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Exhaust-Gas Fallacies Exploded

A CURIOUS development following the recent report from America that lung cancer is largely caused by smoking, is a whole series...

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Responsibility for Bus Stations

Tl ERE are various views as to the advisability a i r otherwise of building stations for buses. Some operators are of the...

Passing Comments

Reducing Tyre Costs nNE of the important items in running costs is tyres; this on, say, a 3-tonner almost equals that of...

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64% of Vehicle Units in List 4 Sold

N List 4, 64 per cent. of the units and 52 per cent. of the vehicles offereJ without premises were sold to the high est...

NEW R.H.A. HONORARY MEMBER

THE third to be appointed since the 1 formation of the Road Haulage Association in 1935, Mr. John Stran g has been made an...

TV CUTS HALIFAX BUS TRAVEL

'TELEVISION entertainment had cut I travel on services partly Of wholly outside Halifax, said Mr. R. Mackenzie, g eneral mana...

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Mr. J. Barrie New R.H.A. Chairman

nN Wednesday the national coun cil of the Road Haulage Association elected Mr_ James Barrie as chairman in succession to Mr....

NO REWARD FOR EFFICIENCY

N O industry had done more than passenger transport towards raising productivity. Although costs of operation were 2f times...

OBITUARY

W E regret to record the deaths of MR. Tom GREENSLADE, MR. E. V. RALPH, Ma. IRVING E. EVERINGHAM and MR. J. W. TREECE. Mr....

TANGANYIKA ROADWAYS CEASE " QCHEME is now abandoned; it has

ts- 7 been given every reasonable chance." These words in the 1953 report of the Colonial Development Corporation (Stationery...

POLLUTION IN THE AIR

A SKED whether the decision to rik replace London trolleybuses by oilengined motorbuses had been influenced by considerations...

BAN WIDE BUSES?

P ROPOSED restrictions on the use of 8-ft.-wide buses in the national park are to be discussed between Cumberland County...

Farmers' Five-mile Limit Supported

A DVICE to an applicant to withdraw his case was given by the Northern Licensing Authority last week, when it transpired during...

1554-A-MINUTE TAX

A T the present rate of consumption, f554 per minute is being paid in tax to the Exchequer on motor and aviation fuels. During...

BUS-HELICOPTER STATION? A PLAN for the construction of a £250,000

combined bus and helicopter station in Newcastle upon Tyne has been put forward. The idea has been approved in principle by the...

BOARD'S SECOND REPORT THE Minister of Transport expects to

receive the second six-monthly report of the Road Haulage Disposal Board on May 28.

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Men in the News

MR. S. S. RoasoN has been elected chairman of the Northern Division of the Traders Road Transport Association for the tenth...

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New Town Support for Westeliff

\V HEN Westcliff-on-Sea Motor Ser vices, Ltd., applied to the Metropolitan Licensing Authority on Monday to increase their...

ICE-CREAM VAN'S SIGNAL "NOISY?"

D RONFIELD magistrates last week listened to the bell-like signal of art ice-cream van to decide whether it were a "noisy...

Where Units Were Sold

By a Special Correspondent I T is now possible to show the sales of transport units in Lists I, 2 and 3 by divisions. The...

Appeal for Less "Mud Slinging"

D URING the second day's hearing at Leeds, last week, of an application for permission to operate a new express service between...

LICENCES TOO EXPENSIVE, SAYS COACH OPERATOR

A SOUTH WALES coach operator, • Mr. Glyn Rees, of Bedlinog, told the South Wales Licensing Authority, last week, that the...

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Devon General Traffic Down

A BOUT Im. fewer passen g ers were PA carried by the Devon General Omnibus and Tourin g Co., Ltd., last year because of a...

COACHING WORK BRINGS IN USEFUL REVENUE

pECAUSEmore excursions and tours were run in 1953, and more privatehire work was done, the receipts of the Trent Motor Traction...

Nottingham Becomes a Bus Crewe

IN the lon g -distance bus pattern of the country, Nottin g ham was reachin g the same position as Crewe or Derby in that of...

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Registrations Drop in February

THE total number of new registra tions of vehicles for February, excluding cars and motorcycles, was 10,996. This figure was...

STRENGTH FROM PLASTIC CABS AND WINGS INCREASED strength and reduced

unladen weight are claimed for the plastic cab and wing construction developed by A. C. Penman, Ltd., Queens bury Motor Works,...

R.R.L WORK FEATURED BY B.R.F.

A NOTHER interesting publication by the British Road Federation is a booklet, priced at Is., entitled "Science Looks at...

Glasgow Peak Relief Mooted by Mr. Quin

WHEN he heard an application by VI' Lowland Motorways, Ltd., Glasgow, for permission to operate a service between Shettleston...

OIL FUMES; L.C.C. HAVE NO EVIDENCE OF ILL EFFECTS I N reply to a question about the "pos

sible injurious effects" of fumes from oil-engined vehicles in London, a spokesman for the health committee of London County...

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Tram Conversion Policy Criticized

T " policy of substituting motorbuses for trams in Leeds, which is being pursued by the Socialistcontrolled transport...

" GIVE M.T.O.L. A CHANCE ' 4 THE experience of livestock

carriers over the past 14 years proved that there was something in the set-up which had been operated by the Meat Transport...

PIGS TAKE LONGER TO LOAD "IF were asked to drive

a pig from the back of this court to the front, might do it in five minutes, or it might take me half a day," stated a...

Over Elm. a Day from Exports

IN his first address as president of the / Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Mr. A. B. Waring told the council of the...

MESSERSCHMITT 2-CWT. THREE-WHEELER

'THE Messerschmitt three wheeled i motor scooter is now available in this country. A two-seater, it can be converted to carry...

MORE FOR MARGARINE

TWENTY-THREE new vehicles have L been acquired by the Co-operative Wholesale Society in Birmingham for margarine deliveries....

"FANATICAL" COMPETITION

D ESPITE " fanatical " competition, Ripaults, Ltd., had made favourable progress during the past 12 months, said the managing...

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More Building Work by Sheffield Pool

D URING the past year there was a large increase in the tonnage of road and building materials carried by Direct Motor...

110M. FOR 10 YEARS? CCOTLAND'S transport could be kJ brought

up to date if £10m. were spent on improving facilities in each of the following 10 years, stated Dr. R. D. McIntyre, chairman...

SCOTTISH GLENS WANT BUSES

P ROTESTS against the lack of adequate bus services in remote rural areas were made at a meeting of the Central Council of the...

TAILORING COMPANY FINED FINES totalling £75 plus £21 advo cate's

fee were imposed on Town Tailors, Ltd., Mabgate, Leeds, by Leeds magistrates for permitting drivers to exceed the statutory...

50 LUXURY COACHES FOR

F IFTY Leyland Royal Tiger luxury 30-seaters have been ordered by Coras Iompair Eireann for tourist traffic. They will have...

BUS OWNER LOSES APPEAL

A CIRENCESTER bus proprietor, Mr. G. J. Miller, has lost his appeal against conditions imposed by Gloucestershire County...

OPENING OF CORYTON

nN May 27, H.M. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother will perform the opening ceremony at the new Coryton refinery of the Vacuum...

ABERDEEN FARES UP

A NEW fare scale came into force 1 - 1on Aberdeen buses this week. The increases include the addition of !d. to 24d., 3d. and...

27 m.p.g. with Oilengined Coach

rt A 3,000-MILE test with an Austin 15-seat coach has convinced Mr. F. L. Lees, proprietor of Lees Motorways, Gateford Road,...

TRAFFIC DECLINE IN N.S.W.

I N the year ended June 30, 1953, the number of passengers carried by privately owned public service vehicles in the...

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ANEW FLAT TWIN OIL ENGINE

A N air-cooled two-cylindered horizontally opposed oil engine of 2.72 litres eapacity has been developed and built by Vernon...

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Forward-control Conversion for Commer

Commer Cars, Ltd., will provide for greater capacity for bulk loads. Commer parts are retained wherever possible, and the...

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TOP GEAR ALL THE WAY

by John F. Moon T HE performance of the MorrisCommercial 3-tonner with B.M.C. direct-injection oil engine was so exhilarating...

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A Week In 1952

By JANUS L IKE most of its kind, the sample survey of road goods transport carried out by the Ministry of Transport clearly...

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ot Autonomy ys Dividends

by Andrew Seacombe O Si ENS' BLY the head office of Premier Travel, Ltd., in Cambridge, is located in a building overlooking...

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Staff Needs Overhaul!

VOUR article headed "Spares Position Drastic," I published in your journal dated April 16, was read by me with great interest....

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Is Comfort Being Sacrificed in Buses ?

A FEW days ago I had the misfortune to make a journey of some 40 miles aboard an example of one of the latest lightweight...

Only Fools Work For Bad Employers

S OME people will see trouble wherever they took, although none may, in fact, exist. I am wondering whether your correspondent...

Use under a Hiring Licence

S ° far as 1 am aware, a vehicle operating under a '—'C-hiring licence may be driven only by a person on the payroll of the...

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FIGURES

Tell Fortunes! by William R. Buckland, B.Sc. (Econ.) Ph.D., F.I.S., F.S.S. I T is a simple fact that the force behind the...

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Search for Greater Efficiency

Safety and Highway Lighting : Feather-bedding the Bus Passenger : Co-ownership as an Incentive : Where Traders' Vehicles Score...

Bus Carrying Capacities Too Rigid

A LTHOUGH the peak-load problem ri was ever more pronounced, bus operators still used vehicles offering little elasticity in...

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Happy Industrial Relations

n ISCUSSING the value of co-partnership, or co-ownership, Mrs. Christine Taylor, Finst.T.A., referred lo the optimum size of...

C-licence Vehicles Justify Themselves

T HE industrial traffic administrator had learned by tiresome experience what transport delays could mean to a pro g ressive...

Governments Ignore Productivity

P e i-EITHER the present Government I I nor their predecessors appeared to have said much on the sub j ect of productivity in...

Road-rail "Dog Fight" Continues

EVIEWING the history of roadrail traffic le g islation, Mr. J. Foley E gg inton, A.M.Inst.T., F.Inst.T.A., said "that for many...

Fewer Opportunities of Training

S PEAKING at the conference dinner, Mr. C. H. Palim, Liverpool District mana g er, British Road Services, said that one of the...

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NORTH-WEST

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Diagnosing Electrical Faults

How, by Adopting the Correct Procedure, Otherwise Elusive Electrical Troubles Can be Quickly Detected Without the Use of...

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Unions Blamed for 20 m.p.h. Speed Limit

'THE attitude of the trade unions I seems to be the only impediment towards securing an increase in the speed limit for heavy...

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A Delta-type Opposed-piston Engine

A Nengine having three cylinders, each containing a pair of opposed pistons, is disclosed in patent No. 705,780, by B....