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22nd May 1953
22nd May 1953
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Page 25

A Breath of Fresh Air

W ITH the active concurrence of Sir Robert Tolerton, an inspector of the Ministry of Transport. and the tacit support of the...

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Special Occasion Elucidated

T HE question as to whether a particular coach trip was a "special occasion " which would have exempted the coach proprietor...

Passing Comments

Trouble at Folkestone A N aftermath of the Folkestone Conference of the Public Transport Association is that a fairly large...

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Minister Breaches Existingoperator Stronghold IN upholding Northern Roadways, Ltd., against

the railways and nine I long-established coach companies, the Minister of Transport has made a breach in the existing-operator...

U.D.T. Directors of T.U.F.

THE names of the three directors to I represent the United Dominions Trust, Ltd., on the board of Transport Unit Finance, Ltd.,...

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Leyland Wins Tulip Rally: British Lead .

B RITISH passenger vehicles gained six out of the first seven places in the International Tulip Rally in Holland last week. A...

" Heavy" Makers to Visit Germany A N"Anglo-European consultative team" of heavy-vehicle

manufac-. turers from Great Britain will visit Germany next month as guests of the Verband der Automobilindustrie the German...

Disposals Board Debate Today T HE House of Commons will today

debate the composition of the Road Haulage Disposals Board, the members of which were due to be announced yesterday. Mr. A. T....

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Men in the News

• MR. J. MASON has been re-elected chairman of the National Association of Warehouse Keepers. MR. W. BURKE SKIPPER, B.Sc.,...

Disappearance of R.H.E. " Tragic "

IN some ways, it was tragic that the J. Road Haulage Executive were to disappear, said Lt.-Col. H. R. CaulfieldGiles, chairman,...

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B.111:111.0. Saving £300,000 a Year

O VER £300,000 a year was now being saved by thd Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., Mr. J. S. Wills, chairman,...

Export Volume Up: Value Down

EE XPORTS of commercial vehicles during March increased in volume but decreased in value. The number, including trailers but...

Ford Working Capital Doubled

A FORMAL offer was made, last Friday, by the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., to acquire 756,062 shares held by individual shareholders in...

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Big Western Fare Case : Guarded

Grant to United Counties F OR the fourth time since the war, the Western National Omnibus Co., Ltd., last week applied to the...

New Grade 1 Areas

A S from next Monday, May 25, the following places are added to the list of Grade 1 areas for the purposes of road haulage...

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No Threat to Value of Roads

N O convincing evidence that the roads have, as a. result of restrictions on maintenance expenditure, become appreciably...

Costs Offset Record Earnings

INCREASES in costs had more than / offset additional revenue accruing to the South Wales Transport Co., Ltd., because of higher...

Flat Fares on Hull One-man Buses ?

A PROPOSAL to charge flakate fares on one-man-operated buses was mentioned, last week, by Mr. G. H. Pulfrey, general manager...

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New C. and U. Regulations Drafted : Winking Lights

WINKING-LIGHT traffic indicators VV are to be legalized by the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) ( Amendment) Regulations,...

Coach Co. to Pay Damages to Hotel

J UDGMEN1 for f664 14s. 5d., with costs, was given by Mr. Justice Stable in the Queen's Bench Division last week against Bee...

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The Express Carrier and the Future

By Interworking and Concentrating a Specialized Service, Parcels Carriers Can Give Users Flexible, Efficient and Cheap...

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Power and Efficiency in Bristol Eight-wheeler

By Laurence J. Cotton, M.I.R.T.E. I F the Bristol eight-wheeled chassis, at present built solely for British Road Services, was...

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Inventors Turn to Disc Brakes

A LTHOUGH the disc brake is 1- 1 extensively used on aircraft, so far it has made little progress on road i chicks. In terms of...

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MODERN METHODS MAIN N TRADITION

Efficient Techniques Employed in the Transport System of John Barker and Co., Ltd., Enhance Service to Customers, Yet Do...

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KNOW YOUR COSTS

• Meet the increasing competition that will soon develop in road haulage by overhauling your costing system and cutting out...

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How Far Will Licensing Change?

Section 9 of the New Act Does Not Necessarily Repeal Enston Decision: it May Only Alter Emphasis on Proof by Objectors to...

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Transmission Brakes Inevitable

YOUR leading article, "' Braking Heavy Vehicles," in The Commercial Motor of April 17, rightly stressed the need for some...

The Value of "Know How"

I READ with interest L. J. Cotton's article, "Alone I. Did It," in The Commercial Motor dated May 1. In reply, I would like to...

Full Colour is Appreciated

MAY we congratulate you on your most successful ivi venture into the use of full colour [issue May 1]. We have no doubt that...

Blame the Roads, Not Drivers

O N page 402 of your issue dated May 8 I noted a paragraph headed "Action Against Drivers," in which it is stated that the...

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Living on Commission

By JANUS L ET me never to the marriage of true minds admit impediments. There are and always will be people with vehicles and...

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SOLVING THE PROBLEMS OF THE CARRIER

A Warning to Newcomers Entrants to the Industry Should Make Adequate Provision for Vehicle Depreciation, Otherwise They Will...

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Special Tipper for Concrete Distribution

T HE use in this country of the Belgian-made S.G.M.E. wet concrete distributor enables the speed of concrete laying to be...

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Pump to Give Pilot Injection

A CCORDING to patent No. 688,003, ri the advantages of pilot injection are not realized if the two spurts of fuel are not...