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12th March 1948
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For and Against Standardization

D URING the past year or two, difficulties in Characteristics Must Not Be production o c Lost or Design Frozen by Excess thef...

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Away With the Cranks

T HE Austin incentive bonus scheme has aroused ire in the breasts of certain churchmen. Their objection seems to be that they...

Passing Comments

A Simple Plan to WRITING from Southern Help the Smaller " Rhodesia, Mr. M. W. Operators , . . Harris, managing director of...

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BY 1,747 •

C °1s4 M ERCIAL-VEHICLE production in the New Year began on a slightly quieter note, the month's output of 14,002 units...

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Personal Pars

MR. H J TROUGHFON, South Shields Corporation's transport manager, who is due to retire in September, has been asked to continue...

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Appeal Decision Specifies Trailer

Platform Height A N unusual feature of a decision recently given by the Appeal Tribunal is the specification of the minimum...

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New Self-adjusting Power Brake r OMPLETELY automatic adjustment

of shoe clearance, and full servo action without loss of "feel," are outstanding features of the new LaycockNeale bus brake....

In a Line

or Two Ninety shelters for bus passengers are to be erected by Middlesbrough Cor poration. According to Mr. Hackett,...

AFRICAN FARM VEHICLES TO BE CONTROLLED?

I N its report to the South African Parliament, tabled recently in the House of Assembly, the Commission of Inquiry into Road...

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Echo of Holmfir

th Coach Crash T HE result of a brake test with another vehicle on the hill where nine lives were lost in the Holmfirth coach...

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IS ,R.H.A. CHAIRMAN'S POSITION U NSATISPACTORY ?

T HE somewhat belated apologia under the heading of ‘,` Mr. Duffield and the Future of the Free' Haulier;". by "An old -...

THE BUS v. TRAM.

CONTROVERSY TRAMS are again criticized in your issue dated . 1 January 30, an accident in Glasgow forming the s basis of this....

HAS THE. FLAG BEEN HAULED 'DOWN?

I WOULD like to comment on the letter from Mr. 1S. W. Vinter, • headed " Why Was The Flag Hauled Down?" published in your issue...

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Jamaica Buys Forty American Buses

AMAICA, which was ceded to Britain as, long ago as 1670 and has a population of 1,237,000, has turned to America for its first...

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A N inquiry from a coach owner, one principally conmined with

excursions and tours, gave me much food for thought in several directions. The original letter had some peculiar features. It...

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For Frequent Stops and Tight Turn

'HE KARRIER BANTAM A Vehicle Built Specifically for Local 'Work Reveals SilltPtiCity and Stardiness in Design, Combined with...

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A Plan to "Unscramble" the Passenger Transport Omelette

Suggested by Mr. D. M. Sinclair, M. Inst.T., General Manager, Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd. DREAMT that a...

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WHAT FRI ENTERPRISE CAN DO

T HIS :s a story of private enterprise. It shows what a man can do in the way of building a successful business from scratch,...

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Luxury Coach Shows the Flag at Geneva

A DUPLE-BODIED Maudslay Marathon Mark III long-distance coach was on its way by road to Geneva last week, This handsome...

One-man Handling

for Large Engines A N 8-cwt. model of the Minilift, an aid to easy handling in the repair shop, has recently been introduced...

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Day arid Night Services Deily

A. E. Sherlock-Mesher A Steadily Growing Fleet, at Present Numbering 24 Vehicles, Covers the Greater Part of England in the...

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• New Fork Trucks

Extend Mechanical Handling M ANY new applications for fork trucks can be visualized in the introduction by ElectroHydra ulics,...

Waste-oil Garage Heaters

S PRAY heat oil burners for using waste oil of all kinds are being manufactured by Johnson and Starley, Ltd., Whitegate Drive,...

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Modified Two-Speed Axle

A Résumé of Recently Published Patent Specifications hfiODIFICATIONS to a design for a 'VI two-speed back axle are shown in...