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The Three-legged Race for Tra ffic 1 ' . WO questions, the' implications

of which should not be missed by free hauliers and ancillary users, are troubling the Road Haulage Executive. Why, it is...

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Passing Comments

The Possible Place A CERTAIN number of of Women in State 1-k women has been engaged Haulage in the haulage industry and some...

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One Hears

Of infiltration by R.P.E. "Cells." Possibilities of a new Canute ordering back the „ That if this occurs, it is hoped that...

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R.I-LE. Refuses to Take Spare Parts

A DISPUTE has Arisen with the Road Haulage Executive over the interpretation of the expression " relevant property" in Sections...

A. FEW weeks ago it appeared that there would be

no Commercial Motor Show in 1950. but, since then. the matter has been debated over and over again, and it seems highly...

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Authorities Individually

day, one at the Great White Bois, Hotel, ipsw:ch, at 2 p.m., and the other at the Lion and Lamb Hotel, Chelmsford, at 7.30...

27-ft. Doubledeckers in 1950 T HE Minister of Transport has announced

his intention, in response to repeated requests by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and others, to permit...

Effort to Acquire Premises Fails

A CQUISITION of the haulage business of Goddard and Dellar, Ltd., Royston, has, as the result of drastic action, been deferred...

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Men in the News

MR. STELMEN HUDSON has been appointed sales representative of the AC-Sphinx Spark Plug Co., Ltd., for the Yorkshire area. MR....

R.H.E. Dismisses "Free Speaker A WEEK'S notice terminating his employment as

an adviser, as front October 31, has been given to Mr George Read by the Road Haulage Executive Mr, Read was head of Reads of...

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Two New Bases for Parcels Carrier

. A PPLICATION by NatiOnal Parcels and .GoodS Services, Ltd., for a new • base at Balls Pond Road, London, N.], has been...

Bradford Fares Up: Increases Too Small ?

DRADFORD Corporation's applica.Utions to ritige fares has been largely successful. The Ministry of Transport and the Yorkshire...

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43 , •Transfers in Six Days

WITH the approach of the appointed VV day (February I), acquisitions of haulage businesses by the Road Haulage Executive are...

1 -IN June 30, 1938, there, were 365,021 I.–IC-licensed vehicles in,

this country,. but' by September 30 last the total had risen to 659,755. The number or additional vehicles authorized under, C...

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"Home .C:ornfor.ts . " for L.T.E. :Drivers , I N the next few weeks,

London Transport buses are to be subjected to experiments, which, if they succeed, will be of .great practical value. Latetype...

1,000 U.S. DEALERS FOR RELIANT THREE-WHEELERS rOMPRISING almost 1,000 dealers

throughout the United States, the sales facilities of the Indian Motocycle Co. have been made available, as from November 1,...

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THE FIRST SCOTTISE SHOW SINCE 1938

ALBI N T HE first post-war Motor Show to be held in Scotland will be opened at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, to-day, by Viscount Weir...

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ccessories, Components and Service Equipment

The Needs of Operators, Maintenance Executives, and Repairers Are Well Catered For in a Record Display Covering all Types of...

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In a Line or Two

Fifty Land-Rovers have been. ordered by the United Nations Organization for relief 'work in Europe. Sundeala Board Co., Ltd.....

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• Twenty. Years of Progress

in Scottish Transport back over a OOKIN , C.; period of 20 years, before 'the time of the 1930 and 1933 Acts, takes us to the...

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Basic Facts on Britain's Roads

T O provIde an up-to-date standard reference on all essential road matters, the British Road Federation has published "Basic...

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How Does SCOTTISH HAULAGE Stand?

B OTH an authority on nationalized transport organization and a leading representative of the free hauliers expressed the...

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Training Men to Solve the

Traffic Problem T HE inadequacy of America's road systems to bear the overwhelming traffic in its cities is causing great...

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IN

versus CO-OPERATION in West Riding By C. S. D N BA R, M.Inst.T. Closely Contiguous Centres of Population, Overlapping Bus...

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T HE Clydeside has cradled many industries, both light and heavy—to-day,

the term "Clyde built" is accepted throughout the world as synonymous with all that is best in engineering and it was natural...

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Peculiar Problems in Scottish Traders' Transport

Tenements Slow Down Deliveries, Demands for Deliveries at Awkward Times Increase Costs, and Long Journeys in Thinly Populated...

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SIX New Federal Buses . for Export Markets T HE introduction

of six new forwardcontrol bus models, designed for city and long-distance services, has been announced by the Federal Motor...

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Transport on , THE ROADS

TO THE ISLES T HERE may be many problems in the administration and operation of road transport in different parts of the...

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Van-cum-Ambulance for Rochdale

DASED on a Comrner Superpoise 25-cwt. chassis, a dual-purpose body for use as an ambulance for sitting patients or for the...

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New British Rubber-bonded Suspension System

B ASED on the S9 underfloorengined chassis, a " Midland Red" single-deck bus with Metalastik toggle-link rubber susPension...

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The Ideal

Piston for Oil Engines Suggested Specification for a Piston Assembly to Withstand at Least 50,000 Road Miles THE important...

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What the Owner driver Should Charge

'I RECENTLY had an inquirer who was commencing , business on his own account. For' Many years he had . been employed in the...

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A Special Vehicle for Tar Spreading

A COMPLETE tar-spraying vehicle is shown in patent No. 627,319, by Scammell Lorries, Ltd., and others, Tolpits Lane, Watford...