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22nd September 1950
22nd September 1950
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Page 59

The Government's Thanks

By the Rt. Hon. G. R. Strauss, M.P., Minister of Supply T AM glad of this opportunity to send a message to the commercial -...

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R.H.A. Areas Demand Increased Radius and Greater Security

F OUR demands for an increase in the 25-mile radius for free hauliers were included in the 32 resolutions submitted by areas to...

ANOTHER COMPENSATION CASE

• IMPORTANT principles regarding the assessment of compensation are likely to be raised in an appeal by Arthur J. Maggs, Ltd.,...

TRACTORS ON TOUR TO BOOST SALES

1 - 1 A MOBILE demonstration unit, with 10 Nuffield Universal tractors, is to tour various areas a the country during the next...

Balancing Charges:

Pages R.II.A. Test Case T HE Metropolitan and South Eastern Area of the Road Haulage Association states that on the advice of a...

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2d. Minimum Fare May be Necessary

Many Company and Municipal Operators Apply to Raise Charges A MINIMUM fare of 2d. was forecast last week by the general manager...

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Trade Plates : Rules to be Altered?

B ECAUSE of the confusion caused to farmers, agricultural implement dealers and machinery makers by the complex regulations...

Men in t he News

MR. RONALD ELLIS, field service engineer of Leyland Motors. Ltd., has recently returned to this country after six months in...

Union Explains Wages Polley

lkAOST of the London bus depots IY1 involved in the strike that began last week were back at work on Sunday and services...

In a Line or Two

Fifty-nine per cent. of Leyland's production last month was for export. • The British Wagon Co., Ltd., is to open an office at...

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R.H.E. "Squeezes Out" Hauliers

THE 'Thornaby-on-Tees haulage firm I of Messrs. J. Tarren and Son have applied to be acquired by the Road Haulage Executive,...

Better Refuse Vehicles Wanted

fl A CALL to the Institute of Public Cleansing is to be made to-day to consider the question of the design of refuse...

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Operators Denounce Double-deckers

Single-deck Vehicles Up to 40 ft. Long Considered at M.P.T.A. Conference A CAMPAIGN to persuade the Ministry of Transport to...

Page 65

What Independence Means

in Passenger Transport By J. S. WILLS, Managing Director, The British Electric Traction Co., Ltd., and President-elect, The...

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121 Years of London Buses

By the Rt. Hon. Lord Latham, F.A.C.C.A. Chairman, London Transport Executive From the Three-horsed Coach to the Modern...

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THE PRICE OF EXPORT

long ago as 1938 London Transport put into service its first TF type The modernization of our double-decker fleet has taken...

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Road Transport's Effect on Britain's Economy

By C. T. Brunner,* M.A., M.Inst.T., F.Inst.Pet. A Director and General Manager of She/I - Mex and B.P. Ltd. Short-sighted...

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1947 Act Raises Removal Costs

Mr. H. Norman Letts on Excluded Traffic and Permits at R.H.A. Conference. Mr. G. F. Stedman Explains Ministry of Transport's...

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0.h4v. Engines in New Morris Commercials

Two New Normal-control Models of 2-3-ton and 5-ton Payload Capacity have 4.2litre Overhead-valve Petrol Engine with Maximum Out...

Page 95

Export Markets and Possibilities

By R. Gresham Cooke, Director of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders B Y its own enterprise, the British...

Page 96

Turbine Progress Depends on Mechanical Details

Says R. H. H. Barr, B.Sc. Managing Director, Centrax Power Units Ltd. W HILST there has never been any doubt that small gas...

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The Case for the Oil Engine

By H. Scott Hall, M.l.Mech.E., M.I.R.T.E. "The Commercial Motor" Costs Expert The Problem of Choice Between Oilers and...

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B.T.C. Loses £20,800,000

Road Services Show Profits. Commission Will Continue with the N orthern Area Scheme, Says Lord H urcomb i _ AST year, the...

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A Show to Remember. . By P. G. TUCKER

Interesting Features of Many New Models as Revealed by an Examination of Vehicle Exhibits at Earls Court T HE 1950...

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VEHICLE EXHIBITS Stand by Stand

A LTHOUGH the number of exhibitors at this year's Commercial Motor Show is six fewer than in 1948-41 as against 47—there is no...

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Two Shows in One at Earls Court

S EVERE limitations of space at Earls Court have this year resulted in a larger number of vehicles being displayed outside the...

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Trailers at the Show

BR AMBER Stand 76 Bramber Engineering Co., Ltd., Waterloo Road, London, N.W.2. T HE six-wheeled 6-ton trailer and the...

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BODYWORK PARADE

Ga REATER payload and passenger capacities, a wider use of light flays and steel, and new applications of modern materials are...