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14th February 1947
14th February 1947
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Legalizing Robbery

Honesty Should Apply to States Just as Much as to . the Individual Citizens CAN there be two standards A honesty? We have •...

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The Minister's Biggest Gamble

TO amendment proposed by the Opposition increase the membership of the British Transport Commission from five to nine,...

Passing Comments

Satre Completes Its THE first full year's work by First Full Year of A the British Export Trade Work Research Organization...

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One Hears

Of drivers suffering from snow-glare. That KingCoal is becoming a second-rate monarch. 0 Of a micrometer with sapphire on the...

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News of the Week

1946 PRODUCTION EXCEEDS 1937 PEAK R IT ISH commercial-vehicle produc1 --ition in 1946 exceeded by 28 per cent. the peak output...

Mile.long Queues at Docks

ClUEUES of lorries, said to be a mile ,long, waited for loads at Liverpool docks, were mentioned by Mr. W. R. Hargrave. for the...

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TRANSPORT BILL WILL RAISE DRUG COSTS

IN 1446, British Drug Houses, Ltd., 'carried 80 per cent of its orders in its own fleet of more than 50 vehicles, which are...

Questions on P.O. Contract Pressed T HE question of the termination

of the General Post Office's contract with McNamara and Co., Ltd., was again raised in the House of Commons last week by Mr....

COMMERCIAL VEHICLE EXPORTS BEAT 1937 RECORD

B RITAIN'S exports of cars, commercial vehicles, parts and accessories last year were valued at more than £52,000,000, or three...

CASTENG INSPECTION BY MEANS OF X-RAYS

A MONGST the equipment recently installed by Leyland Motors, Ltd., Leyland, Lanes, is a self-contained X-ray centre, for use in...

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ITALIAN RAILWAYS UNDERCUT ROAD HAULJIERS

S OME interesting facts are given about the transport position in Italy in the recently issued report of the European Central...

All Amendments to Bill Fail

in First Week THE first three sittings of the Standing Committee of the House of Commons 1 on the Transport Bill were...

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A FOUR-HORSE BOX BY CARRIMORE

A N accompanying picture shows a four-horse box recently completed by Carrimore Six-wheelers, Ltd., North Finchley, London, for...

NO MORE PURCHASES OUT OF PROFITS

A LTHOUGH during the past 10 years I — IWest Hartlepool Corpomtipn has met capital expenditure out of profits, loans will be...

In a Line or Two

During the worst day of the recent cold spell, London buses lost only 612 miles out of 660,000. The name of the Cities Service...

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GOVERNMENT TO COMPETE IN SHORT-DISTANCE TRANSPORT IN a statement the

Road Haulage Asso'elation emphasizes the danger to shortlistance road hauliers of the rejection of a proposed amendment to the...

Mechanical Lime Spreader Cuts Costs

E normal practice in lime-spreading for farmers in the Staffordshire area is for lime to be delivered in paper sacks and...

Personal Pars SIR WILLIAM Rooms has been appointed a member of the newly formed Engineering Advisory Council.

MR. ALEXANDER ROBE, transport manager of Leith Provident Co-operative Society, has retired after having been in control of the...

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ARTICULATED VEHICLES HAVE GREAT PROSPECTS—Mr. Maeve AAR. W. E. MACVE,

North-Western IVILitiensing Authority, urged the importance of research in road transport at the first dinner and dance of the...

MINISTRY HELP FOR HEAVY HAULIERS

A CCORDING to the annual report f'k of Mr. 0. G. Wynn, chairman of the Heavy Haulage Group of the Road Haulage Association, the...

Question "Intim idates" Objectors

Q BJ ECTOR S to applications for additional haulage vehicles are often asked whether they themselves propose to seek extra...

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THE GOVERNMENT PUTS ON THE SCREW

in more senses than one By Our Legal Adviser S TANDING Committee B of the House of Commons met for the first time to consider...

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Towards the Correlation of Rates

In an I. of T. Paper. Mr. Sewell Considers the Question of Reforming Both Road and Rail Rates D AIL and road opinions on the...

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01L-ENGI NED IN EIRE GOODS VEHICLES WITH reference to the

concluding instalment of the " article on Eire's transport system, by Mr. A. F. Taylor, in your issue dated January 24, some of...

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Mobile Shops

Serve a Scattered Community WHEREVER you may go in the VV Evesham district of Worcestershire, you will probably find one of...

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A Bouquet for the Haulage

Industry O NE of the virtues of road transport was that it was organized in units small enough to enable the trader to get...

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I F any discussion or controversy on passenger-vehicle entrances and exits

be brought to the notice of the layman, his first reaction probably is to question why there should be any difference of...

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Passenger Transport News

UNLICENSED BUS USED: 'OPERATOR FINED £31 A T Bedlington Police Court, North umberland, Arras Haley, an operator, of...

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Hypoid Gear and Two-speed Axles

r- I N March 4, at 6 Mr. E. B. 4 ../Wilson will read a paper, "Review of Developments in Driving Axles," before _members of...

Two More Haulage Appeals Heard

THAT a licence was granted to an I ex-Serviceman o n sentimental grounds was the case for the appellants at a hearing before...

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DAMPING Its Importance

in Suspension Systems By J. PICKLES, The Function of Shock Absorbers in the A.M.I.A.E. Control of Leaf-spring Action is Here...

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How the 44 hour Week Will Affect Costs

Higher Wages Brought About by the Reduction of the Working Week from 48 Hours to 44 Hours Will Increase Operating Costs by an...

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New Design of Farm Tractor

A CCORDING to patent No. 582,351, agricultural tractors fall into two classes—the full-size heavy machine and the ultra-light...