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Public Transport of Future

T HERE have been reports that the slow tempo of the bus-building industry in the United States is causing some anxiety there....

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Passing Comments

A Business Expert A FEW words on nationalizaThoroughly Condemns i — L tion were said by Sir Allan Nationalization. ....

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One Hears

Of a further overseas inquiry for steam wagons. That the Olding engine " Turnover " should improve it. Of yet another scheme...

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Fears Over Area Schemes Spread: Manchester Among Objectors

O THER parts of the country are beginning to realize that if the proposed scheme for passenger transport in the northern area...

Guys to be Built in India

A N arrangement by which Guy vehicles will be assembled in India has been agreed between Guy Motors, Ltd., Wolverhampton, and...

LEYLAND GAINS BIG MARKET

B RIGHTER prospects for exports to South Africa are expected by Leyland Motors, Ltd., this year. According to a statement...

CALL FOR MORE NEW VEHICLES

A WARNING to the Government riconcerning old vehicles still in service because of restrictions in the supply of new ones was...

NEW RESEARCH LABORATORY A MODERN research laboratory has 't been

built at Burton-on-Trent by the British Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., and will function on behalf of the B.T.R.Silvertown group...

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Group Not Proposing to Evade 25-mile Limit

pUBLICIT Y given by the Daily Express" last week to the registration of Potteries Independent Road Transport, Ltd., and...

Election and R.H.A. Policy

THE possibility of a change of Government in the near future and of the release of road transport from nationalization raises...

French Effort to Raise Taxes Fails

I N a prolonged debate on the Budget, the French Assembly has forced the Government to abandon certain proposed taxes on road...

NEW-PERKINS OFFICES

D ESCRIBED as a model silite of L./offices, a block of buildings is nearing completion at Newark, near Peterborough, for F....

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Men in the News

MR. J. G. Scorr has become supplies manager of Electro Hydraulics, Ltd. MR. C. C. EVANS has been appointed Firestone...

WORKER-MANAGER TALKS THE Institute of Traffic Administra

tion is to arrange a series of discussions between managerial and operative staff in the transport industry. The aim is to...

Transport Officers in Honours List

T HE list of New Year Honours conferred by The King includes the names of the following personalities in the transport...

OBITUARY IT/F. regret to record the death of the VV

following: MR. W. Ducxrcr, founder and chairman of the Moss Gear Co., Ltd. He had been in failing health for a year. He was...

SCOTTISH PLANS FOR HOLIDAYS E Scottish Tourist Board plans this

I year to cater for 11,000 people from the north of England who wish to spend their holidays at Clydeside resorts. Parties of...

SCOTTISH SERVICE SHUFFLE

A S from January I, the following services previously operated by the Caledonian Omnibus Co., Ltd., will be run by the Scottish...

REFORMING TIRE LAW THE Vehicles (Excise) Act. 1949.

which came into force last Sunday. constitutes the complete statutory code on excise licensing and registration of mechanically...

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Treasury Catches Tax Dodgers

ik NEW Order designed to prevent the evasion of purchase tax on utility vehiclevhas been made by the Treasury. It provides...

B LICENCE FOR CARAVAN HAULAGE ,,,, ; ,, T HE East Midland • Licensing

Authority has granted Mr. E. W. Jackson, managing director,, of the Ferry Yachting Station, Radcliffe-onTrent, a B licence to...

MORE AUSTIN SERVICE WEEKS

„ . F OLLOW1NG the success' of similar 1 functions in other towns, a programme of Austin service weeks has been arranged as...

1.0.T. EXAMINATIONS AND MEETINGS

E x AMINATIONS of the Institute of Transport Will take place 'On May' I; 2 and 3. Entry forms may be obtained from the...

NEW CHLORIDE COMPANY

A 4ANUFACTUR1NG and selling "V" activities principally carried out under the trade names Chloride, E,xide, Exide-Ironclad and...

Road and Rail Must Pay Their Way

ACH form of transport must pay its own way, and as an alternative to increasing freight rates, the possibility of reducing the...

SMALL DROP IN REGISTRATIONS ' N October, new registrations of

vehicles, other than cars and motorcycles. numbered 14,166, compared with 15,075 in September. As shown in the following table,...

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Nuts Without Threads Production Costs Cut

A SAVING of 3s. 6d. per vehicle in the production of 1,000 vehicles a week has been made possible by using 30 speed-nuts in...

In a Line or Two

The Dunlop subsidiary company in Japan has now been restored to the parent concern in England. Bristol branch of Henley's Tyre...

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Peak-hour Congestion Cripples Manchester's Bus System

It/TM-WEEK football matches and Christmas crowds in the city have recently brought a series of crises to Manchester's...

Will B.T.C. Charges Scheme Work ?

A LTHOUGH the standardization of rates and charges might appear sound in theory, difficulties would ensue in practice, said Mr....

I.R.T.E. MEETINGS THIS MONTH CUTURE meetings of the Institute of

Road Transport Engineers include the followingt—January 7, annual dinner-dance of the Scottish centre at Ca' Doro Restaurant,...

R.H.E. BUYS A HOTEL THE Road Haulage Executive has purchased

the Marlborough Hotel, a 25-room private establishment in Richmond Gardens, Bournemouth, for use as a divisional headquarters....

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The Sentinel

Under Stearn Again BY L. J. COTTON M Y test of the Sentinel sixwheeler was my first encounter with a steam wagon, and it...

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A Happy New Year?

By E. H. B. Palmer, F.R.S.A. U PTIHROUGH the night of doubt I and sorrow," that famous old hymn tactlessly selected by the...

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The Case for Oil Additives

S pioneers of thefirst lubricating additive (for " increased oiliness), perhaps we may be permitted to comment on the view of...

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Race Segregation Wastes Transport

says A. G. Thomson South African Policy Results in Uneconomic Use of Passenger Trans . port as 'Natives Are Forced to Live...

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The New "Square" Deal

A N illusion of scientific precision and method is given to the proposed principles for British Transport Commission charges by...

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Keeping the Pages Turning

40BILE libraries are greatly IVIincreasing in number. In "The Commercial Motor" on December 2, mention was made of a fleet of...

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Buses Improve Living in the Hebrides

By Ashley Taylor A.I.R.T.E. T HE Isle of Lewis, largest of the 100 inhabited islands in the Hebrides, gazes out to the westward...

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Can Nationalized Transport be Cheap?

W E live in an age of plans and blueprints. The Latest for transport is contained in the booklet just published by the British...

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Rotating Engine Stand Simplifies Overhaul A N engine repair stand, which

can be rotated in a complete circle in both directions, is being marketed by Jack Olding and Co.. Ltd., Hatfield, Herts. It...

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The Antidote to

RATE CUTTING I AM nowadays meeting many hauliers who tell me that the old conditions of cut-throat competition are rapidly...

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Comet Oil Tankers for Holland

A N associated company of the Anglo-lranian Oil Co., Ltd., Benzin en Petroleum Handel Maatschappij N.V., of Holland; has...

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A New Electro-magnetic Clutch

LECTRO MAGNETIC clutches have often been mooted, but nearly all of them call for some type of rotary pick-up for the energizing...