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18th October 1946
18th October 1946
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Production and Working Conditions

The Governm ent is Calling a Halt to M oyes Involving More Pay fo r Less Work C ONDITIONS in trade and industry, the fear of...

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Why Do Tyre Overall Diameters Vary?

( -NNE of the most interesting points recently raised by members of The Institute of Road Transport Engineers concerns the...

Passing Comments

Teleprinter Service I AST month a nation-wide Speeds News of Good "service to speed the circula Positions tion of notices of...

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One Hears

That Morris Commercial Cars, Ltd., has several things to jig about. The suggestion that all hauliers should wear a giant panda...

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KEY MEN MUST BE SOCIALISTS Ur/RI - TING in the "Manchester W

Guardian" on October 10, a special correspondent suggested that important positions in a nationalized system of transport would...

WILL C-LICENSEES RELY ON STATE TRANSPORT?

" WJE feel that, with a nationalized W service, a great deal of wasteful running could be cut out," said Mr. R. Sargood, Labour...

RAILWAY SHAREHOLDERS CALI. FOR INQUIRY

R AILWAY shareholders are joining in the cry for an impartial inquiry before the Government's proposals for the nationalization...

"Carry On, Road Transport" THE road transport industry is the

I only one that has so far put up a real fighting front against the Government in the matter of nationalization. Such was the...

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L.N.E.R, ADVOCATES PARTIAL STATE TAKE-OVER

A S an alternative to complete nationalization and as a supplement to the memorandum, "British Railways and the Future," the...

FIGHT HARDER, SAYS B.R.F.

IF hauliers be nationalized, the private 1 trader operating his own vehicles will sooner or later be subjected to...

Rail Case Against Nationalization " P UBLIC interest will best be

served by the existiag organization, working under revised conditions, and subject to the control of a statutory tribunal for...

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MANY NEW GROUPS BEING FORMED

CORMATION of a new operating group at Coventry was announced at the recent general meeting of the National Association of Road...

ROAD TRANSPORT HELPS SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY

Er 0 tractors, each capable of drawg 100 tons, last week towed a special Scammell 32-wheeled trailer on which was mounted a...

GOVERNMENT CONTRACT NOT ENOUGH

A LTHOUGH the Ministry of Works had offered the firm a contract in connection with the building of a school, Mr. A. Henderson,...

Personal Pars

Cardiff Transport Committee has appointed MR. J. W. DUNNING, traffic manager, as general manager. MR. PAUL WORTH, works...

"TRADE HONEYMOON" WILL NOT LAST

B RITAIN'S present "trade honeymoon " would not last much longer, said Sir Miles Thomas, vice-chairman of the Nuffield...

DAMAGE TO ROADS: LIABILITY FOR COMPENSATION

A DECISION of interest to haulage contractors has been reported to the highways committee of Ross-shire County Council. The...

NEW WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT MAKER

E Q UIPM ENT for garages and service Listations is now being manufactured by Joseph H. Potts, Ltd., Belshill, Lanarkshire. This...

LEYLAND EXPORTS

n RDERS for export to the value of £L000,000 have been received by Leyland Motors. I,td., during July, August and September....

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RATE WAS REASONABLE

A CASE in which Wilts United Dairies, Ltd., disputed a charge made by the Bristol Haulage Co., Ltd., for the transport of...

'TRUTH ABOUT TASKERS

A MEETING of members of Taskers of Andover, Ltd., is being held next month to receive the final report of the Liquidator. There...

BRAKE DESIGN PROBLEMS

PROBLEMS in the design of braking 1 systems will be dealt with by Mt. F. A. Stepney Acres, assistant to the chief engineer of...

ABOLISH FARES: PUT COST ON RATES, SAYS ALDERMAN A SUGGESTION

that Nottingham It Transport Department should provide free transport for the public, the whole cost of the undertaking to be...

In a Line or Two

Driving tests are to be resumed on November 1. A total of 7,476 commercial vehicles was produced in Canada in July....

NEW PARK ROYAL COMPANY

A NEW company, Park Royal Vehicles, Ltd., has been formed to take over the whole of the share capital of Park Royal Coach...

BREAD VANS HAVE WASHBASINS WASHBASINS are being fitted in the

W 35 Bedford vans operated by E. Cookson and Sons, Ltd., Lytham, near Blackpool, to ensure cleanliness in the delivery of...

SCOTTISH TRANSPORT MERGER IT is reported that the old-established 'carrier's

service 'conducted by Messrs. A. and G. Wood, between Aberdeen and Elgin, has been acquired by Fraser's Road Transport...

Disparity in Rates Exposed

WITHDRAWAL of all Road VY Haulage Association area rates schedules and the issue to A and Blicence holders of copies of the...

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BIG PLAN TO STAGGER HOURS IN LONDON

L ONDON TRANSPORT has agreed to ask the Ministry of Transport to call a conference of all Chambers of Commerce in the Central...

SNOW REMOVAL MUST BE RUN ON FIRE-BRIGADE LINES 4AINTENANCE of

public transport Inand food supplies when roads are blocked with snow was one of the topics discussed at the autumn meeting of...

CLEARING HOUSE OPERATORS' PLANS

T17 E National Conference of Road ransport Clearing Houses will hold its annual luncheon and general meeting at the Connaught...

FORTNIGHT OF CELEBRATION FOR MANCHESTER

A N attractive programme has been t g adrawn up for the celebration of the Motor Industry's Jubilee (North-West Division) in...

Financial News of the Industry

NEW COMPANIES IL E. Marsh and $on, Ltd.-Private company. Rea. Semm eber 17. cap. £10.000 in £1 shares. To acquire business of...

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The Margate Conference

A S an occasion of the greatest value, both in the matter of business on the agenda and business while at play, last week's...

Methodical Development Not Nationalization

B USINESS, during the first session on Thursday morning, was devoted to consideration of the subject, "Coordination of Inland...

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Will. Clicensees be Free?

T was suggested by one speaker in lthe discussion that C-licensees would not be permitted to retain complete freedom under the...

Keys to Reorganization

'THE afternoon session, to which 1 women guests were specially invited, had as its theme "The Future of Road Transport." Mr. J....

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No Case Against the Industry

THURSDAY evening's conference 1 banquet at the Winter Garden was all that a banquet should be. Margate Corporation gave of its...

TELEGRAM FROM MR. CHURCHILL

DILEASE thank members of the road L transport industry for their message. I congratulate you upon the fine part which road...

Collective Bargaining Out of Date

F RIDAY'S business session took the form of a "brains trust," in which the chairmen and executive officers of the N.R.T.F. and...

Women's Council's Fast Meeting

F OLLOWING the formation of a National Council of Women at the close of Mrs. Borrowdale's address to the N.R.T.F. conference on...

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Control and Construction of

GAS TURBINES FOR ROAD 7EHICLES I N the preceding article on the stibject of gas turbines, which appeared in the issue dated...

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By Coach to France and Switzerland Again

A GOOD example of the speed of our recovery from international strife and economic paralysis is provided by the reintroduction...

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Unlicensed Vehicles Used Permits Suspended

A FORTNIGHT'S suspension of all r't the public-service-vehicle permits held by Messrs. H. G. Anfield and Sons, 52, Quay Road,...

Glasgow to Build Bus Bodies G LASGOW CORPORATION has been grantedpowers

to build motorbus and trolleybus bodies. The Select Committee of the House of Lords last week concluded its deliberations on...

COMPANIES AND CORPORATIONS COMPETE FOR TRAFFIC

'1"HE South Wales Traffic Commis' sioner heard further evidence in Cardiff, last week--on the joint application by the Cardiff...

MARGATE OFFERS AID IN RUNNING DIRECT SERVICES

B EFORE the Margate Conference opened last week, certain members of the Passenger Vehicle Operators Association, the Mayor of...

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PARIS SHO PLAY-BACK

By P. G. TUCKER C ONTINUING my observations on the exhibits at the Paris Salon, which closed its doors on Sunday last, the...

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Standardize Bus Wheelbases

A CALL for standardization in the wheelbase length of passenger vehicles was made by Mr. R. Stuart Pitcher, C.B.E. F.R.S.E., in...

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What Private Enterprise Can Do

By E. B. HOWES, Vice-President, Hauliers Mutual Federation One of the Industry's Dynamic Personalities Finds in the Vauxhall...

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Engineer's Call for Bigger Buses

Mr. W. Gordon Young, Chief Engineer of Young's Bus Service, Ltd., Comments on Design in Relation to Maintenance A S reported in...

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OPINIONS and

UERIES BETTER ORGANIZATION APPEARS NECESSARY “OW right you are to ask your readers what they are "doing to counter the...

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PLANNING A BUS SERVICE

to a housing estate Figures, and Diagrams Explain the Fundamentals of Choosing Vehicle Types and Arranging Frequencies to Give...

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Filtration it Importance in Engine Life

IN his paper on filtration, which he presented at a meeting lof the Diesel Engine Users Association, held in London yesterday,...

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SWEDEN WELCOME

.R.T.E MEMBERS By W. Roper Lindsay, M.I.R.T.E. D URING the visit of 50 members of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers...

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Multi-axled Vehicle Design

T O enable a semi-trailer to carry increased loads without exceeding the legal load-per-axle limit, is the purpose of a...