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27th November 1953
27th November 1953
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Money Talks

Future of B.T.C.'s Road Transport Interests : High Prices Alone Will Secure Units SURPR ISE has been caused by the Road Haulage...

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An Excise Quandary Resolved

A DECISION by Lord Goddard in the Divisional Court earlier this year (reported in The Commercial Motor on February l'3) placed...

Passing Comments

Broadsides in the House A MOUNTING barrage of questions on roads is r - k being put up in the House of Commons. Although the...

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One Hears

"Have 100 transport units been lost?" That Homalloy light-alloy bodies are arousing much interest. That the Rootes Group seem...

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2,000 Applications for B.T.C.

List: Response "Moderate" RY Monday of this week, the British Transport Commission had " received 2,000 applications for the...

LOW-VISCOSITY OILS SAVE 0,000 A YEAR

L OW-VISCOSITY oils are saving Liverpool Transport Department £3,000 a year. Research into engine speeds and other factors...

No Safety Bill Before Spring

I T is unlikely that the Road Safet Bill will make its appearanc before the spring, writes a specia correspondent. It is even...

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Views on Roads to be Considered

EPRESENTATIONS by Regional IA Boards for Industry and various lational associations about road conlitions will be given full...

New Guy Saves Over 2 Tons: Five-speed Gearbox Standard

WHEN The Commercial Motor road W tested the Guy Arab passenger chassis of 16-ft. 4-in, wheelbase with a 44-seat body (August 8,...

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Alternatives to Judd . Street I N the November 20 issue of

the 1 Metropolitan LicensingAuthority's Notices and Proceedings," operators , are reminded of the closing of London's Judd...

Men in the News

MR. W. F. FRENCH, managing director of the United Service Transport Co., Ltd., recently completed 50 years' service. MR. L. W....

Low Bridges Raise

• • Bus Costs " IT is really scandalous that, in this new, progressive Elizabethan age, there should still be hundreds of...

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Morris-Commercial New Oil Engines

A LARGE increase in the production of oil engines by Morris Corniercial Cars, Ltd:, is foresbadoWed,,by a announcement in he...

Privy Council Ap peal on Licensing

TUDGMENT was reserved by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council last week after they had con sidered the question whether...

British.`,‘ Heavies" at Brussels "A FTE R abstaining front exhibiting at 171 .the.

Brussels IVIOtor Show this year, the British heavy-vehicle inakers rill support the 1954 exhibition. Representative models of...

LOAD MUST BE WEIGHED OUTSIDE COUNTY

A DRIVER of British Road Services . was convicted at Perth on Monday for carrying an excessive load of timber, stated to be 3...

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No Rebore in 100,000 Miles

IN two • years an Austin A40 van I operated by Birmingham Post and Mail, Ltd., has covered 100,000 miles without a rebore and...

39 Buses Leave for Jamaica

THE first 39 of the 58 Leyland at Leylarld-M.C.W. Olympic bus ordered for Jamaica Omnibus Servic( Ltd., the new British company...

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Private Party Distinguished by Personal Touch"

PLEA that it was the personal touch that distin g uished a private ty from an excursion and tour was de on behalf of an...

"Recapture South America 7'

A / TUCH g reater 'efforts must be made ILL to recapture the South American • markets, which for "many years have traditionally...

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Council Not Told of Route Change

O N an appeal by Bridgwater Rural District Council, the Minister of Transport has ordered the Western Licensing Authority to...

Minister Rejects Camp Appeal

A N appeal by Mr. W. Trezise (IllP-ICat Coach and Taxi Co.) against 1 Eastern Licensing Authority's refusal grant him a...

Delivery Cycles Gain Ground

D ELIVERY vehicles falling within the category of motorcycles are increasing in popularity among retail traders, as they can be...

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'1114,000 Surplus • on Sheffield Buses?

. 2HEFFIELD expects to have a deficit - I of £72,500 on its trams and a surd - us of £114,000 on its buses at March I, 1955....

INCREASE OF C LICENCES SLOWING

IN. the year ended October 31, 1951, L C licences increased by 8 per cent., aid Mr. Molson, Parliamentary Secreary to the...

Bus Driver Acted on. Wrong Signal

FTER waiting at a stop while passengers alighted from the double-deck bus that he was driving, a defendant in a Cambridgeshire...

In a Line or Two

Of 22,000 commercial vehicles produced in this country last month, 11,150 were exported. The north-eastern regional sales...

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144, m.p.g. with 10-ton Payload

New. E.R.F. Articulated Tractor Having Four-cylindered Engine and 10-speed Transmission is Nicely Powered for Hauling 10-ton...

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4ew Baden Two stroke Dumper

k FOUR-WHEELED 5-6-cu.-yd. dumper, with a supercharged four-cylindered two-stroke oil engine and the steering gear, axles,...

14 B.M.M.O. Holiday Tours Next Year

F OURTEEN extended tours in England, Scotland and Wales are to be offered by the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co.,...

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A Mobile Church to Seat 150 People

A N unusual mobile outfit which should prove adaptable for a wide variety of purposes has heen produced by J. H. Jennings and...

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DEPOT SYSTEM FLATTENS PEAKS

— In the Distribution System of Ushers Wiltshire Brewery, Ltd., which Employs 57 Goods Carriers and Serves Eight Counties By...

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A Pension Scheme for Haulage Workers

A Haulier's Experience Reveals the Advantages and Disadvantages of Various Schemes By P. A. C. Brockington, rr 0 preserve'...

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Carriers Liabilities Defined

HEN a carrier receives an order by telephone, it can be assumed the contract is made according to standard conditions of...

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Halfway House

O NCE Christopher Columbus was well on his way across the Atlantic, a snap vote among' his crew would probably have been in...

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Aversion to "Lightweights"

EE article on the subject of lightweight buses by L. J. Cotton in your issue dated October 23, was icularly interesting and...

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Why New Vehicles Score

Whilst a Vehicle Can he Made to Run Almost Indefinitely, Its Owner is Hampered in Competition with Other Operators with Modern,...

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imaainaidal

WHATEVER BRAND OF PETROL YOU S some, also, employed on service which is favourable to lornic operation, such as ir earrying...

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Valves as Engine Brakes • T HE braking effect of an engine

when driven by the vehicle is often thought to be caused by compression, but this is largely wrong, because most energy...