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15th June 1951
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Social Consequences

H ARD commercial necessity, so much a factor in these days, may have driven from the minds of harassed users the fact that the...

Passing Comments

Traffic Signal Problems MANY difficulties with Caused by Load I" traffic have occurred as a Shedding result of light signals...

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Keen Scotland—London Rivalry: Railway Supports S.O.

C OMPETITION for licences to run express carriage services between Scotland and London reached unexpected proportions this...

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Amalgamations with

UOPES that the amalgamation of the A 1 employers' organizations in the vehicle-building industry was not far distant were...

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N.A.L.G.O.—R.H.E. Talks Fail

I N Blackpool, last week, Mr. John Lancaster, National Association of Local Government Officers' organizing officer for...

Men in the News

LORD WESTWOOD has been elected president of the Institution of Engineering Draughtsmen and Designers. MR. WiLLIAM E. DUCK....

Tribunal's "Wrong " Decision S O far as proprietors' remuneration was concerned,

the decision of the Transport Arbitration Tribunal in the case of Messrs. C. and G. Yeoman and the Road Haulage Executive, was...

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Fuel Tax to Meet Groundnut Loss?

B Y 304 votes to 286, the clause of the Finance Bill, increasing the tax on fuel oils was passed through the committee stage in...

Improvements in Dennis Paxit

A NUMBER of new features, tending towards greater efficiency, has been introduced into the Dennis Paxit Major refuse collector,...

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Elm. Not Enough for Midland " Red " : Ribble's Modest Claim

U NLESS there was an unforeseeable halt in price trends, this would not be the last application for increased fares. This...

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Abundant Power the New Henschel 4-tonner

By L. J. COTTON, M.I.R.T.E. I T is not uncommon for a British manufacturer to offer me a chassis for test before its...

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Women Driving Double-deck Trolleybuses

T HERE was a note recently in your journal to the effect that there is only one woman in Great Britain dill driving a...

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One-man Operation

Inevitable— Although the Economy is Not as Great as Might be Expected and Traffic May be Lost When a Conductor is Not Carried...

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What is the Ideal

Transmission? Advantages of Hydraulic Systems Justify Higher Fuel Consumption and, in the Long Run; May Even Reduce Overall...

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Relate Transport to Town Planning

Attraction of Traffic to Centres of Population Must be Avoided by the Construction of Ring Roads and by Other Means C...

An Unusual

Axle Design SELF-ALIGN1NG axle for use on PA. four-wheeled trailers has recently been introduced by Rubber By-Products...

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"The Major Administrative Bottleneck"

Strong Criticism of Undue Limitation of Discussions on State Enterprises: Consultative Committees No Substitute for...

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Difficulties of Road and Rail Integration

Railway Companies Inadequately Compensated for Road Transport Holdings; Even if Substituted Road Services Show Loss, Use Them...

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Back to Methuselah

By JAN US C HARLES DARWIN, I suspect, must occupy a hallowed niche within the Ivory Tower. Whenever the leaders of the new...

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EVOLUTION EIRE

A S in so many other countries, the transport sceoe in Ireland is dominated by the road vehicle. On a small scale, but sharply...

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When Tyres Cost rid. a Mile

Better Suspension and Improved Braking Suggested as being Necessary to the Development of Overseas Markets for British...

Better Roads Greater Economy

Transport Costs would be Reduced by Implementing a Bold Plan to Build Motorways D EALING with road planning, Mr. Bennett said...

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World Petroleum Congress NEARLY 3,000 leaders of the oil industry

attended the 3rd World Petroleum Congress held at Scheveningen, Holland, from May 28 to June 6. Delegates from 41 countries...

Roads First: Vehicles After R OAD transport , without an adequate road

system, was not possible, and if it were to expand in the way it should. the building of roads must precede, and not follow,...

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Higher Compression : Better Fuels • into nto the Future

A DOPTION of higher compression tA ratios would, as mentioned by Mr. Brunner, lead to greater fuel economy, but would not the...

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Railways Irreplaceable: Denationalize Haulage

Railways the Main Transport Problem: Insufficient Funds Devoted to Rail and Road Transport: New Equipment—Particularly...

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Sand and Ballast Haulage:

six points to watch (I) Road Conditions at the Pit ; (2) Loading Facilities ; (3) Delays at Destination ; (4) Whether Ballast...

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A Fluid-operated Centrifugal Clutch

A CLUTCH which slips at slow speeds and •drives at high speed is shown in patent No. 652,527, by L. De Dionigi, Rome. Though...

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HEAT TREATMENT

N applied to aluminium and its alloys, the term "heat treatment" usually implies those processes, more specifically called...

In this series of articles, the student will find the broad

outlines of the technology of aluminium. No completeness is claimed for these notes, but it is hoped that they may provide an...