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10th February 1956
10th February 1956
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No Roads But More Plans

Nev Minister May Cut Motorways and COncentrate on Reducing Local Congestion L AST week the chairman, Mr. Wilfrid Andrews, of •...

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Passing Comments

Poor Tail Light Causes Death T HOSE who are most bitterly against police inspection of motor vehicles might have had faith in...

One Hears

That whatever may be the rights or wrongs of the That roundabout accidents need straightforward oil-fuel tax, only optimists...

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SMALL CUT IN B.R.S. FLEET POSSIBLE: BILL DEBATED

BY OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT T HERE is no question of a drastic reduction in the number of vehicles to be retained by...

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Chancellor Refuses Concession on Balancing Charges

T HE Chancellor of the Exchequer has refused to give way on the question of balancing charges on compensation paid to hauliers...

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Men in the News

MR. J. C. WILSON has become transport manager of Crawley Cooperative Society. MR. J. W. DWYER has been appointed manager of...

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Ellin'. Fare Bids in N.W. : More Increases Granted

IF all the applications for higher fares they had were granted, the charges falling on the travelling public in the north-west...

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Mr. Quin's Interpretation of Law Challenged

C HALLENGES to the interpretation of the 1953 Act by Mr. W. Quin, Scottish Licensing Authority, arose in two cases before the...

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Scarce Assets—Not Money Hold Up Road Schemes

B RITA1N'S road problem was not a I- , matter primarily of finance, but of the allocation of scarce national assets in men and...

No -Big Load

s in Daytime R 1GID indivisible loads of exceptional length will not be allowed to travel through Birmingham during the...

In a Line or Two

The Vienna Motor Show will be held from March 11-18. Derby Transport Department is hoping' to recruit 40 coloured workers....

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New Crosville Agreement Sought

H IGI-TER wages and improved conditions for non-manual staff employed by Crosville Motor Services, Ltd., woula cost the company...

Routemaster in Service After Severe Tests

O NWednesday the London* -Transport Routemaster 64-seat lightalloy chassisless bus entered service. It will work at firg on...

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A 15.9-litre Engine Fills a Big Gap

Robert ,Wynn and Sons, Ltd., Give New Life to Their Diamond T Tractors by Re-equipping with Meadows Oil Engines By John F....

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Motorway Conference Speakers

S PEAKERS at the London conference on urban motorways, to be held from September 17-20, have been announced by the British Road...

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Cusick Organization, First Established After 1914-18 War, Revived by Buying

Units from B.R.S.: Ingenious Bonus Systems Introduced By Ashley Taylor, A.M.I.R.T.E. p ROM1NENT among those who were quick to...

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Private Party Amendment Fails: Abnormal Vehicles

BY OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT THE committee stage of the Road I Traffic Bill was finally concluded on Thursday of last...

Parliamentary Briefs

Disposal Loss £12im. THE capital loss on disposal, with other compensation payable to the British Transport Commission, has...

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Another Dealers' Week

A NOTHER large number of exBritish Road Services' lorries has changed hands in the past week. Details of the transactions are...

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Don't Lose Interest

An Important Item of Operating Cost About Which Opinions Differ : Regular Service Entails High Expense on Maintenance / AM...

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A High-reduction Axle Assembly

T HE higher the reduction on a driving axle, the lighter can the shafts be, and a design in which the light shafts arc extended...