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14th December 1951
14th December 1951
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AUSTIN MOTOR CO. LTD.

A VERY GOOD YEAR SUCCESS OF NEW "SEVEN" EXPORT TURNOVER EXCEEDS 145,000,000 MR. L. P. LORD'S STATEMENT The thirty-seventh...

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Lessons from a Road Tragedy

p ROBABLY no accident on the roads has caused more general concern and sympathy throughout the country than that involving a...

Passing Comments

Out of the Mouths THE saying, "The child is the man," is unfor tunately not only accurate but far from flattering to the...

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One Hears

That police at one south coast resort are using new light vans for patrol purposes. The suggestion that this adds a sporting...

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Ribble' Successful in Keswick London Application'

S TRONG opposition was expressed by the Railway Executive when Ribble Motor Services. Ltd., applied to the Northern Licensing...

A.E.C. Regal Mark IV with Synchromesh Gearbox

THE A.E.C.. Regal Mark IV under' fioor-engined chassis is now beih produced with a plate dutch and fourspeed synchromesh...

Higher Coach Fares: No Applications

I N the latest edition of Notices and Proceedings, the Metropolitan Licensing Authority announces his intention to vary,...

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New Single-decker. Passenger ChassisT

D ETAILS of a forward-control sinalea decker passenger chassis to be bnilt by Motor Traction, Ltd., Croydon, Surrey, have been...

FEAR OF TRANSFER CAUSES STRIKE

.. STRIKE of 'employees at certain .1 - Vdepots of British Road Services in - Manchester began last Saturday. • It arsise_ out...

City-Co, Transfer : • . Decision 'Reserved •

D ECISION was reserved, on Monday, on the application of .Westeliff-onSea Motor' Services, Ltd., to take aver the services of...

Licensing Authority's Wisdom

Q N the appeal of - Blair and Palmer, Ltd.; Carlisle, against the Northern Licensing Authority's refusal to sanction a....

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Long-Distance Services from Catterick Refused

A -DECISION in the case of a number of northern operators who wished to run buses at . week-ends from Catterick camp was given...

Railway Rates Up B.T.C. Raises £60m.

THE Government is closely and urgently examining the present structure of the country's transport system and its efficiency,...

Men in the News

• MR. WALTER L. HILL has resigned from the board of the Vigzol Oil Co.. Ltd. MR. J. R. LEMMER. who is joining the Vacuum Oil...

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3,727 ..Undertakings Acquired

ft 4ANY statistics concerning carriers' LYI. licences, permits and compensation payments were given by the Minister of...

IN A LINE OR TWO

Road Fund licences cart be renewed on or after 'Dccember 17. a The -Mayor of Gravesend and a party of councillors last week...

C. & V. Regulations Consolidated

CIONSOLIDATED Motor Vehicles 1 .-'(Construction and Use) Regulations, _ 1951, . will come into force on January 1, 1951 They...

FEWER DISTRIBUTING CENTRES FOR PETROLEUM GREAT deal of traaspart: is

involved in' the marketing of petroleum products. The sum eeceived by British Railways for the carriage of oil is 2 per cent.,...

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New Cuts in Concessions and Services?

Four Undertakings Propose Increases in Workmen's Fares: Newport Seeks Abolition • P ASSENGERS enjoying concession fares are...

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40,000 Austins Exported r

D UR1NG the past financial year, the Austin Motor Co., Ltd., exported more than 20,000 commercial vehicles based on A40 and A70...

New Ambulance Chassis

A NEW Morris-Commercial ambulance chassis h:aving a six-. cylindered overhead-valve petrol engine is now being produced and the...

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• . United Dominions Buys Loy‘tall

THROUGH its subsidary company, i Old Broad Street Securities, Ltd., the United Dominions Trust, Ltd., has entered into...

Avoiding Irish Tariff Walls by Local Assembly

H EAVY tariffs on complete vehicles imported into the Republic • of Ireland have made it desirable that assembly of commercial...

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Time of Warning F OR the moment the initiative in the

struggle for FOR to have hauliers and the passenger-vehicle operators have pin forward programmes which go as far as can...

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ITH an increase in the number of double-deckers of 440

and a drop of 86 in the total of single-deckers, Britain's municipal bus fleets now aggregate 17,325 vehicles This is 354 more...

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• Tyres Govern Trailer Design

Latest Developments Reviewed : Causes of Snaking: Man ceuvring Semi-trailer Outfits : Braking on Heavy Trailers TRAILER...

Modern Research Equipment Lacking

British Supremacy in Oil Engines Based Mainly on Good Design riONSIDERINC, the high output of lese vehicles from British...

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NEW ENTRANT TO " QUALIF "MARKET

6-7-ton Chassis 3t1 y Constructed and ig Many Features ied to Withstand Arduous itions: A Range of Deed Axles is Offered L. .1....

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WHAT SICKNESS MEANS to Road Transport

Measures that Can be Taken to Reduce Absence Through Colds and Influenza: Care in Designing Buildings and Vehicles, as well as...

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Modern Power Stations Need Special Transport

By Ashley Taylor, A.M.I.R.T.E. The Use of Pulverized Fuel has Created Ashdisposal Problems which have been met by the...

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The Origins of Oil-engine Noise

Injection Equipment is Largely Responsible: "Pilot" Principle Right in Theory T HERE was good reason to believe I that was...

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Smalls Traffic Calls for 20 Per Cent. Profit

"The Commercial Motor" Costs Expert Shows How Parcels Carriers Must Approach Their Charging Problems. Dealing With a Second...

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A Ford Half-track for Tractors

vide 'crawler tracks for the ,1 rear wheels of a tractor is the aim of an attachment shown in patent No 658,6-72; by N. Salmon...