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19th August 1949
19th August 1949
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Tell tis the Tale

11 RIVER S of commercial TheMen of vehicles travel the roads -1-4 7 of this. country. day by . !lave Man y day, year after...

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Mind - Your 1Vioney A - CONSIDERABLE amount of money, either in cash

or in the form of Transport Stock, as a result of the purchase of long-distance road transport concerns and the paying-out...

Passing Comments

Attractive P1 ast 1 e WHAT might be an attrac Materials for 111unni" tive and practicable pro nated Signs . . . • position for...

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One Hears

That the three classical requirements' for .a good after - dinner speaker have not changed with the years. :Plat...

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End of London's C oach Hire Scheme T O-DAY the last of

the coaches which have been hired to the London Transport Executive to supplement .Lonelon's bus fleet will be withdrawn. The...

RAILWAY MAJORITY ON . . INQUIRY COMMITTEE

F °11R of the five members of• the committee which has been appointed by the British Transport Commission to report on the...

GLASGOW LOSES £312,588 I NCREASES in fares made at the

beginning ofthis year by Glasgow Corporation have not corrected the deficiency on the running of the buses, trams and...

80 PER CENT, INTEREST IN TOMLINSON LIGHTLY over 80 per

cent. of the %-.) issued capital of Tomlinson (Electric Vehicles), Ltd., had been acquired by King's Motors (Oxford), Ltd.,...

D SOUTHDOWN AND EAST.BOURNE DISCUSS POOLING • ISCUSSIONS are in progress

. between representatives of Southdown Motor Services, Ltd., and Eastbourne Corporation on suggested co-ordination plans....

Output Continues at 4,000 Mark

A LTHOUGH production of commercial vehicles in June felt short of the record weekly output of 4,419 units set up in May, it was...

69 MORE HAULIERS NATIONALIZED THE high rate of acquisition bf haul

. age businesses by the British Transport Commission c,ontinues. In the first 13 days of this month; 69 concerns were taken...

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150 Vehicles in Two New Groups

D EVELOPMENTS in grouping have recently been given a stimulus in the West Midlands by the registration of two new companies in...

EX-RAILWAY STATION AS BODY WORKS

A N unusual situation between rail and road occurred at an inquiry held by the Ministry of Town and Country Planning at...

GRADIENT BEATS ABNORMAL LOAD

VAILURE of a heavy tractor unit - and multi-trailer outfit, with a total laden weight of 235 tons, resulted in the bloCking of...

Comets. Bring Home the (Polish) Bacon

IVE . more Leyland Comet 6-ton oilengtned refrigerator -vehicles, to supplement five already in use, have been ordered by the...

DRIVER CHARGED WITHOUT EVIDENCE IN FUEL CASE

• I-1 A CASE dismissed at the TamivOrth Court, last week, alleging' the misuse of petrol. was described by the defence as...

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Men in the News MR. HARRY WOODHEAD, managing director of Jowett Cars, Ltd., has been appointed a magistrate for Bradford.

MR. E. 0. A. Smoui.roN's appointment as engineer and deputy general manager of the Wolverhampton Transport undertaking has been...

Tour Company to be Wound Up

A N application by Kildare Coaches. Ltd., Womersley Road. Knottingley. for the winding up of Trinity Tours . (Wakefield), Ltd.,...

REORGANIZING AVON TYRE SALES

I N future, the home-sales 'force of th; Avon., India Rubber . Co., Ltd. Melksham, Wilts, will be organized or a basis of four...

LEWIS DISTRIBUTES N.C.R. LEWIS DISTRIBUTES N.C.R.

nISTRIBUTION and service o N.C.B. electric vehicles in Londo. and the south-eastern counties hay been undertaken by T. H....

Dock Strike Blots Export Sheet

A Sreported in "The Commercial Motor" last week, the dock itr,ike seriously upset shipments of British commercial vehicles in...

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No Regimentation of Meat Hauliers

D ISMAY among meat hauliers as a result of suggestions emanating 'rain the Meat Transport Organization. 141., that vehicles...

FLEET USERS AND SPARES flONS1DERATION of the policy to

be operated in connection with fleet isers is one of the terms of reference A a spare parts and accessories joint tottunittee...

500-mile Convoy Run to Save Rice Crop

WITH. a .3.000-acre rice-gr:ae, mg pro jeCt at Lirripasi Dambo, north-west: of Lake Nyasa, facing 'failure through lack of...

More Illegal Contract Work • Than Ever. Before ?

1IN a statenient to The Commercial I Motor" a few days ago, Mr D. E. Skelding, manager of the Road Passenger and Transport...

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Car Transporter with Hydraulic Lift for B.T.C. Company

NEW semi-trailer: , to, carry four c . ompletcd cars, and ' . .,having a • hydraulically , operated - upper deck . which is...

DUPLE SALES A RECORD

. I AST yiar's total saleS by: duple LA Motor Bodies, Ltd., We're a recoid'in the history of the company, said Mr. Herbert R....

"SHOW-DOWN" ON TRANSPORT?

A CCORDING to the "Financial CI Times," the Opposition is expected, shortly after Parliament reassembles, to ask for a...

Original Permits : .No-Digrietisation

roNTRARyfo 'a repOrt. - _publish: in a daily newspaper, no speci dispensatipn is likely to be granted those ,road haulage...

DONCASTER DIVERSIONS T RAFFIC diversions are bei

• I enforced on the Great North Ro from September 7-10, during the Dc caster St. Leger race meeting. Orly' travelling north and...

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:i3ood LETTER1N

is Restrained YNTHETIC enamels applied S under normal painting condi- tions (at temperatures not less an 60 degrees F.) should...

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New Battery Terminal Reduces Overheating

IN a new type of end terminal at cable connector, evolved by ti Chloride Electrical Storage Co., 1_13 Clifton Junction....

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The Monster in the Labyrinth ) olitical Commentary By JAN US

M OST of us are reluctant to appear more obtuse than our fellows. If we find difficulty in following an argument, but manage to...

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MAKE ROP kANSPORT ITERNATIONAL

says Alfred Woolf, B.A. Europe's Future Depends on the Development of Cordial Relations Between Peoples and the Ability of...

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Integral Frame Construction in Norwegian Bus

W HENEVER passenger- . .trallsport officials gather together. T.V the chances are that peak-hour loading problems"quiekly enter...

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Milk Goes 1,200 Miles by Tanker

Heavy Population in Areas Producing Little Milk Calls for Extension of Longdistance Haulage in Bulk M OV1NCi milk long...

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4e 15-01 )OLIN

By C. S. DUI M.Inst r HE citizens of Leicester own a well-run and efficient passenger-transport undertaking which is the oldest...

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Unit Construction

Brought to a Fine Art T THERE are many outstanding advantages attached to the building of the engine, clutch, gearbox and...

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Contractors Can Compete On Costs

The Extent of the Weekly Mileage Covered by the Haulier's Vehicles Enables Him to Quote Favourable Rates to the Ancillary User...

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Maintaining E ciency in

Injection Equipment A PROBLEM which must frequently occur , An members of the Commercial vehicle industry, the stage at which...

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"A ; .Loading-cum-Tipping Vehicle A VEHICLE designed for digging its own loqd

from, a heap, lifting it, carrying it away, and finally 'tipping it, is shOwn in patent-No. 621,3 . 44. by G Irwin, 73....