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7th November 1952
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The Roads Our Misfortune

I N March, 1947, the old Cavendish Bridge on Trunk Road, A6, between Derby and Leicester, fell into the River Trent, heavy...

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Vision and Safety

H OWEVER well a motor vehicle, whether it be for goods or passengers, may be designed and constructed with the objects of...

Passing Con rnents

Old Shapes for New C LERESTORY roofs are a feature of ecclesiastical architecture which has been gratefully borrowed by...

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New Bill: No Rail Subsidy

25-mile Limit to Go at End of 1954: B.T.C. Haulage Interests Increased IN the new Transport Bill, published on Wednesday...

Fight for GlasgowMidlands Traffic

IN Birmingham, on Tuesday, three B.E.T. companies, on one side, and Northern Roadways, Ltd., and the Railway Executive, on the...

ALBION BUILDS NEW FACTORY T O meet large Government contracts for

3-ton and 10-ton vehicles, Albion Motors, Ltd., is equipping a factory near its existing works at Scotstoun, Glasgow. It is...

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Northern Roadways Accused of Illegal Running

D URING last week's hearing by the Metropolitan Licensing Authority of the application of Northern Roadways; Ltd., for...

End of Bournemouth Day Trips ?

O PERATORS running excursions and tours and express services to Bournemouth are unanimous in condemning the proposals of...

Priority Transport For Works ?

A N appeal by D. Napier and Sons, Ltd., aircraft engine manufacturer, against the refusal of the Metropolitan Licensing...

TURIN SHOW DATE

IT is announced that next year's Turin I Motor Show will take place from April 22-May 3. On this occasion the exhibition...

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Automatic Gears: A Tough Problem

WHILST the problem of providing vv an automatic transmission system for private cars has been solved, the complete solution for...

NEW TICKET MACHINE FOR L.T.E.

A N improved type of ticket-issuing machine devised by Mr. George Gibson, a former superintendent of the Stockwell works of the...

Municipal

Bedfords k on Show _ A MONG the Bedford municipal vehicles being displayed at the showrooms of Shaw and Kilbbrn, Ltd., Berkeley...

Men in the News

MR. W. E. Caoox has succeeded MR. W. H. BINNS as tyre sales manager of the North British Rubber Co., Ltd. MR. W. OWEN,...

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930,000 Commercial Vehicles in France

F OLLOWING investigations carried out in 1950-1951, the French National Institute of Statistics has been able to arrive at...

Purchase Tax Must be Reviewed

T HE opening of the London Metal • Exchange for free dealing in lead had been one of the biggest things affecting the battery...

£40m. REFINERY STARTING WORK rr HE first step towards bringing

the Eziern. Kent oil refinery of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., Ltd., into operation, involving pumping 27,000 tons of Kuwait oil...

WORKSHOP PRACTICE

I volume 3 of "Workshop Practice," recently published by The English Universities Press, Ltd., Warwick Square, London, E.C.4,...

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Aberdeen's Big Loss: Luton

Fares Up: W. Bridgford Applies %y/HAT was described as a "very WY disquieting situation was revealed when Aberdeen Corporation...

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Are Pea Tins Farm Requisites ?

question of whether tins in tended for canning peas were agricultural requisites was raised before Penrith magistrates last...

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Auckland Orders 40 More B.U.T.'s

F ORTY single-deck trolley buses have been ordered from British United Traction, Ltd., by the Auckland Transport Board, New...

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Newspaper Office Goes to the Story

A New Mobile Photographic Darkroom for Temple Press Ltd. is Also a Staff Headquarters, Sales Counter, Crew Caravan and...

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In a Line

or Two Motorbuses are to replace trams on the Grangetown route in Sunderland on December 1. The address of Avon Coaches,...

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Vehicles Take a Back Place

O F the 250 exhibitors at the Public • Works Exhibition which opened at Olympia on Monday and closes to-morrow, only six are...

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Industrial Efficiency Depends on Good Roads

MOT only does a good road system increase industrial efficiency by reducing lost time, but it diminishes running costs, raises...

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R.E.M.E. TRA

[NC BENEFITS INDUSTRY Evidence of the Influence of Sound Commercial Practice in New R.E.M.E. Organization and Training...

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" Sealed " Tippers Prevent Dripping

A N interesting feature of four tipping bodies recently built by H.S. Garages, Eastern Avenue, Ilford, Essex, is the provision...

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1,445 Miles with a Turbine Lorry

Border-to-border , Run in 591 Hours by Boeing Weighing Over 30 Tons: Good Performance Despite Loss of Power pi , HE Kenworth...

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Gears without teeth

Whatever poets may say, it's gears that make the world go round—gears so small that they would fit into your waistcoat pocket,...

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Lighter Buses Meet Overseas Needs

L. J. Cotton Reviews Trend of Design : Importance of Correct Weight Distribution : Advantages and Disadvantages of Underfloor...

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Revising the Bill

A FTER making ourselves well acquainted with the Transport Bill introduced in July, some of us may need a little time to...

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Economical, but Hard on Passengers

T OUR various correspondents' letters on fivecylindered engines have been followed by me with interest and I would like to add...

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Mobile Health Unit for Pakistan

1 N its efforts to alleviate . the sufferings of the poor in outlying districts, the Pakistan Government is putting into...

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A Four-wheel-drive

riRIVING and suspension arrange ments for a four-wheel-drive bogie are disclosed in patent No. 678,580, by Vauxhall Motors,...