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3rd June 1949
3rd June 1949
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Assurances by the Conservatives

U NDER the title, " Transport and Government," we published a leading article on April 22 asking what the policy on the State...

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B.T.C. Lacks Electrical Leadership

W HAT We consider to be a mistaken approach to electric-vehicle operation was made by Sir Cyril Hurcomb, chairman of the...

Passing Comments

Lesson's Oct Output pRODUCTION at the From the Pyrene Pyrene factory is 40 per Factory cent. up on what it was two years ago...

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One Hears—

That You can have the E.R.F. if you try hard enough. That India is planning to establish four higher technical institutions....

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"Original Permits": Apply in July

• A LTHOUGH the appointed day after which it will be illegal for hauliers to carry goods outside a 25-mile limit, without a...

Reports of L.U.T. Sale Offer Denied

R EPORTS that Lancashire United Transport, Ltd., had offered voluntarily to sell its undertaking to the British Transport...

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Convenience Does Not Justify Change of Operating Centre

A N application for a change of operating centre which would, in • effect, extend the 25-mile radius of operation for free...

Tories Will Hand Back State Buses

A CCORDING to a pamphlet entitled "Fifty Things the Tories Wilt Do." the Conservative Party promises:— (a) To oppose any...

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Men in the News

Mn. HAROLD S. WEALE has been appointed production director of the Standard Motor Co., Ltd. MR. H. C. TREE, AC,I.S.,...

Prizes for Body Designs and Essays

F OR the third year in succession, a member of the staff of Duple Motor Bodies, Ltd., has won the first prize in the...

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Bigger Buses With More Standing Room Would Cut Costs

A N increase in the standing capacity Cl of public-service vehicles, at present prohibited by law, was advocated by Mr. W. M....

Minister's Doubts on Pay-as-you enter Fare System

IN a letter to Cardiff Transport' Coinas. mittee, the Minister of Transport has f.spressed "grave . - donbts" . about the...

Supply of Vehicles Exceeds Demand

THE urgent need to replace worn ,. out vehicles is past. Fleets have been re-equipped mainly by British and American products:...

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Ford Breaks Output and Export Records

D ESPITE a shortage of steel and limitations of factory space and equipment, the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., last year set up records...

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In a Line or Two

New rules governing the packing of explosives for transport cattle into force last week. 'The body on the Austin stores van...

619,268 C Vehicles

r1GURES for April, giving details of C-licence vehicles, show a further substantial increase over those for the preceding...

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IMPROVED ROA RANSPORT Vital

umberland's Development I J AST year, in an article in "The Commercial Motor," I referred to the efforts being made in West...

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1,000,000 Giant Tyres Needed This Year

W HEN members of the National Tyre Distributors' Association met at Harrogate last week for their second convention, there were...

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The Hidden

Costs of Labour By George R. Archdeacon L . ABOUR. is the most important and the most costly item in the repair and...

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A New Angle on Costing

I N my first lecture to members of A.R.O. (now the R.H.A.) I made a statement to the effect that there was no such thing as...

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"ROUGHIN( " with a Four-whee /e Tractor

T HERE were many occasions when the Latil fourwheel-drive tractor was ploughing through mud and water, above axle level, while...

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Saving Time on Body Finishing

WHILST the mechanical fitness of a IN vehicle is, in some ways, more important than its physical appearance, the unkempt...

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The Story Behind the

MILNE REPORT I N tracing events which have led up to the present proposal to nationalize transport in the Republic of Ireland,...

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Bridging the Gap with Road Transport

I N addition to quick delivery, an all round saving of petrol and labour is made by B. J. Henry, Ltd., 'Oxford, in its method...

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Why Not Uniform Bell-ringing?

VARIOUS methods of indicating to the driver that a v bus is required to stop at a particular place are in operation in...

Eire Passenger Transport Sets a High Standard

T HE remark, "One hears of those who say that Irish transport has always been more sportive than transportive," made in your...

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Injection Nozzle Gives Pilot Injection..

P ATEN T No. 617,795, comes from H. Ricardo, C.A.V.; Ltd., London, W.3, and others, and describes a fuel injection nozzle...

ROTARY EXHAUSTER FOR SUCTION-OPERATED BRAKES

A N exhauster for operating servo brakes is shown in patent No.. 617,705. It comes from the Clayton , Dewandre Co., Ltd., and...