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6th January 1956
6th January 1956
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Don't Dilly Daily

I T should be a New Year resolution of every trader to do his utmost to speed up the acceptance and dispatch of goods....

Passing Comments

A Century of Technical Journalism A NOTABLE occasion in the annals of the technical . Press was the dinner given on December...

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One Hears

That in many shows the farm tractor seems to be the greatest attractor. Complaints that the absence of any white line or cats'...

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Jail Sentences in Fuel Swindle

COUR Grantham men were jailed at Grantham Quarter Sessions last week after operating what was described at an earlier hearing...

DUTCH TO BUILD BRITISH OIL ENGINES: Slim. PLAN

pRITAIN has opened wider the door to the Continental market. It was announced on Monday that Leyland Motors, Ltd., and Van...

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Men in the News

MR. S. P. WHITE has been appointed transport manager of Maidstone Cooperative Society. MR. D. T. CHADWICK, assistant...

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Two New Airport Crash Tenders

A ' a development of the successful Thornycroft Nubian 4 x 4 crosscountry chassis, which has been supplied extensively to...

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Regular Meat Vehicles After July 1 Must be Closed

AEAT carriers, and operators of IV1 mobile canteens and shops supplying open food (food not packed in such a way as to exclude...

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Dover Agreement to be Renewed

TERMS of a proposed, new agreement for the continued operation by the company of stage services in Dover have been negotiated...

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JEEPS DON' ,

TARE! Latest Pattern of Willys Jeep, Now being Imported into Britain; Shows up Well under Test: New Engine Develops 70 b.h.p....

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Battery-electrics for Factory Transport

THREE Morrison - Electricar 12/1 8 battery-electric vans for I internal transport have been purchased by W. D. and H. 0. Wills,...

1 150-cu.-ft. Body on 4-ton Chassis B ASED on a Bedford

4-ton chassis with Neville forward-control conversion, an 1,150-cu.-ft. pantechnicon body has been constructed by Tiverton...

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Close Cost Control in Vegetable Haulage

Intensive Operation of Wholesalers' Fleet Dictated by Need to Absorb Transport Costs and by Conditions of Fruit and Vegetable...

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Flameproof Pit Lamps

4 ( - I V ER 150 flameproof fluorescent pitlighting fittings are to be installed at War Office vehicle-inspection depots....

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Opinions and Queries

Bigger Tyres for Bigger Loads I READ with considerable interest the comments an I page 169 of your issue dated September 16,...

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Quick Delivery of Glasspol Bodies

Harrow Bodybuilders' Steady Output of Plastics Parts, and Exploitation of Special Characteristics of New Material D ELIVERY...

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Independents Strong in

the Cider Apple Country H EREFORDSHIRE, chiefly an agricultural and fruit-growing county with many hop ffelds and cider-apple...

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New Austin Gas Turbine Development

IT has been revealed that the Austin Motor Co., Ltd., have L under development for the Ministry of Supply a gas turbine which...

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Hard to Get

O NCE the Governrrient have made up their Minds that a measure is desirable and feasible, they should not hesitate to bring in...

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STORAGE ids Service t FARMERS

With a Century-old Tradition, Norfolk' Haulage Co. Cover. .Whole of Norfolk and Suffolk with 90 Vehicles ‘‘ . HEN there's...

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More Ex-B.R.S. Lorries Go to North-West Dealers

T WO dealers in the north-west, Hacketts Haulage, Ltd., 229 Cross Lane, Salford, 5, and Mr. L. Gleave, Holly Bank, Audlern,...

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A Mobile Television Control Room

F IVE mobile television control rooms are being built by Bonallack and Sons, Ltd., 40-42 Cannon Street, London, E.CA, to the...

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Be Wise to DEPRECIATION

There is No Reason to Dismiss this Important Item of Cost If a Vehicle is Being Purchased Under a Hirepurchase Agreement:...

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Fluid Drive With Positive Coupling

W HILST the hydraulic couplin g VT g ives a smooth tor q ue at startin g , its relatively low efficiency in top g ear is a...