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24th February 1950
24th February 1950
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A Parting Gift

A S if to make amends for some of the damage done to the free development of road transport during wheeled Si the past 41...

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Trailers and the Speed Limit

A SSUMING that the country's legislators become increasingly motivated to improve the efficiency of road transport, it is a...

Passing Comments

New Plastic White n NE of the most useful aids Lines With Reflecting %-. 1 to the driver, particularly Studs on unilluminated...

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One Hears— That Stockholm is very pleased with - its Austin taxis.

That two heads may be better than one, but not when on the same penny. Only a very . few cries of distress because Cardiff's...

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28 Witnesses Called for Annis : Pickfords Under Fire Again

n UR1NG the resumed hearing by the Metropolitan Licensing Authority, on Monday, of an application for A licences for Annis and...

Bristol Flat Chassisless Engine for Prototype

• IT is understood that the Bristol Tram ways and Carriage Co., Ltd., Bristol, is building a prototype 30-ft. single-deck...

DENNIS PANCAKE-ENGINED PASSENGER CHASSIS

TT is understood that Dennis Bros., I Ltd.. Guildford, is building a horizontal-engined single-decker passenger chassis, which...

R.H.E. Prices for Vehicles Drop

DRICES offered by the Road Haulage Executive for vehicles acquired from hauliers continue to drop. " The Commercial Motor" was...

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" Heavy " Makers Want Five Freedoms, says Mr. Reeve

F IVE freedoms for hea'vy-vehiele manufacturers were demanded by Mr. C. W. Reeve, C,B.E., chairman of Associated Commercial...

P.V.O.A. Steps Up campaign

A VIGOROUS campaign 'to recruit .. .manufacturers and suppliers as associate members of the Passenger Vehicle Operators'...

ORKNEY BEATS MAINLAND ON ITS OWN GROUND

nESPIT strong protests from the 1- 1 railways, Glasgow Corporation and big bus companies, the Scottish Deputy Licensing...

No Permits for Port 'Traffic

THE Midland area is more fortunate in the granting of permits than any other part of the country. In the Potteries, the Ronk...

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Men in the News

MR. E. POPPE has resigned his directorship of Douglas (Kingswood), Ltd. • MR. T. Musa°, service engineer of F. Perkins,...

Continental Tours: Yes and No

THE keen post-war demand for Continental travel is reflected in the large number of applications for licences for these tours....

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Arbitration Award Favours Employers

B y an award of the National Arbitration Tribunal applying to vehicles Operated by members of the Conference of Liverpool and...

In a Line or Two

America last year produced 1,123.736 commercial vehicles, compared with 1,363,856 in 1948. Dennis Bros., Ltd., Guildford, has...

Newcastle Now to Support Bill .

MEWCASTLE Corporation and the 1, 1 Gateshead Tramways Co. have reached final agreement on the company's Bill which is being...

"Slow, Painful" Nationalization of Transport in Ceylon

WHAT the All Ceylon Omnibus PV Companies Association describes as " an insidious attempt on the part of the Government to...

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Special Rules for Crellin Coach

I T is understood that the draft of the new consolidated Conditions of Fitness Regulations, which is to be distributed to...

Action Against T.G.W.U. Delayed

T HE action against six members of the executive council of the Transport and General Workers' Union and the London Transport...

B.T.C. Denies Will be that Bus Fares Raised

" CARES in the London area are to 1 . be increased after October 1.in order to help offset the losses on British Railways,"...

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Brush Drops Fourwheeled Electrics MANUFACTURE of four-wheeled 1 1 11 electric vehicles

has been discontinued this year by Brush Coachwork. Ltd. " We have not gone out of the business and our development and...

Hauliers Fight County Council .

H AULIERS in County Durham have decided to oppose a decision by Durham County Council to abolish a I2-year agreement and obtain...

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By Insisting that Its . Vehicles are Fuelled Only at By Unit Depots; the . Road Haulage Execwive is-Eric Cant

Spending Pounds to Save Pennies A PENNY-SAV1NG policy that is probably wasting hundreds of pounds is being followed by the...

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Building Bodies for Easy Maintenance

F 4 XPER1ENCE in the h o in e market and in various countries overseas has led to the introduction, by Saunders Engineering and...

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Greater Power Greater Economy

By R. W. Bent, M.I.Mech.E. U NLIKE the private car engine, the commercial vehicle power unit has never been handicapped by a...

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DOWNDRAU RAISES 11 T INDUCTION ORMANCE

By L. J. COTTON, M.I.R.T.E. A REMARKABLE improve 7 ment in performance and fuel consumption has been attained in the Crossley...

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Week-end Leave Transport: Road or Rail ?

QOM E of the most important appeals to arise from a decision of the West Midland Licensing Authority were heard before Mr. I....

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Election Postscript

M UCH has been made during recent weeks of =contradictory statements by prominent politicians. The leader of the Conservative...

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increased Range of

Rotofig Dampers WITH the introduction of additional VI' models in the 'range of Rotoflo dampers manufactured by Universal...

German Railways Lose to Road Transport

MHILST there was controlled coil' ordination between road and rail transport in Western Germany before the war, railways are...

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Why This Policy of Frustration?

A FEW days ago we dispatched the first examples of I — Ia batch of 100 reconditioned ex-W.D. vehicles to the docks for...

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Three-wheel-drive Electric Industrial Tractor

L'QU1PPED with two electric motors, new Brush three-wheeled industrial tractor has an electrical differential between the front...

B.M,M+0. Runs 367 Fiat-engined Buses

B UiLT to the company's own design and manufacture, 367 underfloor-engined singledeck buses and coaches are now in service with...

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uoting for

Parcels Carrying A Guide to Small Operators in This Work Who Have Unique Problems to Deal With and Whose Success Depends on...

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French Chassis has Cab Under Frame

A NOVEL design for a. lorry comes . in patent No. 631,764, from R. Ruelle, 5, rue Manin, Paris, which shows a chassis having a...