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14th September 1951
14th September 1951
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Page 27

Chancellor as Champion

F ACED with the possi,bility of having to find an extra £10m. a year on account of wages, makers and operators of commercial...

Page 28

'ffie T.U.C. Rubs Out the "C"

T RADES unionists, meeting at Blackpool last week, took upon themselves the right to tell trade and industry how their goods...

Passing Comments

Eyes that Never Close 1-17,10 members of the staff — and Mouths that of "The Commercial Should Motor" recently travelled...

Page 30

T.U.C. Demands Check on C Licences

General Council Supports Resolution to. Bolster Up State Transport A RESOLUTION from the Transport Salaried Staffs'...

Page 31

Hull and East Yorks Increase Fares : Derby's Fourth

O N 23, fares charged by .Hull Corporation and East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd., on all through journeys will be increased...

Denationalization Committee Set Up

A NATIONAL committee of exhauliers who wish to return to the road haulage industry, should it be denationalized, is likely to...

Page 33

Risk of Dual Grant : Appeal Tribunal's New Ruling

T O avoid further " misconceptions " of the same kind by the West Midland Deputy Licensin g Authority, the Appeal Tribunal, on...

Page 35

300,000 More Vehicles : Bigger Buses : Oilers Increase D URING

the quarter ended September 30, 1950, licences were current for 4,413,833 motor vehicles, compared with 4,112,903 a year...

Page 36

East Midlands Set a Standard in Grouping

Road Hauliers (East Midlands), Ltd., with Six Local Organizations, Shows that Interworking Pays its 289 Shareholding Members By...

Page 40

B.R.S. OUT FOR AGRICULTURAL TRAFFIC

A GENERAL impression gained after touring depots of British Road Services in Lincolnshire is that the Road Haulage Executive is...

Page 42

A Daimler Tested Round the Clock

By L. J. Cotton, M.I.R.T.E. and P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech.E. 0 UR test of the Daimler Freeline bus chassis was...

Page 46

Royal Tigers in Demand : Hand Brake Changed E "[GUT tenders

were submitted to .Auckland Transport Board for the supply of SO buses. Leyland Motors, Ltd., was successful. The highest...

Page 47

Safe Transport Without Packing

The weight of the body with all accessories, but without the bottom floor, is 24 cwt. It is estimated that had timber been...

Kent Builds a Mobile Fire Station

TSED as a control unit when dealing %—dwith large outbreaks, a mobile station based on an old Leyland petrolengined...

Madras Transport Makes Rs.500,000 Profit

D EN YIN G charges that the nationalized bus services in the city of Madras were unsatisfactory, Mr. B. Gopala Reddi, Minister...

Page 48

SERVICE

— in Three Continents By ASHLEY TAYLOR, A.M.I.R.T.E. I F you were to buy Americanmade equipment, you would no doubt be more...

Page 50

Unjustifiable Criticism of British Buses

I NOTICE that Mr. E. J Cooke, whose letter appears A in your issue dated August 24, wants to know how the modern bus justifies...

Coal Board Expands Road Transport

T HE transport side of the coal industry has not been neglected in the drive for greater efficiency in production. During 1947,...

Page 53

One-horse Tycoon

K IND words the haulier seldom expects to hear from the Socialists. His notorious opposition to the Transport Act has given him...

Page 54

The C Hiring Margin

I Nmy previous article I discussed some of the legal differences between the use of a vehicle on a contract-A licence and on a...

Page 58

A Four-wheel-drive Gearbox

PRANSIVIISSION systems for four wheel-drive vehicles of the "jeep" type are disclosed in patent No. 656,242, by Motor Car...