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20th November 1953
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Wages and Work

B RITAIN is rapidly approaching the time, if this has not already been reached, when greater consideration must be given to the...

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Intention versus Performance

A FAVOURABLE decision given last week by Taunton magistrates in a case concerning the taxation of container vehicles (reported...

Passing Comments

M.C.W. Celebrate Their Majority C ONGRATULATIONS to Metropolitan-CammellWeymann, Ltd., on their 21 years of progress— and real...

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One Hears

Of a growing epidemic of foreshadowing. That embossed aluminium should meet many a Dodybuilder's need. That most prophets,...

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398 B.T.C. UNITS NOW FOR SALE

First Tenders by December. 21 : "Highest Price Wins" TENDERS for transport units in the first list must be submitted I to the...

l3.T.C. to Keep 3,500 Vehicles

nUT of about 36,000 vehicles, tl British Transport Commission w retain . some 3,500. This is all to whii they are entitled...

Sir Malcolm could not guaran that a man whose tender

for a unit the first list was declined would alwi be informed in time for him to ME a bid in the second schedule. He sa...

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Container Only Once Removed, But Still Exempt from Tax

TAUNTON magistrates last week dis1 - missed sunirrionses against the Eldorado Ice Cream Co., Ltd., alleging that the proper...

R.A.F. Traffi c Restricted

"ONDIT1ONS of a licence for excurs- , sions and tours which permitted 'Jasper Bros. (Heath Hayes), Ltd., 7,annock, to carry...

"Eight Standing 99 to Remain T HE maximum number of standing

passengers permitted in buses is to remain at eight. The Minister of Transport has decided against a reduction. This...

EXPERT TO 'ADVISE ON MERGER

A N independent transport expert will probably be called in to report on the advantages and disadvantages of amalgamating , the...

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Men in the News

MR. B. S. WEBSTER has resigned his directorship of Cheswick and Wright. Ltd. CotF. W. JoNEs has been appointed president, and...

Roads Wasting Over £60m. a Year

B RITAIN'S inadequate roads cost the country over £60m. a year, according to the Federation of British Industries, who, last...

Railways Broke Agreement ?

B Y increasing the frequency of thei services on routes from Rhonda to Cardiff and Barry while retainirr cheap day returns, the...

NO BUSMEN'S STRIKE: LONDOI PAY CLAIM DISCUSSED

A MEETING of representatives c 1,800 employees of United Attu mobile Services, Ltd., Darlingto: decided recently to postpone...

ROAD AND RAIL CO-OPERATI

INTERAVAILABLE bus and Ira I tickets are to be introduced on ti Newcastle upon Tyne—South Shieli route on December 1 by the...

OBITUARY

WE regret to record the death of M ifv D. M. GREENSHIELDS. Mr. Greenshields was the Scotia! and Northern Ireland regional...

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Opposite Rulings in Two Cases Based on Same Principle

D ECIS1ONS on two appeals, both of which relied to a certain extent on he same principle and yet were treated ippositely, were...

Government to Help Small Operators

THE Government were anxious to help small operators during denationalization, and hoped that they would be able to borrow the...

COACH DOOR NOT SECURE: 1127 DAMAGES TO PASSENGER

T HERE had been a breach of common law by the company, who were negligent in that the driver did not ensure that the door was...

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"Modest Optimism !! on Road Schemes

A DEPUTATION representing the EA Association of British Chambers of Commerce met the Minister of Transport, Mr. Lennox-Boyd,...

FIRESTONE'S t3561V1. SALES D . .

URIN the past year, the Firestone G organization throughout the world sold products to the value of over £.356m. This...

Attempt to Hinder Sales of Transport Units Fails

A LAST-MINUTE attempt by the rt Opposition to frustrate. denationalization was defeated in the House of Commons, last week, by...

Doubt on Buying B.R.S. Vehicles

A NUMBER of operators bac It indicated doubt over the wisdom of purchasing British Road Services vehicles, said Mr. H. Bell,...

LIVESTOCK REVENUE UP FROP £160 to £4,000

T HE Scottish Deputy Licensir Authority deferred his decision la week when Mrs. Grace Halley, Crieff, applied., for the renewal...

U.S. INTERESTED IN BRITISH LIGHT OILERS

B RITISH manufacturers who ha , lightweight oil engines in' proclu tion or contemplation have been visit( recently by Mr. S. E....

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;roods Vehicles 27 Per Cent. of ,Total

rHE percentage of goods traffic on I Britain's roads, representing some 7 per cent. of all mechanical vehicles, now greater...

SHOULD SOCIAL CLUB HOLD LICENCE?

rONTROVERSY arose before the Yorkshire Licensing Authority last ek, when a glasSware Company's :•ial club applied for a'...

RUSSIA PLACES BIG ORDER USSIA' has placed a large order

with the British Straddle Carrier Co, nbridge, for a number of Timber If self-loading machines. Twentyhave already been...

WHO SHOULD RUN PANTOMIME SERVICES?

S HouLo pantomime traffic be the preserve of regular operators, or be catered for specially by small coach proprietors? This...

TOLL FOR ROAD RECONSTRUCTION?

A SUGGESTION that tolls should be charged until the cost of reconstruction of the Great North Road through Kesteven is...

DISCUSSION ON FINANCE

A DISCUSSION on the place and treatment of transport finance and accounting in the Institute's examination scheme will be...

SUNDERLAND SHORT OF STAFF THERE is a "desperate shortage" . I

of platform staff in Sunderland Transport Department. The number of drivers and conductors has declined to the 1951 figure, the...

VEHICLE BUILDERS' CLAIM

A CLAIM for a substantial increase in pay for 20,000 workers has been submitted by the National Union of Vehicle Builders. The...

Government Pressed for Road Loan

THE continued failure of the Government to tackle the urgent problem of Britain's obsolete road system gave rise to outspoken...

• SMITH'S CHANGE NAME: WIDER INTERESTS DECAUSE of the wider

sphere of aCtivities of the coinpany, Smith's Electric Vehicles, Ltd., have changed their title to Smith's Delivery Vehicles,...

STACATRUC LIQUIDATION

R EG [STEREO on March 1, 1949, Staeatruc Development, Ltd., have gone into voluntary liquidation. The company were formed to...

BUSMEN WERE WRONG

B OLTON busmen were wrong to ban standing passengers during a recent four-day "work to rule" protest against duty schedules,...

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More Applications for Higher Fares

F RACTIONAL id. fares on Hull buses will be eliminated if a remitmendation of the transport committee, which has been approved...

Output mut E xports Recover

FTER the August holidays, output and exports recovered in September. Production rose sharply from an average of 2,878 vehicles...

"Transport Out of Date"

T HE plain truth is that too mu' of our transport system is out date, and with every passing year becoming more so. It is a...

£650 BODYWORK COMPETITIO:

P RIZES worth more than £6 including free visits to a Conlintal motor show, are offered by • Institute of British Carriage and...

RADIO CUTS REFUELLERS' MILEAGE TWO-WAY radio has been insta 1

in four Shell-Mex and B.P. fuel lets and a van employed at Lon Airport, so that vehicles do not to return to base for...

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issuranee of RoadRail Co-operation

" 4 0-OPERATION between the road and rail services of the British ransport Commission during the 3ming winter was assured...

BUS COMPANIES PROFITS " I WO bus companies announced their

results on Wednesday. Barton :ansport, Ltd., last year made a profit £33,812 before charging taxation of 7,671. A 15-per-cent....

It lists the products of all A.M.D.G.E. members, is handsomely

bound and contains 660 art,paper pages. Reprints of the first issue can be obtained from the Association at 11 Ironmonger Lane,...

YUGOSLAV SAURERS

H EAVY Saurer lorries are to be manufactured in Yugoslav State factories. Last winter, various types of vehicle were tried over...

NO CLYDE TUNNEL YET

T HE Minister of Transport has refused to give Glasgow Corporation permission to proceed with the Whiteinch-Linthouse tunnel...

LATEST MINITRUCK SHOWN 'HE latest version of the Bond Minitruck,

made by Sharps Comrcials, Ltd., Preston, is displayed at Motorcycle Show at Earls Court, ich closes tomorrow night. Priced at...

flUIPMENT SHOW ON PAPER OSSIBLY the most comprehensive catalogue of

transport service liproent ever produced, the latest )fication of the Association of nufacturers 'and Distributors of rage...

BODYWORK CLAUSE RESISTED A CLAUSE seeking power to build . 1— I

their own bus bodies in Birmingham Corporation's new Parliamentary Bill is to be strongly opposed by an influential group of...

S. SMITH MAKE £566,118

A GROUP net profit, last year, of ri £566,118 was announced on Wednesday by S. Smith and Sons (England), Ltd. This figure was...

B.R.S. Revenue Up by £1.7m.

T HE tendency for the revenue of British Road Services to rise and for tonnage and mileage to decline continues. In the first...

B.R.S. OBJECT IN SMALLS CASE LTHOUGH they have decided to

I — I sell their smalls and parcels delivery vehicles, as reported on page 432, British Road Services on Monday Objected to an...

SERVICE SCHOOL ON WHEELS rONTINENTAL distributors of Commer and Karrier

vehicles will benefit soon from a mobile service school which the Rootes Group have placed in service. On completion of a tour...

NEW THIN-WALL BEARINGS THIN-WALL bearings are to be made I

by Dualloys, Ltd., Chard, Somerset, subsidiaries of Sterling Industries, Ltd. Mr. T. W. Vernon, chairman and managing director...

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New Semi-automatic Gearbox in Leyland Chassis

Semi-automatic Transmission, Using Direct Air Operation to a Wilson Epicyclic Gearbox, is now Available in Leyland Passenger...

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New Small

Oil Engines Two-,Threeand Four-cylindered Oil Engines, for Installation in Light Vehicles, to be Made in this Country Under...

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Operators Agree to Accept Restrictions on Tours

Objections Resolved by Limiting Operation to Pre-hooked Parties and Prohibiting Advertising of Specific Journeys to Blackpool...

New Initiative to be Shackled ?

IS the restored freedom of initiative in road transport to be circumscribed by forms of licensing found necessary in other...

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SAUNDERS-ROE MALE GRAL BUS

A N integral-construction single-decker, incorporating proprietary mechanical components, has been built experimentally by...

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ORIGINALITY I JODS BODIES

By P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech.E. O N practically every stand at the Scottish Show one or more of the bodies displayed...

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Scottish Show's Success

rrMS year's Scottish Show, the finest I ever held, was an outstanding success, said Mr. W. R. Black, president of the Society...

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Scientific Approach to Workshop Organization

rr HE necessity of high vehicle avail.I. ability had compelled a more scientific approach to workshop organization, and...

30 m.p.g. with Double-deckers?

THERE .was a hope of obtaining 1 30 m.p.g. with oil-engined doubledeckers running at 30 m.p.h., said Dr. E. M. Dodds, of the...

Big •New Paint-spray Plant

A NEW paint-spray plant capable of handling the entire range of vehicles from the Nippy Star 4-tonner ta the Mighty Antar...

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C-licensees Given Final Warning on Hours

PERATORS of 71 ancillary vehicles, J. Miller, Ltd., bakers, The Mall, London, W.4, were ned by the Metropolitan Licensing...

New Aid to Clean Floors

A VERSATILE self-powered floorI - 1 cleaning machine has been added to the range of industrial cleaning equipment manufactured...

Preventing Spring Fractures

T O reduce the risk of fractures in road springs, by ensuring that they are protected from rust and Corrosion by being kept...

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Matter of Opinion

Political Commentary By JAN S O much political time and newspaper space are devoted to the arguments for and against...

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'oco Much Reliance on Liquid Fuel

4DER the heading " Prevent Another Fuel Famine," in your issue dated November 6, Mr. A. R. Wilson, .R.T.E., very rightly points...

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The Tables are Queried . •

An Operator Finds that His Expenses Do Not Tally with Those Published in "The Commercial Motor Tables of Operating Costs" :...

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An Armoured Mobile Bank for India

The teak flooring has an underside lining of steel, the interior being covered with linoleum. Fittings include a counter,...

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A Hydraulic Brake with Safety. Devices

A SERIOUS leak in one of the pipe 11 lines of a hydraulic brake can put the whole system out of order, with possibly serious...