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11th March 1938
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This is Not the Time to Sell!

F OR a considerable time we have been watching with great interest and some measure of perturbation the repeated efforts which...

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Passing Comments

It is Best to Select L'XPERIENCE has shown Bus Drivers from 1 --a that an express coach driver Conductors . . . . seldom makes...

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One Hears

That even engines now have inhibitions. That accidents are sometimes caused by tired eyes. That it was mostly " L " on the...

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NEWS of the WEEK

All Road Haulage to Stop on March 26? U NLESS a settlement be reached before March 26, the employees of road-haulage concerns...

STEAM VEHICLES OFFICIALLY ENCOURAGED.

We referred recently to certaiti coming concessions in respect of steam vehicles using coal fuel, which are already allowed...

IMPORTANT MEETING FOR ALL BEET HAULIERS.

An important meeting which, it is hoped, will have far-reaching results in respect of the haulage of sugar beet is to be held...

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ROAD MOTORS HELP DISTRESSED AREA.

That road transport would be an aid to the establishment of a new industry irk a distressed area was pleaded at a case in...

Transit Insurance Notes WARRANTIES

A NY haulier reading through his goods-in-transit policy may note that it contains a number of " warranties " saying that this...

MANY FLAT-ENGINED COACHES FOR LONDON. .

London Transport has placed an order with Leyland NI.6tors, Ltd., -kir 87 flat-engined coach chassis, a new type similar to the...

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EXCESS WEIGHT THROUGH MUD ACCUMULATION.

The licensing system was discussed by members of the Bath Chamber of Commerce at its monthly meeting last week. Particular...

Another Utility Car Speed Limit Case

VII/IIETIIER a " utility " type of VI' vehicle can be adapted for use as a private saloon car in such a way that a speed limit...

Free Sand and the Requisite Licence

A N interesting point with regard to the carriage of sand was raised before the North-Western Deputy Licensing Authority at...

Tenders of Interest to Hauliers

rrIENDEES are invited by the following (latest dates given in parentheses1:— Ramagate B.C., for approximately 1,000 tons of...

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MERITS OF ELECTRICS FOR "ROUND" WORKING.

For about six months I have been conducting some intensive research work on transport, and have come to the conclusion that for...

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF CONTRACT A LICENCES.

As a safeguard against the abuse of Contract A licences, of which there has been much complarnt in the Yorkshire Traffic Area,...

"Forcing" of Contract A Licences A CONTENTION, often heard in support

of railway opposition, that where a Contract A licence could meet transport requirements this was the proper remedy, failed at...

Municipal Purchases and Proposals

D eal TOA - 11 Council requires a motor mower; tenders close en March 19. Feithani Urban District Council requires a motor...

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STITCH -INTIME POLICY REWARDED

in Transport Accountancy A FIRST:RATE example of the application of the proverb "A stitch in time saves nine" is in relation...

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What the Associations Are Doing

BURNLEY PROTESTS AGAINST STATISTICAL RETURNS. The Burnley Division of the C.M.U.A. has sent a letter to the local Chamber of...

Record-breaking Tour by S.T.R.

TT was at Newcastle that S.T.R., 'The Commercial Motor costs expert, had his record audience about a year ago. That experience...

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MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT METHODS CRITICIZED.

That, as a public body, Plymouth Corporation ought to be a pattern in things of that kind, was the criticism passed by Mr. F....

THE SAME TO-DAY AS 50 YEARS AGO.

The haulage industry has an ally in the person of the Deputy-Mayor of Doncaster. Alderman Samuel Morris. Speaking at the...

Commissioners Thank Associations

•• HE Commissioners' staff was not out for scalps, but it was necessary that they should take notice of such things as Section...

Some Offences Not Known to the Police

T HE suggestion that some central body of the industry might be set up in the district, in order to negotiate with...

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BODYWORK NEEDS OF "

-IE BUILDING TRADES ers O NE of the chief requirements of the builder is an open lorry which will carry loose loads, such as...

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WHY SE ow?

F . OR twelve months now the road-haulage industry has been a centre of attraction for divers financial interests. Those with...

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NEW DODGE LU) JRY COACH BEHAVES WELL

CC OMING straight from a succession of goods-chassis trials to . 1 test of a luxury coach, the road-tester, naturally. enough,...

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Road Transport Topics in Parliament

Select Committee on Road Accidents Human Element the Heart of the Problem A T the fi rst public meeting of the Select...

EXTENSION OF A AND B LICENCES NOT RETROSPECTIVE.

I N the House of Commons last week Vice-Admiral Taylor asked the Minister of Transport whether the extended periods of A and B...

SPEEDING ON THAMES EMBANK. MENT TO STOP.

O N having his attention called to the habitual disregard of the speed limit on the Thames Embankment, including Millbank and...

UPKEEP OF UNCLASSIFIED ROADS A HEAVY BURDEN.

A COMPLAINT was made by Mr. Lipson as to the heavy burden on the ratepayers. especially in agricultural counties, in respect of...

TOO MANY TAXIS IN LONDON W.?

H AD the Minister considered, asked Sir P. Dawson, the census recently taken by the Automobile Association, of traffic in...

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OPINIONS

and UERIES ENCOURAGE THE USE OF GAS-PRODUCERS. [5292] Your correspondents, Messrs. H. E. Crawfurd and J. Bowden, writing on...