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29th July 1955
29th July 1955
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More by Luck

T HF. Government's decision to allow British Road Services to keep their trunk network is no stroke of political genius. It...

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Too Much Overtime

I T is significant that, according to the annual report of the Ministry of Labour for 1954, more days were lost last year...

Passing Comments

Virtue Out of Adversity q0ivIE hauliers think that the prestige advertising '-' campaign which the Road Haulage Association...

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One Hears

That the dispute over Oxford's proposed new by-pass is developing into a Town v. Gown squabble. That some say most motorists...

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No Action Against C. Bristow

MO action is to be taken by the Metro politan Licensin g Authority a g ainst C. Bristow, Ltd., Solebay Street, London, E.3,...

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More by Luck

T HE Government's decision to allow British Road Services to keep their trunk network is nci stroke of political genius. It...

Page 34

Too Much Overtime

I T is significant that, according to the annual report of the Ministry of Labour for 1954, more days were lost last year...

Passing Comments

Virtue Out of Adversity S OME hauliers think that the prestige advertising campaign which the Road Haulage Association are to...

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One Hears

That the dispute over Oxford's proposed new by-pass is developing into a Town v. Gown squabble. That some say most motorists...

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No Action Against C. Bristow

MO action is to be taken by the Metro politan Licensing Authority against C. Bristow, Ltd., Solebay Street, London, E.3, who,...

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STAY: R.IFT.A. HOSTILE

A.B.C.C. Welcome Government Plan : Hope of End of Political Controversy Commission under the 1953 Act in respect of the...

Busmen Demand 25s. Increase

R is understood that delegates repreenting over 200,000 London and provincial busmen have demanded that the Transport and...

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Wrong Base Given in Special A Application : Haulier Fined

AA T the magistrates' court in Eye, Suffolk, last Friday, Mrs. M. Lovell, of Cranley Hill, Eye, was fined £7, with El costs,...

Men in the News

MR. K. I. Bass has become a generalline representative of the Avon India. Rubber Co., Ltd., covering Lincolnshire. MR. F. A....

OBITUARY WE regret to announce the death of V v MR. JOSEPH GARDNER.

Mr. Gardner, who was 81, died last week after a brief illness. He was chairman and a managing director of L. Gardner and Sons,...

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Farm Haulier's Appeal Fails

A N agricultural haulier, Mr. Joseph Thirlwall, Croglin, Cumberland, appealed unsuccessfully before the Transport Tribunal, in...

National Benzole's New Workshop System

N EW workshops to handle overhaul, and repairs for all vehicles in the northern fleet of the National Benzole Co., Ltd., were...

Long-term Road Schemes Held Up?

L ONG-TERM road projects which the Minister of Transport was considering may be suspended for the time being [writes our...

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Police Warn Clearing Houses : New Wave of Thefts

rASES of drivers receiving loads through clearing houses and misappropriating the goods are increasing alarmingly. In the City...

Concession Fares Bill Fails

B IRMINGHANCS plan to extend the scope of its concessionary fares scheme on the corporation's buses has been lost. The...

Congestion Choking Leicester Services

U NLESS traffic congesteon in Leicestei were eased, it would be impractic• able to operate the municipal buF• services in their...

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Edinburgh May Build Test Bodies

F IVE commissioners appointed by the chairman of committees of the House of Lords and the chairman of Ways and Means committee...

Western Welsh Approach Former Record

IN the past financial year, the Western I Welsh Omnibus Co., Ltd., carried over 94m. passengers—some 2-1m. more than in the...

Hastings Tramways Celebrate Jubilee F rFTY years of service by the

Hastings Tramway Co. will be attained on Sunday. . The company, although founded in 1900, opened their ' first routes on July...

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Straddle Carriers May Run on Road

jr is now legal to use a straddle carrier I which complies with all the Construction and Use Regulations except those relating...

Two More Trainers Apply for Licences •

L'OLLOWING the application by Mr. W. H. Gray to operate a horsebox to .carry racehorses (The Commercial Motor last week), two...

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Higher Fares Would Not Cover Loss : Workmen's Rates Attacked

D ECISION was reserved at Leeds last week by the Yorkshire Licensing Authority on an application by 16 bus operators for...

No A Licence for CHiring Vehicles

IN Edinburgh, last week, Allison's I Transport (Contracts), Ltd., 119 Clepington Road, Dundee, appealed against the Scottish...

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350,000 Bread and Butter Passengers

Express Services, Excursions and Contract Work Form the Bulk of the Business of Sheffield United Tours by Andrew Seacombe D...

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Eight-cylindered. Eight-wheeler for Palleted Loads

COR a vehicle to be overpowered A rather than underpowered is to be preferred in the interests of economical running, according...

Traffic to Midlands Speeded Up

F OR the next 10 or 20 years, highway construction was going to be one of the most. conspicuous features in the life of the...

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Trailer Frame Becomes Boiler Base

O NE of the most interesting types of trailer ever built has been produced by R. A. Dyson and Co., Ltd., Grafton Street,...

Variable Braking for Trailers hiE011. 1 A1 PRESSURE 57 P.5

A MANUAL control giving high-, mediumand low-pressure braking for trailers has been produced by the Clayton Dewandre Co., Ltd.,...

Boom in Output and Exports

B USINESS in the commercial-vehicle industry is booming. In the first six months of the year, 165,758 vehicles were built,...

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B.M.C. Break New 'Ground with 7-tonner

S t/TABLE for a gross vehicle weight of 101 tons, the new B.M.C. 7boner, which was announced this week, represents a. fresh...

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Japan on the Way Up

T HE production of 'commercial vehicles in Japan has shown a steady increase since 1949. In that year, 15,843 good.s vehicles...

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TRANSPORT Y DEGREES

By John Savage, A.I.R.T.E. T HE distribution of ice-cream by yoad presents many problems. Dealing with seasonal, daily and even...

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A Bad Risk

A ST week I suggested that mistrust of the possibility of selling many more large units, rather than a conversion to the...

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More Small Units Bought

M ORE purchases of units in list 11 are reported this week. The largest acquisition is of 12 vehicles, which Were spread over...

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New Taxes of £243m. to Meet U.S. Road Costs ?

L ARGE increases in the taxation on . 1 -- 0 oil fuel and petrol. and a tenfold advance in the federal tax on giant tyres,...

In a Line or Two

Amey's Transport (0Xford). Ltd.. have opened an office and depot in Oxford, The LlitiOn Tyre Co.. Ltd., have opened a depot at...

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No Hope of Highway Authority

Yet—Government Spokesmen By Our Parliamentary Correspondent \V AS the road programme being dealt with as a matter of urgency,...

Page 60

Oil Engines in Hire Cars Pay

A HIRE car and a taxi are both hackney carriages. The tax on a hackney carriage is based on seating capacity, being £10 per...

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Double-decker Washed in 2 Min.

'THE latest types of Midland " Red " I doubleand single-deck bus were used last week for a demonstration of the Essex washer...

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A Pneumatically Operated Clutch

T HE operation of clutches or brakes by a pneumatically *expanded rubber bag is described in patent No. 730,576, by The General...