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1st February 1952
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Allocation Cuts Mean More Maintenance

T HERE is little doubt that there will be considerable cuts in the numbers of both commercial vehicles and private cars in the...

Passing Comments

Oil Drop Tells Engine Condition LUBRILUBRI CATING oil has many attributes, and CATING to the California Texas Oil Co., Ltd.,...

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One Hears

That what we have to face is less consumption and more production. Of increasing numbers of Manufacturers adopting ancillary...

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Denationalization Statement Within a Month

G OVERNMENT measures to restore the widest possible freedom for road transport will be announced within four weeks in a...

National Sin:ails Rate Schedule

A RATES schedule for smalls traffic carried by the Road Haulage Executive will be constructed on a national basis. This...

Records Charge : Director on Trial

A CCUSED of ordering his drivers to falsify their record sheets, Wilfred Thomas Law, 72, Dudley Road, Wolverhampton, managing...

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Objectors' Rights Wrongly Limited

WHENEVER an applicant amends W his application in a material particular, with the result that it is re-published by the...

Not Subsidiaries: Appeal Fails

IN a written decision issued this week, the Transport (Appeal) Tribunal makes it clear that to apply for a licence in its own...

Two New E.R.F. Export Chassis

T WO new models, a four-wheeler and a three -axled twin steering chassis, have been introduced to supplement the E.R.F. range...

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Men in the News

CLLR. F. How - , a director of Hoults, Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne, has resigned from Newcastle City Council because of pressure...

Compensation Case for High Court T O obtain a ruling on

whether_ the remuneration of the proprietor should be deducted from the profits of a company when assessing compensation, the...

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• Brighton Seeks Mini stry Inquiry , B RICHTON is to ask

the Minister of Transport to hold an inquiry into the local transport arrangements. This decision was reached by the town...

Albion to Pay Off 300 Workers A BOUT 300 workers employed

by Albion Motors, Ltd., are to be paid off within the next few weeks. Forty men have already received notice, and the others...

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Zebra Crossings : • Legal Doubt

D ESPITE a statement by the Ministry of Transport that it was considered that the legality of zebra crossings has been...

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£1,220m. Spent on Road Transport

E LEVEN 15er cent, of the national LA income was spent on road transport and travel in 1950. This figure was three times as...

Wanted A Sign of Good Faith

B EFORE, nationalization, road transport was a profitable business; it did not need to be subsidized by the public. It was to...

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Buses Speed Up London Traffic

A LTHOUGH it will not be cornMpleted until next October, London Transport's Om. programme for the replacement of trams by buses...

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Hitting the Jack-pot

A S the tantalizing Ministerial silence on the future Of transport is prolonged from week to week, the speculation grows bolder...

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The Trek of the Double-decker

A Daimler CO65o Makes an 8,aoo-mile : Tour of South • Africa Including Eve . ry Main • . Centre of Population By P. A. C....

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Double-decker Built from Photographs

S IX new Daimler C.V.D. 6 single-deck buses with Saunders-Roe bodies are being delivered to Kumasi Town Council, and will join...

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Whitson Turns to All metal Construction

S TEEL T-section pillars, measuring 13 ins.• by 11 ins, by in., tied by a 14-gauge truss panel and pressed-steel gussets and...

id. on Fares or 5d. on Rates ?

lporr' the end of March this year, ClecL 1 th.orpes Transport Department may have if deficit of ONO, the equivalent of a 5d,...

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GREATER TURNOVER AT LOWER COST

By L. J. COTTON, M.I.R.T.E. • 0131LE shops score over static branch premises, . ,.in that labour costs are generally lower,...

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A Case for Equal Competition

From Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Osborne Maitre, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. MAY I have a little space to reply to the comments by ivi "Janus,"...

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Ending for a

New . Era How Midland "Red" is Extending Its Single-deckers to Take Pour More Seats r- I NE effect of the recent concessions...

Mr. Fitzpayne Attacks Inglis Report

"THE Inglis Committee's report on the future of transport in the Glasgow , area was severely criticized by Mr. E. R. L....

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New licence Fleet Cuts Delivery Costs

The. Cottimer Fleet of Tollemache's Breweries, Ltd., Walthamstow, which Started Work Last Year, Costs the Company Less thcin...

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BIG FLEETS:

Low Overheads "The Commercial Motor" Costs Expert Examines the Constituent Allotments that Make up a Sand-and-ballast...

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Longevity Claim for Disc Brake

A LTHOUGH aircraft design has little in common with that of heavy road vehicles, there are certain aspects, such as brakes for...