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18th August 1950
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Stretching the Labour Force

B RITAIN'S 'great efforts in the export field„ com bined with .the need for at least . a partial restocking of the home market,...

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Passing Comments

S0 E large industrial Efficient Fire 'Brigade Protects Goodyear Tyre Factory . organizations possess not only - fire-fighting...

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One Hears--

Of the public cleansing officer as Cinderella. That the modern lorry driver, strange as the statement may seem, is in a...

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New Leyland 27-ft1. Double-Decker

A NEW double-deck bus, designated the PD2/12, will be shown by Leyland Motors. Ltd., at Earls Court. Conforming to the revised...

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to Reduce Compensation"

R.H.E. has been feeble at the head kind suspiciously independent in some divisions:' Cases submitted by one area of the R.H.A....

Brake Squeal i n Buses Cured

A CURE for brake-drum squeal has .1 - 1 been devised after thorough experiments by Manchester Transport Department. Mr. T....

Albion Wins Big African Order I N the face of

competition from American, Canadian and German manufacturers, Albion Motors, Ltd., has obtained, after negotiations lasting 12...

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Men in the News

MR. W. 13. AKESTER has become home sates director of Ransomes, Sims and lefferies, Ltd. MR. R. P. MoRLEY is to succeed MR. V....

New Fares Applications Affect All Passengers : Miners Wait and See

S OUTH WALES has been saved from the general strike threatened by 100,000 miners in the area in protest. against the increased...

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London Transport Replacement Plans

QINGLE-DECK buses and coaches '- ) are the subject of the latest replacement programme formulated by the London Transport ,...

Rebates to B.T.C. Eat Up Profits

B ECA USE the British Transport Commission demands a much greater discount than was formerly given to independent hauliers, the...

Heavy Hauliers Work Together

CONDITIONS of membership of the Road Haulage Association's heavy haulage group have now been widened to admit members who carry...

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Rivalry Ends in Compromise

D IVALRY between the Northern Genital Transport Co. Lid., and Sunderland Corporation over the operation of services to new...

Police Commissioner's Warning of Festival Traffic Chaos

T "' problem of traffic congestion in many parts of inner London "has now assumed dimensions which cause me grave concern,"...

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Paris Show Plans : Exhibits Separated

C OMPLETE commercial vehicles will this year be seen at a separate exhibition ground during the Paris Show. The expedient tried...

Eight More Users' Committees

1GHT more Transport Users' Consultative Committees are to be set up. A central committee for Great Britain, and committees for...

First Big .Traffie Census Since 1938

THE first national traffic census arranged by the Ministry of Transport since 1938 is taking place this week, It started last...

Nationalization Grows in India

THE naOnalized transport system which commenced operations in the United Provinces of India in May, 1947, now runs 1,290 buses,...

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Vulcan Enters 7-ton Range

1 N addition to the existing goods models made by Vulcan Motors. Ltd.. Maidstone, a new 7-ton longwheelbase chassis and a...

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First Full-fronted Body from South Wales ?

cLALMED to be the first full-fronted passenger Vehicle to be completed in South Wales, a Dennis 33-seater coach was recently...

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Road Trai

)rtis Part in E .ing Europe's : Test Steel V\ Up to 169 Vehicles Used in £60,000,000 Project to Raise Steel Strip and Plate...

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Fires Attacked in Nine Seconds

T HE latest Pyrene crash tender, based on the Thornycroft Nubian fourwheel-drive chassis and manufactured by the Pyrene Co.,...

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No Orchids for Lord Hurcomb

Political Commentary By J8N US T HIS seemed such'a good idea to me that I decided to try something of the same - kind on...

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100-seater Buses for Home and Overseas

Articulated Units 8 ft. 6 ins. Wide Built by Two Different Makers for North Wales and Kuwait S EVEN of the biggest buses in...

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First All-metal School Bus for Dollars?

D IFFERING completely in conceptiontion from the indigenous product, a new school bus with metal bodywork by I. H. Sparshatt...

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Keeping Track of Costs

Our Costs - Expert Explains His Methods for the Benefit of a Small Haulier and Discu - sses the Reckoning of Establishment...

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Is the B.T.C. Amenable to Reason?

VOU deserve to be congratulated upon your leading I article, " Heads in the Sand," in your issue dated July 28. I read this...

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The Myth of High Transport Charges

By Geo. B. Lissenden, .Inst.T. Rates for Transport Cok)er,. Not ... Only Carriage But . Storage of Goods, and Mow for DelaNs...