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31st October 1947
31st October 1947
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Export Target Influences

T HE raising, often by Use of Value consickrable amounts, - of the ,export targets will Exports. Introduce introduce...

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Posts in Nationalized Transport

M ANY men who are at present occupying important or reasonably good positions in commercial road transport, particularly on the...

Passing Comments

A Popular Guide to A USEFUL, although un the City of Birming authorized, road guide ham service is now operating on the routes...

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One Hears— That, in the case of certain currencies, exchange is robbery.

That many completed commercial chassis await shipment. That more fog is likely—and not onl y on the transport routes. That it...

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Only 54,000 Vehicles for the U.K.

Q FFICIAIL circles were as much surprised and shocked as the road transport industry at the announcement last week-end that Sir...

PRICES OF NEW AUSTIN VANS

T HE new 10-cwt. Austin van described in "The Commercial Motor" on October 10, will sell for £315 in lead and £325 finished in...

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WALKER BROS. IN MERGER TO CEMENT AGREEMENT

A S "a formal acknowledgment" of a working agreement which has existed between Walker Bros. (Wigan), Ltd., and County...

Why Unions Oppose Free Enterprise T HE worker to,-day is committing

the same anti-social sins as the employers did in the 1930's, said Mr. J. G. Dickie (Transport and General Workers' Union) at...

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SIR WILLIAM ROOTES ON BRITISH EXPORTS

A DDRESSING a gathering of distributors from all parts of Europe on the eve of the Paris Show, Sir William Rootes, K.B.E.,...

Conditions of Carriage "Superfluous"?

R OAD haulage users' objections to ‘the conditions of carriage recommended in a booklet issued by the Road Haulage Association...

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Personal Pars

MR. K. A. E. MOORE has resigned from the board of Jonas Woodhead and Sons, Ltd. SIR WILFIUD AYRE has been appointed a...

G.W.R. COMPLETES ZONE SCHEME

'THE last of the Great Western Rail'. way's 30 zonal schemes will be brought into operation on November 1, when Machynlleth,...

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AUTHORITY OVERLOOKS TEST CASES

T HAT the • Deputy Licensing Authority had not referred to two test-case decisions of the ' Appeal Tribunal, was stated by the...

Dutch Want International Co-operation

A T a luncheon given last week by The National Road Transport Federation the guests of honour were Dr. F. Ernest Spat and Dr....

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SUCCESSFUL NEW SERVICE: BLACKPOOL TO APPEAL

B LACK POOL Corporation has lodged an appeal against the decision of the North-Western Licensing Authority for Public Service...

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PR EVE&TIV AINTENANCE DELIVER HE MILK

H OUSE-TO-HOUSE delivery is one of the most trying tasks to which any vehicle can be set. The vehicle is subject to repeated...

Burma from the Inside

D OAD transport conditions in Burma IN-are described in a report which "The Commercial Motor" has received from Mr. R. E....

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Commer Production Decentralized P RODUCTION of Commer six-cylindered models, the construction

of appropriate bodywork, and the machining of certain components are now concentrated at the Aldermoor factory, Coventry, of...

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Nearly 20 m p.g, with a 5-ton Oiler

A Sturdy Chassis with a Lively Performance, the Dodge 5-ton Oiler Will be Popular with Long-distance Hauliers Requiring...

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Treating Transport as a Science

By Arthur R. Wilson, M.I.R.T.E. IN his presidential address to the I Institute of Transport, reported in The Commercial Motor"...

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Short cuts to the Show

Stand 69 (main hall): The S.A.V.1.A. coach has a Saurer oil engine mounted transversely behind the axle,, with transmission...

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Leave Nationalization

says . Ald. Holdsworth MATIONALIZATION of transport during the economic crisis will slow down services at a time when they...

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FURNITURE REMOVERS DISCUSS THI R PROBLEMS

F U RNITURE warehousemen and I removers are, in one respect, not conventional. They still adhere to their traditional practice,...

Four Rules of Conduct T HE Association has four cardinal rules

by which the conduct of its members towards their customers and amongst themselves is measured. They provide: (1) That every...

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Disagreement on Road-Rail Committees

CLEARLY, the business of areas and sub-areas is, in the main, to deal with applications for licences. This discussion was on...

Approach to Standardization Too Narrow,

says Lord Sempill A SUGGESTION that an international group of experts should meet at intervals to discuss standardization...

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IGNORANCE

is Loss THIS is the second and concluding article describing I a conversation-with a jobbing haulier who was for part of his...

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New Van for House Deliveries

A NOVEL solution to' the problem ot providing economically and efficiently for house-to-house deliveries of commodities such as...

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Hydraulic Governing of Injection Pumps

F ROM C.A.V., Ltd. and W NicolIs, both of Warple Way, London, W.3, comes, in patent No. 589,722, a description of a hydraulic...