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17th April 1953
17th April 1953
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Braking Heavy Vehicles

T HE grave accident at Lambourn where last week the driver of an eight-wheeled, jet-fuel road tanker lost control and the...

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London Cabs' Only Hope

T HE difficult position of the taxicab trade, particularly in the Metropolitan area, is emphasized in the report of the...

Passing Comments

Ingenious Sideline A s may be expected, the natural ingenuity of Swiss engineers does not reveal itself only in the major...

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One Hears

"Spring has come! The ' relief ' is out again as well as the leaf." That in Glasgow the further outlook for number plates may...

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N.C.B. Testing Mine Gas Fuel : 20 m.p.g. With 5-tonner

CLAIMED to be the first in Britain, a road vehicle has been fitted with compressed-gas equipment expressly designed for vehicle...

P.T. Down to 25%: Eleetries Exempt R OAD transport has gained

little concession in the Budget. Purchase tax on goods-vehicle chassis has been reduced from 33+ per cent. to 25 per cent....

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B.M.M.O. Test Disc Transmission Brake

pi DISC type of transmission brake is, by special permission, bein g tried out on a bus operated by the Birmin g ham and...

B.E.T. Buy Blue Cars and Welsh Co.

TWOimportant deals were announced on Tuesday by the British Electric Traction Co., Ltd. An a g reement has been concluded for...

Was Pension Scheme Relevant to Take-over ?

D ECISTON was reserved by the Transport Arbitration Tribunal on Monday in the case of Road Haula g e Executive versus T. M....

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Breach of Contract by B.T.C.?

A N accusation that the British Trans port Commission had been guilty of breach of contract was made by Mr. T. H. Campbell...

Men in the News

MR. J. R. ENGLISH has been appointed assistant production manager of the Dunlop factory in Kobe, Japan. MR. R. E. CHISNALL has...

Coronation Tours : 200 Dispensations

n ISPENSATIONS have been added to the road service licences of nearly 200 excursion and tour operators by the West Midland...

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Oiler Exports 'Gut by 'Lack of Fuel

L-XPORTS ' of British oiI-engined vehicles to South Africa are being hampered by a lack of fuelling facilities outside large...

Poor Roads Inflate Transport - Costs D OAD - TRANSPORT Costs in

the I\. north -west were far higher than they needed to be, because of Lancashire's out-of-date road ,system, said Mr. C. T....

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Western Welsh Succeed in Part : Yorkshire Traction Apply

D ECLARING that " every endeavour should be Made to keep The Single fare down and therebykeep down the weekly, monthly...

Not to Run Buses :Pending Inquiry

N o . steps are to • be taken by Hartlepool Corporation to run a bus service to West Hartlepool until in . inquiry has been...

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" Disintegration " of Scottish Services ?

I F thefuel tax continued at its present 'level, it was possible that island and rural bus services in Scotland would "...

"Floating " Traffic to be Gained ‘"s a substantial tonna g e

of floatin g " traffic suitable for either road or ra i l co n veyance which could he gained "by • the form of transport better...

Self-lubrication for Trailers

A SYSTEM of automatic lubrication for the chassis parts of trailers has been introduced by Clayton Dcwandre Co., Ltd., Titanic...

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R.H.A. Members Kill 119 Applications

A S the result of the operation of the objection scheme in the Metropolitan and South-Eastern Area of the Road Haulage...

Oil Engines to Reduce Taxi Costs?

TWELVE conclusions have been L reached by an independent committee appointed by the Government to consider the effects of...

Dispensations for " Flood " Vehicles

THE South Eastern Licensing AuthorI ity has announced that he is willing to grant dispensations to C licensees to enable them...

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School Buses Save Ratepayers' Money

says Ashley Taylor, A.M.I.R.T.E. Cheshire Spends £106,000 a year on the transport of 15,000 Children to and from School :...

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Saunders-Roe Bodywork for Auckland

D EL1VERY is now well advanced of the first of 192 vehicles with bodywork by Saunders-Roe (Anglesey), Ltd., ordered by Auckland...

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Make the Limit 30 m.p.h.

I WAS interested in the letter from Eric Cant in your issue tlated March 27. I cannot, however, understand his complaints...

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New 70 b.h.p. Engine for Thames Chassis

1 - 1 A NEW four-cylindered overhead valve petrol engine which develops 70 b.h.p. at 2,800 r.p.m., has been introduced by the...

New Fire-engine Carries Self-supporting Escape

THE first of a number of new fire appliances for Scandinavia has been completed by Merryweather and Sons, Ltd., Greenwich High...

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NEW ONE-MA] 40 FT. BU

A N all-hydraulic one-man-operated bus for 48 seated and 32 standing passengers is to be exhibited at the Amsterdam Commercial...

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The Oracle is Dumb

Political Commentar■ By JANUS I T would not have been surprising had the Government incorporated in the Transport Bill a...

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600 Vehicles

Serve the Housewife By P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech.E. How the Birmingham Co-operative Society Meet the Needs of 312,000...

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In a Line or Two

National road safety week this year will be from October 17-26. Hants and Sussex Motor Services, Ltd., and associated...

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How Many Hours a Week?

Solving the Problems of the Carrier Further, Inquiry Into How a, Flat Rate to be Quoted in a Hiring ,Contract Must be Adjusted...

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A Tail-gate Loader

TAIL-GATE loading devices are I becoming more widely used, mainly because they enable one man to load a vehicle•with heavy...