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5th December 1952
5th December 1952
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Flight from Logic

T HE more one studies the proposed levy on road transport the more anomalous it beComes - . It is a lamentable foundation on...

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Crystal Coaches Round the Corner?

FF OR some months past those sections of the coachbuilding industry which have been conscious of the existence of woven glass,...

Passing Comments

Triple Link in Agriculture ' f T HE advantages of co-operation have been well HE in connection with the Smithfield Show and...

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No Right of Appeal by R.H.E.

Claimed in Varitition Case IT was argued before the Transport [Appeal] Tribunal, in London, on !Tuesday, that there was no...

Government Policy on Vehicle Sales

TN the House of Commons, on Monday, Mr, A. T. Lennox-Boyd, Minister of Transport, said that it was reasonable to suppose that...

POLITICAL INTERFERENCE KILLS EXPORTS "THE Tory and Socialist political _parties

must be told in definite terms by industry that if the iron and steel industry and the transport industry are to be playthings...

COVENANT PERIOD HALVED: IMMEDIATE EFFECT

T "period of restraint against resale under the covenant has been reduced, with immediate effect, from two years to one year,...

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Annis Appeal: Decision Reserved

D ECISION was reserved by the Transport [Appeal] Tribunal, last week, on an appeal by Annis and Co., Ltd., Pump Lane, Hayes,...

"Owner-driver Must Have Traffic"

" IT is manifestly desirable that the one-man concern should have enough traffic to occupy him ,usefully and enable him to...

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Men in the News

MR. W. P. ALLEN and the MARQUIS OF larstrimotaw have become directors of the Aldershot and District Traction Co., Ltd. Mr....

No Case for More Tours

A N appeal lodged by Berresford's Motors, Ltd., against a decision of the West Midland Licensing Authority refusing. certain...

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M.I.R.A.'s Work Curtailed by Staff Shortage

R FSEA RC H activity of the Motor Industry Research Association has been seriously curtailed by a depletion of staff states the...

Britain Loses Big Turkish Bus Order

ECAUSE British manufacturers were not allowed to offer sufficiently long terms of credit, the German Bussing concern has...

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New Fares for Seven Operators : Five More Apply

INCREASED fares have now been granted to seven more undertakings, I including Aldershot and District Traction Co., Ltd.,...

B.T.C. Will Not Run Joint Services

WHEN the Scottish Licensing VV Authority heard the application of Glasgow Corporation, last week, to advance the minimum single...

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Football Coaches Raise Coal Output

I NCREASED production at Hanistead colliery on Saturdays since the introduction, niVo years ago, of private-party coach . trips...

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Extra 100 Scotland London Coaches ?

A N application was made by Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., and the Western S.M.T. Co., Ltd., last week, to run an extra 50 coaches a...

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mooth, Stable and Saf

The Electruk 1-tonner By Laurence J. Cotton, M.I.R.T.E. P EDESTRIAN -CONTROLLED Jpattery - electric vehicles are intriguing,...

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In a Line or Two Jack Olding (Scotland), Ltd., has purchased Scottish Tractors, Ltd., Huntly.

Southdown Motor Services, Ltd., has been authorized to capitalize £11-m. of reserves. The London offices of Pritchett and...

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A Swiss Gas Turbine for Road Vehicles

T HE use of gas turbines for driving road vehicles is complicated by the wide speed range required, and a power unit designed...

1,900 c.c. Oil Engine in 30-cwt. Vehicle

rate, but for its low fuel consumption, which is claimed to be at the rate of 35 m.p.g. It is of the indirect-injection type...

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Trailers the Main Transport Interest at Smithfield

rTHE only new exhibit coming within the scope of "The Commercial Motor," to be displayed a( the Smithfield Show at Earls Court,...

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CATALOGUE of PROGRESS

I MPARTIAL observers, looking back over the years since 1946 at the road transport scene on the Continent, all agree that...

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Digging Up the Future

UCH has - been heard, and more will be heard, of the statement on transport policy prepared by the Association of British...

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Frontal Styles for Buses I HAVE been most pleased to

read the recent series of letters in your columns deploring the spread of the so-called " new-look " front on double-deck...

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Why Glicence Vehicles have Multiplied

By F. D. Fitz-Gerald, F.C.I.S. Secretary, Traders' Road Transport Association Replying to Comments Made by Janus, "The...

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Recording . Tyre Expenses I AM frequently asked to describe means whereby

the actual cost of the use of tyres can be recorded. There are several ways of dealing with this problem and alt. of them seem...

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A Single-plunger Injection Pump

INTEREST seems to be I growing in the possibility of making multi-cylindered injection pumps having only one plunger and a...