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Hauliers Pay £80m. In Wages: 3 Increase Will Cost £1.3m.
H AULIERS are now paying about £80m. a year in wages. The increase of 3s. a week recommended by the Road Haulage Wages Council is likely to cost another £1,326,000 - a year.......
Tyre Fire : Judgment
• .Against B.T.C. J UDGMENT for Herbert Morris, Ltd., Loughborough, against the British Transport Commission for loss and damage of goods was given by Judge G. W. Wrangham at......
Economy Means Better Service
A SCHEME to save 545 miles and 36 man-hours a week arid, at the sanie time, give the public a better service, has been prepared by the Hants and Sussex group. The routes......
New Id 4 B, Epieyelia Auxiliary Gearbox A Mong Five David...
to be exhibited for the first time at the Commercial Motor Show next month will be a two-speed epicyclie auxiliary unit for heavy vehicles. It is designed for use in conjunction......
Fuel-consumption Cut Saves Liverpool £3,720 Improved Fuel...
Liverpool Transport Department £3,720 during 1953-54. The fleet consumption rate for last year was 9.152 m.p.g., against '9,097 m.p.g. during the previous year. The extended use......
Fodens Increase Output Increased Output By Fodens, Ltd.,
was reported by the chairman, Mr. James Wild, at the annual meeting last week. Larger premises were, he said, being sought in South Africa, where a bigger demand was expected.......
New Zealand To Import More Vehicles
MORE • commercial Vehicles are • LYI expected to be imported into New Zealand next year as the result of the Government's decision to increase by £3.5m. to £21.5m. the sum......