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14th November 1952
14th November 1952
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Gunpowder Plot

I T was perhaps appropriate that the Government should , have chosen Guy Fawkes Day to present the House of Commons with a plan...

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Passing Comments

A Man 'with a Big Mission INTO our offices the other day came Mr. John Webb I from America. A Briton, born in South Africa, he...

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R.H.A. Negotiations on Bill Continue

P.V.O.A. Disappointed : A.B.C.C. Tribute to Political Courage : T.R.T.A. Objects to Levy • . T HE Road Hnolage . :AIsociation...

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'Tax Representations to Ministry

R EPRESENTATIONS have been made by the British Agricultural Contractors' Association to the Ministry of Transport about the...

LICENCE TO BUYER OF BANKRUPT BUSINESS

A LICENCE was granted to Castle Carriers, Ltd., by the 'Northern Licensing Authority, last week, on the same terms as that...

COACHES TOOK 1.9m. VISITORS TO BLACKPOOL

O v the 8m. people who went to Blackpool this year, 1.4m. travelled by coach, apart from the many who used stage-carriage...

QUEBEC TO SEIZE VEHICLES?

QEIZURE of over-sized vehicles is contemplated by the Quebec Government as a measure against abuses of the highway. The Prime...

MORE FOOD: BIGGER LURRY

B ECAUSE greater food rations created more traffic, the Northern Licensing Authority, last week granted Northern Film...

MEN IN THE NEWS

Ma. H. S. DRIVER has sailed for Sydney to take up his appointment as factory representative of Norris, Henty and Gardners,...

Planning Order Disobeyed •

INES totalling i15, with £5 costs, were imposed upon Elizabeth Bristow and Ronald E. Bristow, hauliers, Ty Gwyn, Pontrilas,...

LIME RATE QUESTION UNSOLVED

'THE national lime and bulk fertilizer 1 committee of the British Agricultural Contractors' Associaticin is still concerned...

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Roads Limit Fleet Replacements

" T HE only reason why the roads of this country are so bad is that no Government is strong enough to make the Treasury...

No SolutionAfter 1953—Prof. Walker

" w E shall, I fear, emerge from the welter of words in 1953 as far from a settled and acceptable solution to the problem of...

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B.M.M.O. Costs Up £469,245 in a Year : West Riding

Applies A PPLICATION to , raise fares has been made by Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., as a result of the...

20 m.p.tf. Limit an Anachronism

A N attack on the retention of the 20 m.p.h. speed limit was made in the House of Lords, last week, by Lord Lucas of Chilworth,...

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Sick Pay for 23 Per Cent. of Staff

I N the year ended May 28 last, 23.07 per cent. of Edinburgh Transport Department's employees to whom the model sick-pay scheme...

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More Aluminium in Transport, but New Applications Possible

A LTHOUGH almost 50 per cent, of ri aluminium foundry capacity is employed by road transport, there are many more engine and...

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Faults in the New Bill • by H. Norman Letts, 0.8.E., M.Inst.T.

Twelve Months Too Long to Wait for Freedom : Anomalies Surround Disposals Board: B.T.C. Haulage May Continue: Relaxation of...

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Testing Brakes in the Laboratory

How Wear, Performance and Fade Characteristics of Brake Assemblies are • Evaluated by Short-period Tests at the Girling Works...

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A Disintegrated Fleet Rebuilt

How the K.V.G. Bus Company, of Brunswick, Has Restored its Fleet, Which War Reduced from 200 to Seven Vehicles A N idea of...

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Mobile Offices for the Army

T HE first consignment of a number of Morris-Commercial staff offices has been delivered to the War Office. These vehicles,...

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PUTTING TH1 HT where it iE Leeded

I NHERITING the large petrol engine and gearbox of the 7-ton chassis, the Bedford R-type forward-control four-wheel-drive...

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There are leftand right-hand-drive versions of the R type. The

left-hand-drive model has a standard vacuum-servo-hydraulic brake system operating on all wheels, whereas the right-hand-drive...

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Naming the Day

T HE relative importance of the differences between the old Transport Bill and the new is not necessarily to be measured by the...

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Stop the Trek to the Jungle

By Arthur R. Wilson, M.I.R.T.E. This article was inspired by the offer of return loads to be carried 200 miles at £5 per load....

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Rates Control Impracticable

R OAD haulage service is not a proprietary article, neither, in my opinion, can it be governed by a rates schedule. The real...

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What Fleet Expansion Means

Cement in bulk is the load for which this Foden F.G.6/15 end-tipper, with Gardner 6.LW. oil engine and Duramin body, has been...

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Cuts cost per mile on local deliveries

START BY GOODYEAR Specially designed to withstand constant starting, accelerating, braking and stopping —all day, every...

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Exhaust Throttle Aids Braking

A scHENtE is put forward in patent ri No. 678,476 (Clayton DewartdreCo., Ltd., Titanic Works, Lincoln) to obtain . additional...