOES

D URING a discussion on transport at the annual conference of the National Retail Fruit Traders' Federation at...

LUNCH-T1ME EXPORT LECTURES

A NOTHER series of 18 lunch-time lectures is to be given this year by the Institute of Export, 140, Cromwell Road, London,...

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Licensing Authorities Upheld in Five P.S.V. Appeals

F 'vE appeals against :decisions of Licensing . Authorities -for Public Service Vehicles have been heard by Ministry of...

L.T.E. Excursions into Green Belt

O N Whit Sunday, London Transport is to launch double-deck bus excursion services on 28 routes into London's countryside. Seats...

KENNINGS'S EXTENSIVE STOCK LA A STOCK of Morris-Commercial Spares valued at

more than f50.-000 and £25,000-worth of tyres are held at. the Manchester branch of Kennings. Ltd. Sir George Kenning, .LP.,...

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Another £45,000 for Cardiff: Sir Arnold Musto Unconvinced

G RANTING Cardiff Corporation a new fares schedule based on id. per half-mile, the South Wales Licensing Authority has...

£50,000' Gain From Lower Fares

WORKPEOPLE'S weekly return VY tickets, instituted in 1945, increased the annual revenue of Lincoln Transport Department to the...

OWEN'S FESTIVAL OUTING

.F ORTY coaches will be used on 1 June 2 to bring nearly 5,000 employees of Rubery, Owen and Co., Ltd., and their families to...

£61n. IN FOUR WEEKS FOR B.R.S.

TN the four weeks ended March 25, British Road Services earned £5,935,000. The British Transport Commission's provincial and...

IRISH FUEL TAX UP

L AST week's Irish Budget, which increased the tax on fuel by 2d, a gallon, has added £43,500 to the annual fuel bill for Cores...

OBITUARY

WE regret to record the death of VV MR. R. A. CARDER, chairman and managing director of the Esso Petroleum Co., Ltd. He was 59....

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Sheet Steel Cut Too Drastic

nmoiWITHSTANDING a reduction I N M sheet-steel supplies," said Sir Rowland Smith, M.1.MeCh.E., chairman of the Ford Motor Co.,...

HAULIERS' DRIVE: PERSONAL CONTACT REMAINS

" MOTHING in the proposed sales I N campaign will replace or interfere with the personal contact with the customer which has...

BELGIUM'S COMMERCIAL VEHICLES INCREASE

I N Belgium at the end of last year there were 93,142 lorries under 24 ions capacity, compared with 88,178 in 1949 and 60.524...

SOUTH BANK PARKING FACILITIES

B USINESS executives and officials of companies in the area of the South Bank exhibition are to be allowed free re-entry to car...

TRAILERS HELP EXPORTS

INCLUDED in a batch of semi-trailer 'chassis recently exported by R. A. Dyson and Co., Ltd., 76-80 Grafton Street, Liverpool,...

Full Programme for Removers

A WIDE variety of topics will be discussed at a number of short sessions to be held during the annual conference of the...

Farmers Need Better Roads

R EADING a paper . entitled " Agriculture and Road Transport " before the International Road Federation in London, recently,...

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GERMAN DESIGNERS ON THEIR TOES

By L. J. COTTON, m.i.R.T.E. G ERMAN technicians have since the war been extremely busy and their . present standard of chassis...

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New Technique in Strain Recording

How Direct Readings are Obtained on High-speed Pen Recorders. The Application of Supersonic Wave Beam to ' Flaw Detection H...

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Political Commentary The Umbrella Man

Lord Teynham 's Acceptance of the Invitation to Become N.R.T.F. President May Pave the Way for the Federation's Progress By...

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A STATE I SYSTEM IN THE JKTNG

In Three Years the Bombay State Undertaking has been Highly Developed, and Now Operates 1,125 Vehicles in 10 Divisions. Three...

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2,000-ga11on Tankers for Jamaica

S OME 2,000-gallon articulated tankers with Eaton two-speed axles have recently been delivered to Trinidad Leaseholds, Ltd.,...

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The Tote Goes to the Races

B Dour to the order of Italian horseracing authorities acting in conjunction with the Italian Government, two *vehicles...

A Foot-operated Valve Lifter

rt A VALVE ' lifter for overhead-valve engines, operated by a treadle, is the latest tool in the Lightning range produced by...

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Aircraft Luxury for Coach Passengers

I N an effort to set up new standards of comfort for long-distance travel, Northern Roadways, Ltd., operating London to...

In a Line or Two

-Springs may now be fitted, at option. on the Muir-Hill 14B dumper, so that it may legally be run on the highway. Edge Hill...

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FEWER

SEATS an 40RE STANDING P.T.A. Conference Delegates Discuss the Relative Merits of Trolleybuses and Motorbuses and the...

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New Mobile Showroom Demonstrates Plastics

A LTHOUGH the company's main interest lies in passenger bodywork, Nudd Bros. and Lockyer, Ltd., Keg' worth, Derby. has recently...

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Important Factors in Bus Design

R ECENT issues of ." The Commercial Motor" have contained much information regarding 'bus design. The article by Mr. A. Woolf,...

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Charging for Coach Hire

The Coaching Season Commences and this Year will Receive a Fillip from Festival Activities : Calculation of Hiring Charges is...

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An American Disc Brake

A DESIGN for a disc-type brake appears in patent No. 651,195, which comes from Wingfoot Corporation, Akron, Ohio, U.S.A. A...