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19th March 1954
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Another Turn in the Spiral

Unless Increase in Wages is Offset by Lower .Taxation, -Higher Fares are Inevitable 1 .N the absence of a reduction of fuel...

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No Retreat from Valuations

A LTHOUGH the British Transport Comm ission are concerned at the poor response to List 2 of transport units for disposal and...

Passing Comments

False Panels for Lettering G 000 publicity matter on lorries and vans is valuable, but sometimes it is either necessary or...

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One Hears

Of long-distance hauliers wishing themselves many happy returns. That a party of members of The Institute of Metals is to...

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Greater Response to List 3: List 4 Out on Monday

A PROGRESS report on List 3 of transport units for disposal was issued on Wednesday by the British Transport Commission and the...

More Special A Licences Issued

T HE Western Licensing Authority announced this week that special A licences had been granted to Messrs. R. and W. Febry,...

Bus Operators to Pay 3s. Increase

T HE employers' side of the National Council for the Omnibus Industry are recommending their members to pay a further increase...

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Victoria Coaches versus State Battle Re-opens A SUBMISSION that Westcliff-on-Sea

Motor Services, Ltd., decided ''to apply for an all-the-year-round service between Southend and London only when the Minister...

Lighting Problems : T.R.T.A. Tell M.o.T.

P ROBLEMS' connected with the proposed new vehicle lighting regulations have been taken up with the Ministry of Transport by...

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Men in the News

Cot... R. E. MAUDE, who has been a director of The Car Mart, Ltd., for 25 years, is retiring. MR. R. G. StirroN has been...

3,000 More A Lorries Than Before

T HERE would be 3,000 more Alicence vehicles on the roads after denationalization than there were previously, said Mr. Bernard...

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Jail for Falsifying Drivers' Expenses ?

%y/HEN Mr. D. N. O'Sullivan, Hull W Stipendiary Magistrate, fined six British Road Services drivers £10 last week for...

Traders Should Support Hauliers

O PERATORS buying back vehicles from British Road Services needed the support of industrialists, declared Mr. Bernard...

Municipal Purcha ses and Proposals

Oxford Health Committee have authorized the purchase of a Bedford van. Liverpool Markets Committee recommend that a B.E.V....

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Bournemouth to Seek Higher Fares

B OURNEMOUTH is to apply for permission to increase to 2d. the Ifd. minimum fare on the municipal buses, for 5d. and 6d. to be...

Merger Breakdown Regretted

R EGRET that talks on the amalgamation of vehicle building employers' organizations had not been successful was expressed by...

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Storage Not a Process

ULL ' magistrates were asked to 1. 'decide last week whether transport in connection with warehousing could be done under a C...

10 Camp Service Appeals Rejected

T EN appeals concerning existing and proposed services from Wednesford R.A.F. camp to various parts of the country have been...

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New Fully Automatic HydroMechanical Transmission A FULLY automatic transmission ti

system employing a torque converter in conjunction with planetary gearing, is a feature of a Bussing underfloor-engined lorry...

Coaches Not to be Diverted

A N attempt by Colchester Corporation to divert coaches around the by -pass and to prevent the picking up and setting down of...

B.R.S. Not Evading 1953 Act ?

A CCUSATIONS that British Road Services were trying to evade the 1953 Act by obtaining new licences for vehicles to replace...

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10 Per Cent. on Some London Fares ?

T HE British Transport Commission have approached the Transport Tribunal with a view to securing an increase in fares for...

Glasgow Proposal Uneconomic ?

nOUBT that Glasgow Corporation's Li proposal to buy l00 buses at a total cost of £350,000 to provide facilities for the...

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A LIGHT REIN OT NISS OPERATORS

by W. H. Godwin G OODS and public service vehicle operators in Britain may envy the apparent freedom enjoyed by their...

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Mechanizing Hand-drawn Works Trucks

H AND-DRAWN works trailers can be converted into prime movers by fitting a power unit newly produced by A. Hirst and Son....