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Page 49
T HE transport operator visiting the Commercial Motor Show with the intention of adding to his fleet, the man : who entering...
Page 50
General Motors President Visits AC-Delco O NE of the most courteous and genial personalities from America whom we have met is...
Page 51
Of a number of earls caught lately. From many 'visitors to the Show, that it is the best ever. That the mobile shops are...
Page 52
T HE British Transport Commission published on Wednesday the special list of transport units for sale in Scotland which was...
I T is understood that Leyland Motors, • Ltd., have been approached by the London Transport Executive to build two prototypes...
A N expansion programme for Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., that will involve spending £36m. over the next five years, was announced...
A MENDED prices for Morris-Corn ✓ merciaI L.D.I and L.D.2 vans with the new B.M.C. 2.2-litre oil engine have been announced by...
appliances for Civil Defence will be supplied to the Home Office this year by Vauxhall Motors, Ltd. A number of bodybuilders...
Page 53
THE expectation of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders that the attendance at this year's Commercial Motor Show...
A LTHOUGH his company had not yet actually been refused permission to send an abnormal load by road, official permission for...
r - k A BUCKIE haulier who purchased back from British Road Services a number of vehicles that were formerly his own,...
Page 54
The Institution of Engineering Designers have established headquarters at 38 Poi tland Place, London, W,1. James Neale and...
MR. E. W. I. ARKLE and MR. B. JESSOP have resigned from the board of the Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., and have been...
Page 63
E'URTHER proposals for amending 1 the Construction and Use Regulations were made known by the Ministry of Transport on...
A N addition to the Guy Arab range of passenger vehicles, which was not completed in time for exhibition at Earls Court this...
THERE would be an estimated deficit 1 of £159,000 on the trams at the end of the current year, Mr. S. Hilton, deputy town clerk...
THE solution of Nottingham's trans1 port problems can be reached only by adopting a scheme of rapid mass transport based on...
O N October 12, his 70th birthday, Mr. William Hepworth, chairman and managing director. of Hepworth and Grandage, Ltd., and...
UTORE Guy vehicles were sold in the year ended July last than in the previous year and sales continued to rise, Mr. Sydney S....
Page 64
B ECAUSE he had previously given work to a private haulier, Mr. J. Charlton could not get British Road Services to carry a cow...
DROGRESS is being made towards the complete fabrication in Brazil of Alfa-Romeo lorries by 1956-57. The National Motor Factory...
A NEW light alloy with a surface that is permanently bright and does not corrode or peel has been produced by the British...
YV and trolleybuses, but between 9 a.m. and noon only 120 are used, while the rest are lying idle. We have to buy vehicles...
"Light Alloy Bodies for Road Haulage Vehicles," published by the Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd., Banbury, deals with the...
1-1 A PUBLIC inquiry is to be held in Glasgow on November 16 by Sir Robert Tolerton into the corporation's proposals to extend...
N EW registrations under "other goods" vehicles rose from 8,701 in June to 9,483 in July. The total for the month was 14,143,...
R OAD accidents in the Metropolitan Police District last year, at 42,203. were 6.4 per cent, higher than in 1952. This was...
D ECAUSE the applicant did noi appear in court, the Northern Licensing Authority last week struck out an apPlication by Mr. C....
Page 65
A LTHOUGH commercial vehicle output at 240,093 in 1953 was 1 per cent. lower than in 1952, the proportion of vehicles under 15...
E IGHT vehicles which are proposed to be discarded next year are not to be replaced, according to a report by the general...
of a £1m. bus station and multi-storey car park in Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, may be embarked upon in two or three years. It was...
O liT of a staff of 3,023, an average of 190 drivers and conductors was absent every day, Cl1r. S. I. Dyson, chairman of...
VI' equipped with the latest servicing and maintenance equipment, a new garage has been opened at Lichfield by the Birmingham...
A S from today, Mr. L. M. Broadway is to take over the managing directorship of C. C. Wakefield and Co., Ltd., from Mr. Alonzo...
A FIRE appliance with an oil engine i• . has been built for Nottinghamshire Fire Service by Wilsdon and Co., Ltd., Park Road,...
of the Industrial Transport Association for the winter season is given below. All meetings will be held at the Royal Society of...
Page 66
WHEN Mr. E. C. Woods presented VI' Newport Corporation's application for increased fares to the South Wales Traffic Licensing...
T HE West Midland Licensing Authority has granted the Potteries Motor Traction Co., Ltd., and 13 other operators in the...
the decline of evening traffic, said Mr. R. H. Addlesee, general manger of Wolverhampton Transport Department, when he...
W HEN Walter Henry Alford, 65 Winchelsea Road, Rye, haulage contractor, was summoned at Rye, on charges of breaches of the...
T HE Minister of Transport has rejected an appeal by Mr. J. 0. Andrew against the refusal of the Yorkshire Licensing Authority...
THERE were no objections last week 1 to an application by the Lincolnshire Road Car Co., Ltd., to increase workers' daily...
E. R. L. Fitzpayne, general manager, a recommendation that a concession fare for old-age pensioners be introduced on Glasgow...
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O NE of the surprises of the Commercial Motor Show is the appearance on the stand of Simms Motor Units, Ltd. (240), of a...
DIRECT-ACTION hydraulic Ai power-steering device based on a design of the American Monroe company, is to be produced in this...
Page 68
12 and Bus Body Design at s Court Reveals Increasing of Lightweight Materials : ket for Small-capacity enger Vehicles Indicated...
Page 74
F OR want of a general ban on street parking in inner London, which would make the bus services. better and cheaper to run,...
A CCORDING to the Clayton Dewandre Co., Ltd„ Lincoln, the majority of drivers prefer independent control of an exhaust-brake...
Page 75
M AINTENANCE engineers visiting the transport service equipment section at the Commercial Motor Show will probably find the...
Page 78
Weight Saving and Adoption of Smaller Oil Engines for Use in Vans Most Noticeable Trends : New Passenger and Goods...
Page 88
Basic Designs Being Improved: Rubber Components Introduced to Save Wear: Interesting New Articulated Outfits By P. G. Tucker...
Page 92
r Life and Greater 6,ility in Tippers: Rivalling Metal and : Demandfor Specialvpes Grows, but Inter?ability is Required By P....
Page 105
A DUAL-CONTROL hydraulic reac tion valve capable of use with two 10-in.-diameter brake units has been produced by Feeny and...
Page 106
Many Novel Products in Electrical Field: Additions to Ranges of Heaters : Lighter Seats and Varied Bodywork Fittings I...
Page 110
Oil Engines Become Accepted for Use in Ambulances : New Stretcher Gear Simplifies Handling : Ladder Easily Operated in New...
Page 112
Russell of Bathgate Purchase Another 19 Vehicles, But Assign Some of Them (Stand 39), with . 45-ft. light-alloy escape ladder,...
Page 115
DASED on the same principle as their successful farm-type grain-transport tanks,. N. Tamplin and Co., Ltd., Birdham,...
Page 116
Indirect Censorship By JANUS F d CONOMY has become a major virtue. Whatever is done in its name is accepted without...
Page 119
A Detailed Examination of the Costs of Running Vehicles of three Different Sizes, Assuming Engines of Petrol and Oil Higher...
Page 120
A S a result of a visit to Canada by Mr. N. Hindle, director of Helecs Vehicles, Ltd., a new battery-electric delivery vehicle...
L OSS of unburned petrol through the exhaust ports of twaJ–A stroke engines has encouraged Bosch, Ltd., Stuttgart, Germany, to...