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17th November 1950
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Scapegoats for the 13.T.0

M OUNTING expenses and Competition frOm road transport, especially from the .C-licensee, are blamed by Mr. Alfred Barnes, the...

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Passing Comments

One Cause of Defects INACCURACIES in grinding in Some Ground A surfaces in which a fine finish Finishes . is, important have...

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One Hears

Of a "drop-sided brewer's body." The query : "Is this caused by 'drops' on side?" That when there are no One Hears," no one...

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M.P.s Back Hauliers in

Permit Fight Leicester Operators Demonstrate: Lord Hurcomb Replies to Critics MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT are rallying in support...

Labour Doncaster v. State Control

P ROPOSING an appeal to the Government to exempt municipal transport undertakings from nationalization, the...

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Albion "Flat 8" Bus on the Way

A N Albion single-decker chassis with an eight-eylindered power unit under the floor is on the drawing board, and it is hoped...

Back to the Horse By Order of the S.M.M.T.

O NE horse-power Dennis Paxit, complete with all-steel fabricated shafts, full forward-control driver's seat and powerful...

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Permits : Illegal Action by Hauliers Condemned

THE Transport Act must be fought democratically with constitutional methods. This advice was given by Mr. Stanley Moss,...

"Too Many Vehicles" Mr. Dalton

T HE obstacle in the way of the achievement of an integrated and efficient transport service was the presence on the roads of...

Men in the News

MR. R. CitatmEas, art.E., has been elected first president of the Engineers' Guild. MAJOR W. T. CHARLES, T.D., F.I.M.I.,...

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Coach Fares Now 25 Per Cent.

Above Pre-war Level F ROM December 16, all fares on express services radiating from London will be increased by 7 1/7th per...

Caravans Towed on Trade Plates

A CONFLICT in the interpretation 1 - 3, of the law as between the police and the Ministry of Transport was revealed during a...

"Critics of B.T.C. Seek Defects"

A REPLY to those who "exaggerate he place of sectional interests in transport" was given last week by the chairman of the...

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B.T.C. Accused of Attempted Seizure

TNEFENDING three partners in a Pertrith haula g e firm who had been summoned on four counts for exceedin g the 50-rnale radius...

Bodymak ere Pay Talks Adjourned

MEGOTIATIONS for increased pay 'for about 50,000 men employed in the vehicle-buildin g industry have been adjourned, after a...

INCENTIVE SCHEME FOR TYRE LIFE

A DVICE on how to increase tyre milea g e was g iven by Mr. J. H. Holt, of the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., when he...

Municipal Purchases and Proposals

Birmingham Transport Committee is in the market for 225 double-deckers. St. Marylehone Borough Council is to purchase four...

In a Line or Two

All new Nuffield vehicles will be fitted with television suppressors. "Steel Tubes for Automobile Purposes" is rims British...

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B.R.S. Moves World's Biggest Window

B ELlEVED to be the largest movement of its kind ever undertaken. the world's 'biggest window, a sheet of ;I-in, polished...

British Coach Wins Again

S OLE representative of British design at the Vehicle Rally held during the Paris Show, a Foden rear-engined coach with...

British Coach to Tour U.S.A.

A TOUR of Canada and America extending to 10,000 miles is to be made by a new Leyland Royal Tiger coach with Beccols bodywork,...

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Newcomer to S. E. Area Appeals

A FURNITURE remover who, for Pi some years after the war, ran under a defence permit granted by the Metropolitan Licensing...

R.E. in Dispute on Land Ownership

F 1VE Oban taxi-drivers who had been U charged by the Railway Executive under the railway by-laws with leaving their vehicles...

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THE BIG SQUEEZE

T HE big squeeze is on. The hungry lion, becoming thinner and hungrier, is on the rampage. He is short of sustenance, to the...

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Kiss of Death

O NE lesson that operators should have learnt from the recent holocaust of original permits is never to seek or expect...

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2II& °IFON CII L

0••■•••• ISTORY was made in Mow Cop, a strange, granite hamlet, perched over 1,000 ft. above sea Level on a wild promontory...

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Alloy Body Construction Stage by Stage QYSTEM AT1CAL LY illustrating

and ■ ...) describing every stage in the construction of a light-alloy bus body, the July "Development Bulletin" of Aluminium...

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The Latest in Public Works Equipment

S INCE the war there has been an increasing demand for British-built earth-moving equipment, and the efforts which...

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Accident Inquiry : Wide Effects

F OLLOWING his inquiry into the causes of four accidents in Glasgow in which double-deck buses were involved, Mr. W. F. Quin,...

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By A. E. Sherlock-Mesher, F.R.S.A. Viscount Nuffield, Sir Patrick Hennessy,

Mr. Robert F. Fryars, Mr. Jackson Millar, Lt.-Cdr. J. W. Thornycroft, Mr: E. R. Foden, Mr. C. Basil Nixon, Mr. Sydney S. Guy,...

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The Futility of an Area Scheme

F OR over two years the Omnibus Passengers Protection Association has been pointing out the folly of interfering with the...

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Goodwill Only May be Acquired— Mr. J. Foley Egginton r MPENSATION in respect of

cessation of business or severance may be claimed even if no vehicle be offered to the Road Haulage Executive for acquisition....

New Scope for Cattle Hauliers I - 1 A LARGE increase in the number of

cattle trucks used exclusively for the transport of attested herds is foreseen by the Appeal Tribunal. "The number of vehicles...

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Don't Overlook the Smaller Costs

I N the previous article I demonstrated that a considerable proportion of the total cost of maintenance is made up of items...

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A New Fast Water Tender R EPLACEMENT of war-time and pre-war

fire appliances still in service With many fire brigades throughout the country is now taking place. Among new types of...

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A Servo-brake Assembly

DATENT No. 640,542 comes from I Servo-Frein .Dewandre S.A., Liege, Belgium, and deals with the control of power-assisted brakes...