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25th April 1958
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The Cold Shoulder

A LTHOUGH in the present economic circumstances a generous Budget could not have been expected, the Chancellor of the...

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Petrol Injection for Two-strokes

T WO statements of particular significance were made in the papers forming the symposium on petrol injection, read at the...

Passing Comments

An Ultrasonic Drill A NEW drill for dentistry, developed by a Moscow professor and an engineer, would seem to present...

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One Hears

Are the railways becoming conscious of their shortcomings? Of much local interest in the new Southdown bus servrce between...

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Licence Suspended for a Month for Changing User

B ECAUSE he had departed from his normal user, Mr. Kenneth MacLennan, haulier, Aberchirder, last week had the licence for one...

B.R.S. Restrict User Under Pressure

A S a result of pressure from independent hauliers, B.R.S. (Pickfords), Ltd., last week amended the normal user of a new...

Direct Delivery by Road to Sicily

A FTER a direct road journey of nearly 2,100 miles, 7 tons of boiler tubes are due to be delivered in Palermo, Sicily, this...

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Selective Renationalization Likely C-licensees to Prove Need

A . FUTURE Labour Government would have two choices in dealing with road haulage, Mr. Ernest Davies, M.P., chairman of the...

Brother's Objection to B Grant Fails

D ESPITE the sustained opposition of a brother, Mr. H. Walling, Strickland Tenement, Crosthwaite, Kendal, was last week allowed...

10,000-gal. Fuellers for . New Jet Aircraft

TMPENDING introduction of large American jci aircraft to "airline operation on the Continent has created a demand for improved...

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Men in the News

• MR. A. G. GRANT has been appointed general commercial manager of the Cape Asbestos Co., Ltd. MR. M. A. F. NEWTON has become...

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B.R.S. Quote Low Rates for Back-loads

A LLEGATIONS that British Road Ser1 — k vices had no suitable vehicles in the Bridlington area for fertilizer traffic and used...

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New Bus Garage Replaces Three

R EPLACING three garages which previously housed and serviced buses of Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., and W. C. Standerwick,...

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No Certified Figures Despite Warning

B ECAUSE the applicant had not produced certified figures, Mr. J. R. Lindsay, North Western Deputy Licensing Authority,...

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Simple Contro Small! for New System

A NATION-WIDE parcels service is being developed alongside the existing general haulage business operated by Cusick Transport...

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Tribunal Ruling on Rates to be Sought ?

A N attempt may be made to secure a ruling from the Transport Tribunal on the importance to be attached to rates in licence...

Railways Dispute 268 yd. of Bus Route A DISPUTE over

268 yd. of a proposed route • was heard by the Yorkshire. Traffic Commissioners at Leeds last week. Booth and Fisher, Halfway,...

Tanker Prints Fuel Delivery Tickets

A NEW type of fuel tanker based on an American design is being used by Burnett and Hallamshire Fuel, Ltd., Sheffield, coal and...

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Perkins Producc 1.6-litre Vehick Oil Engine

T HE smallest four-cylindered oil engine to go into quantity production for light commercial vehicles and cars is announced...

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Extra " Artics " for Corrosive Traffic

A N application by Hunters of Hull (Transport), Ltd., to add two articulated tippers to their A licence was granted by the...

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A.E.C. and Bedford Share Brighton Honours

I ' an 84-mile road section beginning at Croydon Airport, followed by a series of six tests on the Madeira Drive, Brighton,...

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Reducing Risks in Reversing

nPERATORS of vehicles with bodywork susceptible `..-" to dama g e when reversing up to 'a loadin g bank may minimize this risk...

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SIRDA SHONI THEW.

Says John F. Moon, A. A LTHOUGH tested at almost 301 tons gross weight, the new Seddon Sirdar normal-control overseas...

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Conference Formula

W iTH the opening of the conference season, I give my formula for preparing a paper. First, dictate what you want to say and...

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CONTROL RAIL SERVICES,

• Says Scottish Omnibuses Manager C ONTROL of rail facilities to prevent wasteful and uneconomic competition with existing...

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Rules of the Game

H ABIT plays a powerful part in the lives of politicians. Debates in the House of Commons follow rules as arbitrary as those in...

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What Should a C-licensee Pay ?

A S more than 1m. C licences have now been issued it is not surprising that many of the queries received from readers concern...

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Hydraulic-Mechanical Transmission

DATENT No. 791,903 gives details of a novel form of transmission in which the rear wheels are driven via gearbox and back axle...