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14th October 1949
14th October 1949
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Change and Decay

ISTRUST and unease are covering the goods transport industry like a wet blanket. Not only the difficulties and doubts natural...

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A Regulation that Needs Amending I N our efforts to

encourage_ tourists to visit this country, one of the first essentials is to provide them with the most comfortable means for...

Will Devaluation Work ?

-ENCONOMISTS consider that the effeets of the , 1 -1 devaluation of currency on the motor industry should be relatively...

Passing Comments

H AVING seen a large family car packed tightly with six grown-ups and three children, ostensibly on a week end outing in the...

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One Hears

'Of popping corks in Geneva: The oft-repeated question: "Who is Janus " That "British Wagon" did not signify being "on • the...

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More Area Schemes Coming Shortly

M ORE area schemes for road passenger transport were foreshadowed by Sir Cyril Hurcomh, chairman of the British 'I'ransport...

Amendments to Area Scheme Drafted : 0.P.P.A. Extends

COUTH SHIELDS has approved the principle of nationalization of road passenger transport but the council has proposed the...

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Hauliers Must be Clairvoyant !

A T Edinburgh recently, the chairirian of the Edinburgh and South-east Scotland branch of the Road Haulage Association...

Appeal Tribunal

HE Appeal Tribunal will sit at Halifax House, Strand, London, W.C.2, on October 18, to hear an appeal by Vaughan Brothers...

Demand for Hay's Wharf Inquiry

S PEAKING at a sub-area meeting of the Road Haulage Association in Stratford-on-Avon, last week. Mr. Harry Bedworth accused the...

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Men in the News

MR.. S. R. Hoot; has resigned his directorship of Specialloid, Ltd. MR. D. G. PALMER has been appointed managing director of...

• NO RISE IN 'FUEL COST YET

N O immediate increase in the _price of petrol and oil fuel is expected to result from the - devaluation of currency....

Transfers to R.H.E.., Resumed

TRANSFERS of haulage businesses I to the Road Haulage Executive have been fully resumed after September's breathing space....

1100,000 " RETAINER " FOR SIR JOHN BLACK

A N agreement has been made between the Standard Motor Co., Ltd.. and the managing director, Sir John Black, that should his...

I. OF T. MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK .

T HEpresident of the Institute of Transport, Brigadier-General Sir H. Osborne Mance, K.B.E., • C.13:, C.M.G., D.S.O.,.will...

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R.H.E. Conditions Criticized

T WO criticisms of the conditions of carriage in nationalized road haulage were voiced by Mr. J. G. Hollis, head of a Leeds...

Exports Must Be Well Packed

T HE importance of sound packing, particularly for export, was stressed by speakers at the opening of the First National...

In a Lin e or Two

Chemico anti-freeze will in future be sold in decorated tins. Supplies are likely to be restricted, because of the dollar...

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• Continent Wants Two-speed Axles

D oRMSH commercial-vehicle mann facturers lose many direct sales overseas because their chassis are not equipped with...

Two of Industry's Leaders on Devaluation Prospects

QPEAKING at a Motor Show tun6- 7 cheon, Mr. L. P. Lord, chairman and managing director of the Austin Motor Co., Ltd., said that...

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The General Sees for Himself

A FTER holding discussions with r - tofficials of the British Transport Commission in the Midlands, MajorGeneral G. N. Russell,...

Manchester Fares Up: Hull to Apply ?

D EC1SION on the application made in July by Manchester Corporation for increased bus fares was published last week. The...

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Fast and Economical The Tharru 5tonL orry By L. J. COTTON,

A LTHOUGH t h e lastest version , of the Fordson Thames chassis was shown in prototype form at Earls Court last year, it was...

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Excluded Traffic

A Crisis Is the B.T.C. Justified in Passing to a State-owned Subsidiary, Excluded Traffic Acquired with Public Funds or Should...

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Two Aspects of COACH HIRE • M ANY readers of my article

in last week's issue of The Commercial Motor," which gave details of a prospective coach tour in Scotland, Will consider that...

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Denationalization "Quite Impracticable"

D ENATIONALIZATION w a s 'described as "quite impracticable" by Mr. S. C. Bond, M.Inst.T., F.I.T.A., when he read a...

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Free Hauliers Help Themselves

In Producing a Gazetteer of Independent Hauliers, the R.H.A. Eastern Area Shows the Way for Others T HE increase in the number...

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CONTINENTAL D ;IGN APPROACHES BRITISH

1 ANDARDS T HIS year the Paris Salon is being held in two parts. The first section, which closes to-morrow, is for cars and...

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Journey Time Cut from Six Weeks to 30 Hours C USTOMERS

in Northern Ireland of the Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd., Banbury, are now benefiting from a new direct-delivery scheme....

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DRIVERS BLAMED

For Accidents Discussions at the Annual Congress of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Tended to Underestimate...

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Tipping Body that Can be Removed

A BODY which not only tips, but can be traversed to the rear and lowered to the ground, or, if necessary detached from the...

The 50-year EvOlution of the London Bus

I N London, 50 years ago last Sunday, the Motor Traction Co. put into service the first internal-combustionengined bus, which...

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Where a Bus Route Number is Missed

A RISING out of the observations which Mr. A. 1-1.. "Price so ably.brought to the notice of your readers in your issue dated...

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An Improved Door. for Vans

DATENT No. 623,502 comes from W. Attwodd and Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., Luton, and deals with a means for opening the rear door of...