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29th September 1950
29th September 1950
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Desperate Measures by the R.H.E.

PrtRAFFIC is being lost by the Road Haulage Executive because those who should be seeking business are overloaded with clerical...

Passing Comments

New Redford Models THE new big Bedford Had Four Years Hard 7-tonner, or, in articulated Test form, 10-tonner, owes much of its...

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One Hears—

That the London traffic blanket calls forth many a "-it!" That "Truck and Bus Transportation," of Australia, is appealing for...

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Are Repairs a Capital or

Revenue Cost ? T HE main point in dispute in the appeal by Arthur J. Maggs, Ltd., Clutton. near Bristol, which came before the...

R.H.E. Accounts "Alarming," Says R.H.A. Chairman

A N alarming state oi affairs in the ri administration of nationalized road transport was disclosed by the second annual report...

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No Easy Road to Higher Fares

QTAT1NG that a substantial number '-'of applications for increased fares had been made by Scottish concerns, the Scottish...

£5m. Export Orders for Leyland B R AZ1L and Uruguay have

ordered over 200 Leyland Royal Tiger underfloor-engined bus chassis and Comet oil-engined lorries. These contracts are worth...

Output Stable : Exports Drop

P RODUCTION of commercial vehicles in July averaged 5,106 a week, compared with 5,113 a week in June. The total for the month...

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Big Rise in A.C.V. Exports nURING the past 12 months,

the A.C.V. Group's orders from Australia for heavy-duty goods chassis, passenger chassis and completed vehicles have increased...

10 Days for Annis Appeals

rROSS -APPEALS against the decision in the Annis case, which was one of the longest ever heard by the Metropolitan Licensing...

In a Line or Two

Quasi-Arc Co., Ltd., Bilston, has vacancies for welding operators at its training schools at Bilston and London. Slight...

Men in the News ,

MR. M. ORMEROD, IVI.B.E., transport manager of the Overseas Food Corporation, has been made responsible for the Corporation's...

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Service Equipment Makers Meet a Dual Need

By Alan Smith Products of Higher Quality and Wider Application Made to Meet the Engineer's Increasingly Complex Task m...

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Tyres for Every Transport Need

New Covers Designed for H ouse -to-house Delivery, Sharp Turns and Prolonged High-speed Running S PECIALIZATION is the...

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Five Mobile Schools to Train Oil-engine Mechanics

WHEN the Commercial Motor Show VV ends tomorrow, a mobile school which has been demonstrated at Earls Court by F. Perkins,...

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OVERSEAS DEMAND INFLI

3' ES HOME DESIGN A Review of Improvements in Vehicle Design Made Since the 1948 Commercial Show. In this Article Advances in...

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By P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech.E. I MPROVED appearance is as

much a featore of the goods-veh:cle bodywork at the Commercial Motor Show as it is of the coaches and buses, and yet the...

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This Thir STYLE

New Chassis HaveInspired New Styles in Coach Bodies. Good Proportions and Increased Comfort Have Resulted By Alfred Woolf,...

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Political Commentary

The Wheel Turns Full Circic The Latest Labour Party Statement, "Full of Noble Sentiments," Condemns as Tory-ism the Practices...

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Better Fittings for Better Vehicles

Modern Designs in Coach Radio, Seating, Window and Lighting Equipment, Among Many Other New Components and Accessories, Have...

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MAINTENANCE

A Continuous Problem Individual Operators' Records of Maintenance Costs are Seldom Complete and Vary Widely. Costs,...