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17th January 1936
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Roads Over the Railways

Our Original Scheme to Utilize the Wasted Space Above the Railways Revived A N article appearing in the . current issue of The...

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Passing Comments

Influence of URING the Christmas 1 -"period, traffic congestion in London drew renewed attention to the hold-ups caused by...

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One Hears

Of brakes that are too easy to apply. That history has repeated itself in Brighton. That "Look ahead, go ahead, keep ahead,"...

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NEWS of the WEEK

The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport, at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the...

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Control of Objectors: New Order

wHEN Mr. Thomas C. Gray, convy tractor, Letharn, applied to the Northern Scotland Licensing Authority, Mr. H. Riches, for the...

22 Overloading Charges Withdrawn

.A PPLICATION, was made by Mr. rAT. B. Jackman, assistant solicitor to West Riding County CounciL appearing on behalf of the...

Conditions Infringed : Plea for Leniency

T HE question of conduct arose before the North-Western Deputy Licensing Authority, when Mr. T. A. Dingley, greengrocer and...

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GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE WITH RATES? -

The probable effect of Government interference in the fixing of road-transport rates was mentioned by Mr. F. W. Halsall,...

Railways' Fish-traffic Loss

THAT road-transport competition 1 had deprived the railway companies of 12,000 tons of fish traffic annually was stated at a...

Yorkshire Employers Stand Firm

O PPOSITION to the introduction of ‘.../Grade 1 wages in Yorkshire and to the continuance, in the permanent settlement, of...

Personal Pars

LORD HURST OF WrrroN has accepted nomination as president of the Federation of British Industries for the next presidential...

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NEW COMMER SERVICE DEPOT IN LONDON.

The production of Commer vehicles has outgrown the existing servicing facilities in London, and, accordingly, Commer Cars,...

Municipal Purchases and Proposals

South Shields Watch Committee is to purchase an ambulance at £450. Accrington Corporation is to obtain tenders for the supply...

Tenders of Interest to Hauliers

T ENDERS are invited by the following (latest dates given in parentheses):-Middlesex C.C., for tarred nag, tarred limestone,...

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HIGHER TAXATION COMING?

Wakefield Watch Committee has given instructions for the Ministry of Transport to be approached with a view to ascertaining the...

Evidence Required for Increased Tonnage

A S stated in last week's issue, the Western Licensing Authority has issued, for the guidance of applicants for additional...

Power Problems at Farming Conference

A S reported in last week's issue, Mr. J. R. Warburton's paper, read by Mr. S. J. Wright, before the Oxford Power Farming...

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What the Associations are Doing

Special Arrangements for S.T.R. Lecture at Nottingham. " Although the rules of the club strictly preclude representatives of...

A.R.O. Hits Out at Scandal-mongers

A CTIO:N.1* might have to be taken if certain rumours regarding A.R.O. were repeated, said Mr. Roger W. Sewill, national...

High-spots of S.T.R.'s Yorkshire Tour P ROCEEDINGS on tim opening night

of the first Yorkshire lecture tour by S.T.R., The Commercial Motor costs expert, under the auspices of the C.M.U.A., were...

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A.R.O. Sets Up North-West Board

H OPES that a merger of associations would ultimately be achieved were expressed by several speakers at a meeting of...

Signall Success of S.T.R.'s Lectures

C OUNTRY-WIDE appreciation of the lectures on costing given . by S.T.R., The Commercial Motor consultant on transport...

Liverpool Operators Call for Merger

'THAT the associations should amal gamate for the benefit of the industry in general was the resolution which was passed by the...

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Y.S.C.O.A. and A.R.O. to Merge?

C ONCRETE proposals for an immediatediate and complete amalgamation between the Yorkshire Stage Carriage Operators Association...

Sir C. Hurcomb on Roads and Bridges

D OAD development and the reconstruction of weak .bridges were among the subjects dealt with by Sir Cyril Hurcomb, president of...

Reconstruction of North-Western Board

A CTION to make the NorthtAWestern Conciliation Board's employers' panel fully representatiye is urged by many Cheshire...

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Opening Up New Haulage Operations : Vital Principle

Does Enston Decision Cover Established Concerns Which Commence Business in New Centres? D OES an established operator, who...

Government Control for

Goods Transport ? Mr. E. B. Lissenden, in Paper Read to I. of T., Foresees Government Interference in Road Haulage T HE...

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What November's Registration Returns Reveal

Significant Facts Brought to Light by the Latest Official Licensing Statistics I N November last the numbers of new goods and...

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POWER CHANGI G THE

: ACE OF BRITISH FARMING The Disastrous Effects on the Land of the Spasmodic War-time Efforts at Cultivation will be...

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NEW A.E.C. REGAL MARK II 32-SEATER

puts up a first-class performance Exacting Route and Searching Tests Prove New Chassis to be a Fine Example of Modern High...

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British Justice Must Demand Fairplay

A REPRINT of the article "Whither Road Transf1 port?" from the pen of Mr. Walter Gammons, which appeared in your issue of...

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A REVOLUTION II

STREET LIGHTING M ODERN road-traffic conditions demand attention to every improvement which will not only facilitate the,...

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A Promising Oil-engine Development

Tekon T ekon Concern Acquires Recently Patented Gaspar Design for W hich Important Advantages are Claimed A N interesting...

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When is a Replacement Economically Essential?

The Relation of Repair and Depreciation Cost to Economic Vehicle Life. How to Arrive at a Reliable Estimation of Replacement...

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Careful Maintenance Produces Exceptional Tyre Life

How Tyre Costs are Kept as Low as 0.17d. per Mile and 630,000 Miles arOperateA for Each Tyre Failure in a Fleet of 23 Buses...

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Railway Abstracts Coach Traffic

" WHAT is the bus operator to do YV against abstraction of his traffic by fare-cutting on the railways? Mr. J. Lustgarten, as...

LANCASHIRE BOARD FINAL DECISION?

I T is anticipated that, at a meeting in Manchester, on January 22, final decisions will be made in connection with the...

More Complaints of RestrictedBookings

A FURTHER plea that the policy pursued by London Coastal Coaches, Ltd., in restricting agency agreements should be checked, was...

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Revocation Inquiry Follows "United Counties" Strike

A N unusual feature in the attempts at a settlement of the strike of the 500 employees of the United Counties Omnibus Co.,...

NEW INTERESTS FOR ROTHESAY COMPANY.

I T is announced that Rothesay Tram ways Co., Ltd., took over, on Monday, the 29 buses of McKirdy and McMillan. Ltd., operating...

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Duplication Order Taken to Court

TN the Court of Session, Edinburgh, 1 last week, Lord Wark heard a petition for interdict brought by W. Alexander and Sons,...

Strong Appeal for Small Operator

E MERGING, as he said, from his retirement, on Tuesday, to appear for the first—and possibly the last-time before the...

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BOOKING "COMBINE" IN LONDON

WHAT purports to be the beginning VI' of a chain of booking offices is the reg istration of a new company under the style of...

Air Tiansport News

EFFORTS To ESTABLISH CHANNEL ISLAND AIRPORT. I N Guernsey, preparations are being made to estimate the cost of buying the...

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Points to Watch in

Contract Haulage T HIS space in The Commercial Motor is, as everyone knows, particularly dedicated to the service of those who...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW ESSENTIAL HAULAGE WORK IS BEING RESTRICTED. 147221 Allow us to congratulate you upon the...

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Further Ricardo Combustion chamber Developments

A Résumé of Recently Published Patent Specifications That Are Obtainable From the Patent Office, Price Is. Each PATENT. No....