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10th December 1954
10th December 1954
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Page 39

Don't Ask For Trouble

Q UITE a number of people, including perhaps some who have their own interests to consider, would like to continue and...

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Passing Comments

R.E.M.E. Saves Time and Money H OW modern management. and production techniques have been introduced into the Corps of Royal...

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One Hears

That the approaching coaching season should not become a poaching one. From many people that the safest way to drive in a fog...

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Birmingham Bill to Allow Free Travel

A MEETING of Birmingham City t - k Council decided on Tuesday to promote a Parliamentary Bill to legalize free or concessionary...

15,000 LORRIES WILL

More Lists for Small Buyers Shortly : Special Arrangements for Large Units 'f THE Road Haulage Disposal Board continue to...

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SATISFY SMALL MEN

B.R.S. Parcels Fleet to be Sold as Going Concern.: Meat Vehicles Re-offered number of cases units have been formed to meet...

233 Vehicles in 10 Units in List 5.3

L 1ST S.3, -the shortest yet published, was issued on Wednesday by the British Transport Commission. It comprises - 233...

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Men In The News

MR. P. J. MOLLER, overseas sales representative of Henley's Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., has returned to East Africa where he...

B.T.C. Reorganized : B.R.S. a Division

F OLLOWING an extensive study of the make-up of several large commercial undertakings in this country, the British Transport...

Bristol Produce

Light 35-seater A 35-SEAT bus weighing 3 tons 18 cwt. unladen has been added to the Bristol range. In the prototype, now in...

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Leeds Not to Seek Pensioners'. Concession : Fares in the Balance

T HE application for higher bus and tramfares by Leeds Corporation will not, as intended, seek a concession for old-age...

Higher Prices .fOr Oil Fuel?

B ECAUSE the pattern of demand for petroleum by-products threatens, • as a result of - the greater use of oil fuel, to upset...

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L.T.E. Reject Om. Pay Claim

A N application for higher wages for drivers, conductors, maintenance and cleaning staffs that would have cost over £5m. a year...

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B.R. Losing Traffic in Scotland

AILWAY traffic in Scotland this year had dropped by 5 per cent. compared with last year, the Scottish Licensing Authority was...

More Pa.) Claims from Bus Workers ?

A HINT of more claims for higher wages during the next year was given by Cur. S. I. Dyson, chairman of the transport committee,...

Waiting Restricted in 81 More Streets

XPERIMENTAL restrictions on waiting in 81 stretches of street in inner London were introduced on Monday. In all cases except...

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An Oiler with Petrol Pep

Economy Coupled with Lively Acceleration in Cornmer TS3 Oil Engine. Ample Power for Hilly Work and Fast Hauls By John F. Moon,...

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20,000-mile Tour to Sell British Sweets

A N articulated outfit, consisting of a Bedford tractor and a Taskers semi-trailer, is setting out from Britain on a...

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Humberside Wants the BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

says Ashley. Taylor A.M.LR.T.E. B EFORE I am written down as a haulier's enemy, let me say that I have no axe to grind. My...

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"Artics" as Stable as "Rigids"

L AST .week a nfost convincing demonstration was given of the Adrolic stabilizer, a hydraulic device which, under emergency...

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What the New Act Means

By Our Legal Adviser O NLY a few sections of the Transport Charges (Miscellaneous Provisions) -Act, 1954, which, as reported...

Lighting Concessions of Little Help

T HE only commercial vehicles to benefit by proposed concessions in the law on parking at night will be goods vehicles not...

East Riding Livestock Case Continues

A LTHOUGH two days were allotted by the Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority last week to the hearing of the block application...

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Time-Serving Barnacles

M OST people like a measure of stability in their occupation. Road transport drivers are no exception, but their very choice of...

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Distributor Pumps the Next Step?

Few Designs Have Yet Proved Successful in Practice, but Makers Throughout the World Strive On Suggestions for distributor-pump...

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For and• Against London Transport

THINK that V. H. Clarke (The Commercial Motor, I November 12) misunderstood R.L. May (October 29). We all know that there is no...

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Buses Must Give "Private-car" Ride

T O meet the menace of the private car, public transport operators must have the satisfaction of passengers' wants constantly...

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Rate-Cutting Does Not

P e ay HAVE been receiving many complaints of rate-cutting, / Especially freim the industrial areas of the Midlands and the...

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Exhaust Gas Filtration

A FILTER described in patent No. 717,705, is claimed to be equally effective for air or exhaust gas filtration. The patent...