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8th October 1948
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Has a Precedent Been 'Created?

Refusal of First Application to Change Haulage Operating Centre Raises Vital Questions T HERE is little to rejoice over when...

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A Splendid Achievement

T HE first question that we were asked on almost every stand that we visited at the Commercial Motor Transport Exhibition was:...

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One Hears

Of those who think that "taken over" is synonymous with "gone under." That rate-cutting may be throat-cutting for both the...

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News of the Week

FOUR BUSES IN NEW LEYLANDM.C.W. INTEGRAL SERIES A S announced exclusively in "The Commercial Motor" last week, Leyland Motors,...

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Decision Reserved on Second Application to Change Base

QHOULD regard be had to Section 52 of the Transport Act, 1947, which enables a 25-mile radius to be imposed on hauliers? This...

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Steel Shortage Keeps Industry Working at 60 per cent. of

Capacity E V1DENCE of the effects cf the shortage of steel on the motor industry is contained in the latest edition of "The...

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Passenger Bodywork Meets Work Requirements

says H. J. Butler A N outstanding feature of the Commercial Motor Show is the comprehensive display of buses and coaches built...

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Results of Tyre Research

CROSS one end of the exhibition gallery, the striking stands of the tyre manufacturers form a little "quality street," where...

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New Leyland-M.C.W.

Chassisless Buses THIS week "The Commercial 11. Motor" is able to give advance details of the new Leyland-M.C.W. Olympic range...

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EARLS COURT

R EFLECTS THE LATES': IN DESIGN A s it is 11 years since British commercial vehicle builders were able to stage their...

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COST RECORDING

Produces RATIONAL RATING A DMITTEDLY, the principal reason why most operators cut rates is so that they may filch work from...

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POUNDS PARED OFF A PASS ENGER CHASSIS

By L. J. Cotton, M.1.R.T.E. / N planning the Seddon passenger chassis the designer has taken extreme care to reduce the unladen...

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This trial took a heavier toll of fuel and the

calculated results corresponded to 11.1 m.p.g.—an economical performance for the arduous course and conditions. On this test I...

A Foreign Visitor Looks at Earls Court

By M. Beirao IN over 30 years' experience of the I commercial-vehicle industry and exhibitions, I have never before seen such...

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What's New in

SERVICE QUIPMENT By J. D. McLintock T HE keen, far-seeing transport engineer finds much to attract and interest him in the...

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"Streamlined"

Design in Post - war Accessories 0 UT of 238 exhibitors of components and accessories at Earls Court, nearly all are, in...

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New Maker Introduces Forward control 10-12-cwt, Van

A Hioti performance is claimed by tt Messrs. Erskine Motors, 76-82, Stoke Road, Gosport, for the new Mohawk forward-control...

Glasgow Claims Higher Fares

WHEN an application by Glasgow rf Corporation to increase the bus and tram fares was considered at a threeday inquiry which...