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17th December 1948
17th December 1948
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COMPANY MEETI N GS

AUSTIN MOTOR COMPANY HIGHER LEVEL OF PRODUCTION .EXPORT SALES k18;000,000 The thirty-fourth annual general meeting of the...

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Maintaining Our Export Trade

A MERICA has, in respect of its commercial-vehicle market, attained a position where demand is practically balanced by...

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' F THE general traffic manager HE the Aluminum Co. of

America, when recently addressing an Institute of Industrial Transportation and Traffic Management sponsored by an American...

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One Hears

That the Bantam is no cock-eyed job That what some governments need is a number of really tough guys Much comment on the...

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News of the Week

OUTPUT REACHES 4,000 A WEEK N EARLY 4,000 commercial vehicles a week were produced in October, or about 400 a week more than...

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L.T.E. Loses Lords Appeal on Crossings R ESPONSIBILITIES of drivers and

the rights of pedestrians in relation to pedestrian crossings where there are traffic lights or police control, were defined in...

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Personal Pars MR. E. J. Booawls', A.R.C.S., B.Sc., Ph.D., has been appointed chief chemist of the Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd.

MR. W. LIONEL FRASER has been appointed deputy chairman of Thomas Tilling, Ltd. MR. R. M. MATHESON has joined the board. MR....

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N.I. Board Publishes Final Report

THE 13th and final annual report of I the Northern Ireland Road Transport Board shows that in the year ended September 30 there...

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Independent to Continue Services

O N appeal, the Minister of Transport has upheld the decision by the Yorkshire Licensing Authority to renew the licence of an...

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stanv with !

By ----- L. J. COTTON, M.I.R.T.E. A DICTIONARY describes a mustang as a fast American horse and the characteristic of fleetness...

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"Detergent Oils the Lubricants of the Fu - ture"—

For High-Speed Oil Engines on Heavy Duty, says Mr. A. T. Wilford, B.Sc. " IT is a fair prediction that, for high 1 speed oil...

Laundry Bantams

for L.C.S. INUSUALLY good capak..) city, handsome appearance and fitness for purpose are marked features of a series of 20...

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k hoL ak ird By H. SCOTT HALL,

M.I.R.T.E. M R. WILFRED PICKLES'S familiar exhortation is not needed by Mr. E. H. Lee, of E. H. Lee, Ltd., Holly House, New...

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The Building is the Basis of Good Bus Maintenance

An Ideal Layout for Premises for the Operation and Maintenance of Public Service Vehicles A N examination of the var.ous types...

Roof Chute in Travelling Shop

DODYWORK of a mobile greenLA grocer's shop has recently been built on an Austin 2-ton chassis by Frank Grounds, Ltd., Lichfield...

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R.H.A. Offers Co-operation to R.T.E.

Also Decides to Leave International Road Transport Union and Increase Subscriptions by LI Is. "THE Road Haulage Association is...

" Free " Hauliers' Fears Unjustified?

THERE is no question of the Road I Transport Executive's coming to loggerheads with "free" hauliers. Major-General Sir H....

Atkinson Holdings Share Issue

nETA1LS were published, last week, of a share issue by Atkinson Lorries (Holdings), Ltd., which was registered as a private...

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New Field for British Enterprise

W ITH commendable enterprise, Aveling Barford, Ltd., Invicta Work s, Grantham, has, as announced in The Commercial Motor" on...

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PLANT T1 THE LO, T KEEPS ) COOL

By L. GRAHAM DAVIES Great Strides in the Design and Usi of Refrigerator Vehicles Have Beei Made in France and the United States...

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From Pontoon. Carrier to Timber Trailer

Ex-W.D. Equipment, Including Crossley Lorry, Converted to Carry 25-ton Loads of Timber Over Rough Ground T HE conversion of...

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A Theoretical _Solution Misfires

How Conditions "on the Ground" Affect Calculations of Relative Costs of Operating Four-Wheelers and Articulated Vehicles on...

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New Pallet Truck Now in Production

P RODUCTION has been started hy , Lansing Ragnall, Ltd., Worton Road, Isleworth, Middlesex, of its power-operated...

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A Novel Dutch Agricultural Implement

A Résumé of Recently Published Patent Specifications A MULTI-PURPOSE agricultural implement is shown in patent No. 605,663, by...