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14th January 1949
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More Haste, Less Wisdom

I N its apparent determination to attack the great problem of nationalizing road passenger transport before it has entrenched...

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Passing Comments

Penalty Paid by British A N example of the ill effects Maker to Gain 4 Th of controls, and especially Output of the purchase...

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One Hears

That all engine oils may soon be detergent. That it takes grit to be a sand and ballast haulier. That Mr. J. B. Hastie should...

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Strike if Minister Raises Speed Limit ?

By is Special Correspondent M ANY commercial branches of the Transport and General Workers' Union have notified their...

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First Appeal Against Change of Base

H EARING of thy first appeal against the grant of a change of base to a haulier opened in London on Tuesday. The appellant was...

Where Your Money Goes

I F it takes four permanently installed civil servants to study the interests of the Government on one small contract, what is...

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Area Scheme to be Drafted

A FURTHER stage in the proposed co-ordination of road passenger transport in the north-east will be reached in the near future...

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Fatigue Causes Metal Failures

I N former days, fatigue of metals was not properly understOod, said Mr. N. Tattersall, chief designer of Leyland Motors, Ltd.,...

Great Care Needed in Inflating Giant Tyres

A POSTER (Form No. 428) that can be obtained from the Stationery Office should be exhibited in garages to warn employees of the...

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SOUTH LAN - 0

A MODEL 0] INTERWORKINC Long'-standing Cooperation Between Company and Mimicipal Operators Makes South Lancashire a Pattern...

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U.S. COMPETITION Measured with a Reo

-- First Road Test of the Reo 7 - tonner Proves Overdrive Gear Fully . Justified. Interior Insulation of Cab Effectively...

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MEN

in the News SIR JOHN S. BoomsNAN, C.B.E., F.R.Ae.S., has been appointed a director of Dualtoys, Ltd. • MR. S. C. JOSEPH,...

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31-seater Tubular Frame Body-32 . Li

Electrically Welded Steel -tube Framework Forms Foundation for Knock-down Body I T :s being generally realized that the...

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Racehorse Transport: Battle with Railways Brewing

T HE Railway Executive is to oppose applications by a number of racehorse trainers in Yorkshire for the grant of B licences...

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An Engine that Runs on Air

A RE we on the eve of a revolution in prime movers? By the success' which has already been recorded by the Philips organization...

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WHAT ARE THE R.T.E.'S INTENTIONS?

I WOULD go even further than the very timely leading 'article under the above heading in your issue dated December 24. I cannot...

BRITON PRAISES SPANISH TRANSPORT EFFORT A S a regular reader

of your deservedly popular "journal, "The Commercial Motor," and as a resident in Spain, I feel that Mr. Harold Champion's...

A CRITICISM OF REAR-AXLE TEM PERATURE

cURTHER to your road test No. 358, dealing with the Maudslay Mustang, I must criticize Mr. L. J. Cotton's comment that an axle...

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WORKS TRANSPORT BY SHUTTLE SERVICE WITH reference to your issue

of November 5, 1948, " and to the article by S.T.R. entitled " What Does the Shuttle Service Save?" your contributor has proved...

Good Performance by Edbroist Gear

TESTS have shown that the Edbroist I gear, recently introduced by Edwards Bros. (Tippers), Ltd., Bolton. is capable of tipping...

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A New Five-speed Gearbox D ESIGNED mainly for the heavier types

of road vehicle, a new gearbox forms the subject of patent. No. 607,791, which comes from J. Naylor, and Atkinson Lorries...