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26th November 1954
26th November 1954
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Reward for

Resistance A LL operators of goods vehicles have reason to be grateful to the Metropolitan Traffic Liaison Committee of the...

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Give Bus Operators a Chance

TNLESS the Minister of Transport heeds representations made, by the associations of bus operators, some unpleasant provisions...

Passing Comments

Double Warning by a Sign A SHORT time ago, one of our readers, Mr. R. J. E. Ellis, while visiting Dawlish Warren, South Devon,...

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One Hears

That the roads are "no-man's land" in more ways than one. That competition for labour between transport and industry in the...

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B.R.S. Manager in Big Unit. Deal , T HE company to

be formed by the British Transport Commission to acquire the major portion of the assets of British Road Services in south-west...

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Birmingham's Free Pass Appeal Begins T HE Court of Appeal began, on

Tuesday, to hear the appeal by Birmingham Corporation against a decision of Mr. Justice Vaisey that free travel for aged...

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More Talks on Pay: London Busmen Want El 5s. Extra

cURTHER discussions on the claim for a wage increase of Ll a week were held yesterday by both sides of the National Joint...

Men in t he News

MR. A. F. R. CARLING has become an additional director of the Potteries Motor Traction Co., Ltd. MR. A. L. GOATE, secretary of...

Further Wage Award Would Raise Prices

are most concerned at the VY threat of yet another engineers' wages award which, if it takes place, will force us to increase...

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Leeds Wants Extra £400,000 a Year

A REVISED application estimated to produce between £350,000 and £400,000 a year has been recommended by Leeds Transport...

Illegal Running Alleged on Transfer Application

W HEN Syd Jenkins Coal and Transport Co., Ltd., Newport, applied to the South Wales Licensin g Authority for the transfer to...

Another 41,900 Vehicles

O NMaY 31 last there were 1,412,500 hackney vehicles, g oods vehicles and tractors in this country, an increase of 41,900 on...

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N.S.W. Transport Law Invalid

CCORDING to a decision of the ra Judicial Committee of the Privy Council last week, Australian hauliers are free to carry goods...

No Double Fares on Christmas Day

THE Yorkshire Licensing Authority has refused the application of East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd., to charge double fares on...

15 Units with More Than 50 Vehicles

IN the House of Commons last week. Mr. J. Boyd Carpenter, Minister of Transport, said that he had approved the offer for sale...

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Bristol industries to Expand in Haulage

T HE road haulage activities of Bristol Industries, Ltd., carried on by Western Transport, Ltd., will be developed with the...

Another Assembly Plant in Israel

A SECOND commercial vehicle assembly plant is due to go into operation in Haifa, Israel, in January. • Designed to produce up...

Use of Oilers Not Being Discouraged

D UMOURS from unrelated sources that efforts were being made to discourage the use of oil engines were discredited in London...

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Coach Drivers' Hours : £68 Fines

S IX drivers and a Minehead coach company were fined a total of £68, with £18 18s. costs, by Minehead magistrafes last week, on...

Mr. Hanlon Anxious Over Railways

" I AM more concerned about the railways, who did 60 per cent. of the whole of the output from this area for 15 years," said...

Under the Shadow of Renationalization

LIALF the 15,000 vehicles offered for I sale by the British Transport Commission in small units have been sold, and the...

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Minister's Plans for London Traffic: Waiting Restrictions

P LANS to deal with London traffic were announced in the House of Commons last week by Mr. I. Boyd-Carpenter, Minister of...

Rail Best for Long Runs—Mr. Nelson

W E shall do our best to see that any unauthorized services being run from the camp shall be checked. We feel that the railway...

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A SENTINEL OF THE [ILLS

y John F. Moon, New Sentinel Medium Six-wheeler Performs Well Up and Down the Horseshoe Pass - : Increased Engine Power, Air...

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Let Specialists Do Overhauls

says R. H. Patman, Transport Officer, South-eastern Electricity Board rt A CASE for entrusting major overhauls to outside...

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MIDLAND TRADERS WANT BALANCED COMPETITION

" BALANCED COMPETITION " am n Views of Traders and s in the Black Country on irse of Denationalization and rture Outlook for...

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Busmen's Pay in Dispute

INFORMATION contained in the letter by R. G. Hibberd under the heading "Are Busmen Underpaid?" (The Commercial Motor, October...

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Vans More Obstructive Than Cars ?

G OODS vehicles waiting at the kerbside, when delivering and collecting goods, were possibly a more fruitful cause of traffic...

Bakery Transport "Extravagant"

TEHICLE-OPERATING costs today V were four times greater than in 1939 said Mr. H. W. Harvey, general manager of the United...

Big Jump in Registrations

R EGISTRATIQNS of new vehicles, other than cars and motorcycles, rose from 9,984 in August to 12,954 during September. The...

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No Chance for Small Man in S. Yorks?

Comparatively Few Units Sold in Sheffield, Rotherham and Barnsley : R.H.A. Official Blames Local Scarcity of Small-vehicle...

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Dual-purpose Butcher's Van

'QUILT to collect meat from the EA market and to deliver to retail customers within an eight-mile radius, a Commer Superpoise...

In a Line or Two

Austria produced 1,832 lorries and 244 buses in the first six months of this year. The Bournemouth branch office of the...

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Congestion Offsets Savings from Thin Oils

Results of London Transport Investigations into Fuel Consumption and Use of Low-viscosity Lubricants, Preferences for Opening...

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Free for All

Political Commentary By Janus T HE anarchist that lies buried in each of us prompts me to found a society for the return of...

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Methods of Quoting to Fit the Job

Examples of Various Classes of Contract and How to Draw Up Quotations Which Will Yield Adequate Remuneration: Passenger Vehicle...

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A Novel Two-stroke Engine

N unorthodox design for a twostroke engine comes in patent No. 717,168 (G. Manley, The Old Rectory, Henley in Arden,...