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4th February 1955
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Boom(erang) in Steel s OUTH WALES steel interests have complained of

a lack of transport facilities. There are two possible reasons for their difficulties. The total resources of hauliers in the...

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American Operators Against Toll Roads

T HERE are various views in Britain as to the advisability or otherwise of encouraging the building of toll roads. Some people...

Passing Comments

Berwick to Land's End by Bus THE British Broadcasting Corporation, who so I rarely give " credits " to the road passenger...

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One Hears

That a new large skating rink has been opened in Moscow, with dressing room for 10,000 people. That the Russians should be...

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Big Fight on Municipal Private

Hire Associations .Organize Opposition to Bill : Wider Powers for B.T.C.? A SSOC1ATIONS representing coach and bus companies...

Rail Dispute Caused by Denationalization

S OC1ALISTS are blaming the denationalization of road haulage for the recent threatened railway strike. They say that one of...

P.V.O.A. AND PRIVATEPARTY ADVERTISING J " HE new Road Traffic Bill

is also under fire from the Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association. They are unhappy about the advertisement of private...

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County Councils Against Wider Lorries: £339m. Road Scheme

T would be "severely prejudicial" to the interests of road safety if the taximum width of goods vehicles of ver 4 tons unladen...

B.M.M.O. Costs Up £400,000 a Year E.ROM next June, the operating costs

of the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., will. be £400.,000 a year higher than they were at the same time last...

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Men in the News

MR. RONALD G. DAVIES, former manager of the Carlisle Group of British Road Services, has. taken up an appointment with the...

Meat Hauliers Want Uniform Rules

QHEFFIELD area of the Road Haul0.J age Association has asked the local medical officer of health to receive a deputation about...

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Decision on £19,400 Fare Case To-day

D ECISION is expected today on an application by the Mansfield District Traction Co., Ltd., for revised fares designed to...

BALL BUYS TEN MORE LORRIES A SPECIAL A licence for

a further r't 10 vehicles (28 tons 16 cwt.) has been granted to S. Ball and Son (Transport), Ltd., West End Garage, Chipping...

TUBELESS TYRE FOR TAXIS 1-- X A NEW tyre, the Dunlop 5.75-16

Tubeless Taxicord, specially designed for taxicabs, has been introduced. After being thoroughly tested on London taxicabs, the...

NEW ROAD SCHEME S HORTLY after this issue closed for press,

the Government announced their new road scheme. Details will be published next week.

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Chance for Objectors to Equalize

T HE Western Licensing Authority last week adjourned for the second time an application by Wessex Coaches, Ltd., for new...

ROCHDALE TO JOIN HIGHER FARES QUEUE?

F ARES adjustments designed to increase revenue by £60,000 a year are to be recommended by Rochdale Transport Committee. In a...

SAFETY PINS HELD BRAKE RODS WHEN Douglas Leonard Robinson, VI'

12 Ramsden Terrace, Leeds, was summoned at Shrewsbury last week for using. a defective lorry, it was stated that the foot-brake...

81-seaters Keep Down Fares

A N order for Leyland Royal Tiger Worldmaster underfloor engined single-deck buses has been placed by the Public Utility...

OIL ENGINE POCKET MANUAL

T HE second edition of "Questions and Answers on Diesel Engines" (6s.) will be published by George Newnes, Ltd., on January 21....

Hours and Records: . 385 Fines F INES totalling £153 were imposed

upon Kingston (Architectural Craftsmen), Ltd., Hull, and 10 of their drivers at Hull, last week, for offences in connection...

FLEETS EXPAND IN CEYLON THE number of goods vehicles in

Ceylon has risen from 4,000 to 14,000 since the war, Mr. L. S. B. Perera, Commissioner of Motor Transport, told the Ceylon...

DO NOT TRUST THEM . . .

P RESENT prosperous conditions should not deceive C licence operators into thinking that their freedom is eternally secure,...

ROOTES-LISTER COMPANY

NV ITH an authorized capital of £100,000, R.L. Engineers, Ltd., has been formed by Rootes Motors, Ltd., and R. A. Lister and...

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Union Recommend L.T.E. Offer

- )ELEGATES representing some -. 1 58,000 London bus workers decided ist Friday by a large majority to refer ) their branches...

200 BUSES IN SYDNEY WITHDRAWN :OME 200 buses were withdrawn

from service in Sydney, Australia, st week pending a check of stub :les, The Times reported. Tests of i -double-deckers had...

EIV AMENDMENTS TO TRAFFIC BILL "'MEE amendments to the Road

Traffic Bill are to be moved in mmittee by Lord Brabazon. One is that the general speed limit built-up areas should apply only...

ALUMINIUM EXHIBITION TEHICLES with light-alloy bodywork may be shown at

the uminitnn Exhibition, to be held at Festival Hall, London, from ne 1-11, to demonstrate present-day :s of the metal....

Direct Tours from Outer Sheffield

R ESIDENTS of housing estates on the outskirts of Sheffield are to be provided with direct excursions and tours by two coach...

Condition Changed to Summarize Work

A CONDITION that the applicant should produce figures of revenue for the past year was made by the Northern Licensing...

50-FT. BUILDING FRAMEWORK FOR 05

S TEEL framework for a building 50 ft. long, 15 ft. wide, 7 ft. high to the eaves and 10 ft. to the ridge is being supplied by...

NEW PORTABLE WELDER

TH E Quasi-Arc Co., Ltd., Bilston, Staffordshire, have developed a new welding set known as Type ACP.190. It is air-cooled and...

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"Road Does Not Take Rail Traffic"

THE theory that increased road serI vices abstracted traffic from the railways was "bogus," stated Mr. F. D. Walker, for Ribble...

NEW P.M.T. PURCHASE

'THE eighth concern acquired in recent L years by the Potteries Motor Traction Co., Ltd.—Suttons Motors (Stokeon-Trent), Ltd.,...

New Lansing Bagnall "Baby" Truck

rt A PALLET truck claimed to be the smallest of its type in the world has been introduced by Lansing Bagnall, Ltd., Kingsclerc...

A NEW SHORT-RANGE BATTERYELECTRIC A NEW Smiths-N.C.B. batteryelectric dairy truck, having

straight series control and battery equipment smaller than normal is to be exhibited at the Scottish Dairy Show at Glasgow from...

FARMERS START TRANSPORT INQUIRY

A LL aspects of the carriage of fruit, flowers and vegetables from the • county by road and rail will be examined by a county...

One Customer's Traffic Does Not Justify Fleet Increase

W HEN Messrs. T. Bell and Sons, Wood Street, Botcherby, Carlisle, applied to the Northern Licensing Authority last week to add...

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Tribunal Hear 19 Welsh Appeals

"IN Wednesday, the Transport Tri bunal resumed the hearing of the Teat by Abernant Transport (Rhigos), d., and began to hear 18...

411 BIGGER DOUBLE-DECKERS 10 hope of an increase to 30

ft. in I the maximum legal length of a foureeled double-deck bus was held out t week by Mr. Boyd-Carpenter, nister of...

COST OF CLEANSING MONG six papers to be read at

the conference of the Institute of Public :ansing at Scarborough from June 13will be "Public Cleansing Costing," Mr. J. Ruscoe,...

1955 Tours by Western Welsh and Salopia

F IFTEEN tours ranging in duration from three to 12 days are to be offered by the Western Welsh Omnibus Co., Ltd., during the...

V.H.F. RADIO FOR NEWCASTLE

F IVE tower wagons and a rollingstock maintenance van belonging to Newcastle upon Tyne Corporation have been equipped. with...

TRANSPORT SUBSIDY URGED A RESOLUTION which will be proposed at

the annual conference al the Co-operative Party at Scarborough, from April 8-11, will urge a subsidy for public transport.

Costs Beat Another Bus Operator

R ISING costs and the fuel tax have created difficulties for yet another bus company. The debenture holders have appointed a...

OIL ENGINE DIRECTORY

THE first edition, in booklet form, of The Oil Engine and Gas Turbine' World Directory of Manufacturers," has just been...

S.A. RAILWAYS WANT LORRIES TWENTY EIGHT vehicles are required by

the South African Railways, P.O. Box 7784, Johannesburg. Tenders close on February 17. The vehicles needed are as follows; Four...

25% OF LONDON TAXIS OILERS nF all the taxicabs licensed

in London, about a quarter are now powered by oil engines and the number is still increasing rapidly. A recent analysis of...

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Scottish adustries Welcome

1 ,o-existence in Haulage By Ashley Taylor, A.M.I.R.T.E. ionalization Proceeds Smoothly ! Area from Aberdeen SouthTraders...

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Comets Halve Fuel Costs

'THREE Leyland Comet tippers °per' ated by the Van Ryn Sand Co., Benoni, Transvaal, have halved the company's fuel costs. The...

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New Chassisless Bus has Rear Engine

Latest Design from Germany is the Mercedes-Benz 0 321 H Integral Bus : Rear Engine Position and Light Weight are Notable )...

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Safety Codes for Trucks and Petroleum

T WO safety codes, one dealing with the operation of industrial trucks and the other with the handling of petroleum, have just...

Jump in New Registrations

R EGISTRATIONS of new vehicles, 1 % other than cars and motorcycles, again showed a big rise in November last. For that month...

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Tractor Takes Any Semi-trailer

New Conversion Set Enables Tractor to Haul Scammell-type or Fifth-wheel Semi-trailers .."'OR some months, British Road...

Crew Cars for Nyasaland

B ODIES for several crew cars are being built by Jones Bros. (Coachbuilders), Ltd., Old Oak Common Lane, London, N.W.10, for...

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Third Axle Doubles Load

Midland Operator Uses Sixwheeled Comet of Lightweight Construction to Carry 1.2i Tons r_TAVTNG been equipped with a I....

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Buying that 30 m.p.h.

I AM interested in the query raised in your leading article of January 14 as to the wisdom of "purchasing" the goodwill of...

More Light on Merseyside Transport

\/ VOUR article on bus services serving Merseyside was OUR interesting. May I, however, make several corrections:— (1) During...

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Two-way Stretch

Political Commentary By JANUS O NCE again the trade-union leaders appear to have successfully outflanked the representatives...

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Ex-B.R.S. Manager's Big Scottish Buy

Six Depots and 92 Lorries Bought by New Scottish Company: Sheffield Corporation to Bid for City Depot A UNIT comprising six...

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Can Owner Drivers Cut Maintenance Costs?

Analysis of Items Shows that an Owner-driver Cannot Save Much by Doing Maintenance Himself at Weekends L AST week I raised the...

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U.T.A. Losing 000 ; 000 a Year to "Pirates" U TPWARDS of £300,000

a year is being lost by the Ulster 1 6-. 1 Transport Authority as a result of the 'illegal activities of lorry owners....

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A Self-energizing Brake

1 - 1 A BRAKE that uses some of the drum energy to intensify its action forms the subject of patent No. 720,257 (Kelsey-Hayes...