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25th December 1953
25th December 1953
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1953 Makes History

T HE year now drawing to a do.:e will go down in history as one in which a gigantic experiment in the State control of industry...

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Passing Comments

Ponies to Oust Battery-eleetrics ? EXPERIMENTS are being made with Highland ponies by St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Association...

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One Hears—

That all men like tailored seat covers. That no government should make any one form of transport either a white-headed boy or...

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Britain to Import German Vehicles

A S a result of discussions between Britain and the Federal Republic of Germany concerning trade arrangements for 1954,...

Minister Not Against Toll Roads

A N appeal to the Government to start building national motor roads next year, and to set up a national motor-road construction...

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Setback to Station at King's Cross ?

A MEETING of Finsbury Borough Council decided last week to ask the London County Council to review the use of a site in...

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Big Ntw Garage for L.T.E.

T HE new central area garage of London Transport at Loughton has come into operation. It provides covered accommodation for 137...

Heavy Fines on Coach Operator

B ECAUSE he carried airmen on leave to London from Oakington R.A.F. station without a road service licence, Cetil William Blank...

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Convenience of Public Comes First

A LTHOUGH it is the Licensing Authority's duty to I -1 avoid wasteful competition, the convenience of the public must come...

Hauliers Not Jubilant

--Mr. Winterbottom " W E in road haulage are in no victorious or jubilant mood. Political measures cannot in themselves solve...

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Undercutting by Three Operators of Works Services Alleged

TENDERING for contracts at a rate 1 which would not enable services to be operated efficiently was alleged during an appeal...

Tell M.P.s : " Hands Off " —Mr. Kennedy

T HE question: "Is the transport industry today suffering from an overdose of politics?" was posed by Mr. S. Kennedy, chairman...

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Exports Rise Sharply

rOMMERC1AL VEHICLE exports for October, at 11,629 units valued at £6,721,081, showed a substantial increase over those for the...

No Return Loads for C-licensee

R EFUSING an application by Mr. T. Colledge, West Hartlepool, who wanted a B licence for a vehicle of 3 tons now operated under...

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PERSONAL SERVICE IS THE SECRET

says Andrew Seacombe F ORTY years ago a young man who had long cherished the ambition to become a journalist entered instead...

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The Theatre Goes to the Audience

T O have self-sufficiency and mobility suggests an enviable combination of staunch virtue and sagacity, and indicates an...

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21 P.D.S.A. Vehicles Treat 160,000 Animals a Year

M OBILE dispensaries and other types of vehicle play a prominent part in the mission of the People's Dispensary for Sick...

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Meticulous Maintenance T — Password to Success

How a Montreal Haulier Built Up _his Fleet from Small Beginnings and Maintains it at Peak Efficiency by Careful Attention to...

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Quality Fluctuations n Synthetic Tyres A CCORDING to the United States Pl. National Bureau of Standards, methods which their...

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TO WAIT OR 1\ OT TO AIT ?

Do the Recently Approved Restrictions on Waiting in London and Oxford Presage Legislation on a National Scale ? By R. E. G....

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Running with the Hounds

Ingenious Conversion of a Trojan-Perkins Personnel Carrier for Use by a Master of the Hunt C APABLE of carrying up to 40...

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Was Barrie a Socialist?

44 UR English mistress is crazy about James 0 Barrie," said Maggie's niece Charlotte. "What do you think she, has set us for...

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Winter Transport Plans Defended

I WOULD have thought that Janus could have found a more suitable topic for: his facetious pen than to criticize the Winter...

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Make Return Loads Pay

"There Must Be a Point on the Scale of Charges Below Which the Haulier is More Likely to Lose than Gain by Picking up a Return...

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Quicker Emptying for Tankers

T HE capacity of tankers has reached the point at Which gravity discharge is no longer quick enough unless inconveniently large...