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17th January 1947
17th January 1947
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Passing Comments

Procedure Followed in A PPARENTLY, in the case Claiming for Stolen of a person losing petrol Coupons coupons by theft and...

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One Hears

Of a newspaper leader "Brakes on Housing." Of a comment on this. Where is the friction?" That road transport is hurrying coal...

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New Machinery for Settling Wages Disputes O N Monday (January 13),

the Road Haulage Wages Board, under the chairmanship of Sir Francis Floud, with Mr. V. R. Aronson and Dr. F. A. Wells as...

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1939 HAS NO RELATION TO PRESENT

" I DO not think 1939 has any relation I to the circumstances in which we are operating to-day," said Mr. W. E. Macve,...

MORRIS-COMMERCIAL OILENGINED HEAVY D URING a recent visit to Switzerland, Sir

Miles Thomas spent some time at the Saurer Works, Arbon. We understand that this was in connection with the probability of the...

LIVERPOOL OFFICIAL RETIRES

itAR. J. F. SUPPLIES has retired from ZVI his office of president of the Liverpool Cart and Motor Otvners' Association...

NEW LOADING ATTACHMENT FOR FARM WORK

A NEW type of loader, designed for attachment to a standard Fordson tractor, was recently described in " Agricultural...

FIVE-DAY WEEK FOR WELLWORTHY

THE two factories and service 1 department at Lymington, the foundry at Ringwood, and the Salisbury factory of Wellworthy...

BRITISH LEGION TAXI SCHOOL MOVES "THE taxi-drivers' school of the

British Legion has moved from its headquarters at Westminster to Christchurch Hall, Harleyford Street, Kennington Oval, London,...

MINISTER OVERRULES 20 wit. PROPOSALS

A S a result of a protest by the Royal Automobile Club and the Automobile Association, the Minister of Transport has overruled...

"SCOTLAND SHOULD BE AUTONOMOUS"

T HE Scottish 'group of the National Association of Port Employers has issued a memorandum on the Transport Bill, in which it...

BRADFORD PRICES RAISED DECAUSE of the steel shortage and the

adoption of the five-day week of 44 hours, with a consequent increase in the costs of labour and overheads, Jowett Cars, Ltd.,...

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WILL NATIONALIZERS BE DEFEATED?

THIS evening, at 7.30 p.m., Mr. M. 1 Clark Hall, public relations officer of the British Road Federation, will take part in a...

BANK CHAIRMAN ON NATIONALIZATION

T HE chairman of Barclays Bank, Mr. Edwin Fisher, in a statement issued with the report for the past year, refers to...

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Personal Pars

SIR EDWIN Nom, PLOWDEN has been appointed director of the British Aluminium Co., Ltd. MR. A. S. TANNER has been appointed...

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FIRST POST-WAR HAULAGE APPEALS

O N January 22 and 23, the Appeal Tribunal will hear appeals under the Road and Rail Traffic Act. 1933, at Halifax House,...

DISABLED PERSONS TRAINED FOR INDUSTRY

A N unusual product to have come from the Vauxhall factory at Luton is the Vauxhall hoot. This was designed to replace the...

STOCKHOLDERS ORGANIZE

A NEW body , has been formed to organize the opposition of all railway stockholders to the Transport Bill. It is known as the...

PRICES DOWN: WAGES UP

A FTER referring to valuable time lost in a search for materials, Sir Allan Gordon-Smith, K.B.E„ D.L., chairman and managing...

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Big Business Rules Haulier, Says M.P.

D EFERENCES to " the small man" INand " big business" formed part of the wordy warfare at a lively debate on nationalization,...

BILL FRAMED BY LONDON: NO REGARD FOR SCOTLAND .6 i DEPUTATION from the Road 1

Haulage Association, headed by Mr. John Robertson, met three Scottish Members of Parliament at Inverness on January 9. The...

HENLYS STAGES ELECTRIC VEHICLE SHOW

VISITORS to Henlys, Ltd., Great V West Road, Brentford, have the opportunity of inspecting a complete range of Brush...

MORE SIGNATURES FOR. PETITION N/IORE than 100 signatures for the

inanti-nationalization petition were obtained at a protest meeting held in Barnstaple recently, Many petition forms were...

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OPINIONS and

UERIES MORE ABOUT COMPENSATION FOR VEHICLES J N connection with the reply by your legal adviser to my letter published last...

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A New Plug's Aero "Up-bringing"

M UCH information about the new " aircraft-insulated" A-C Sphinx sparking plug was imparted by Mr. D. Bennion Browne, M.I.A.E.,...

Obtaining Long Cylinder Life

1 AST week we referred to a paper, 1-4" Some Problems of Cylinder-bore Wear." read before the I.A.E. by Mr. W. A. Robotham, of...

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DELIVERING THE GOODS

by "Pram" Pedestrian controlled BatteryElectrics Replace Manual Carriers at Low Cost and Raise the Standard of Efficiency and...

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SOME USERS' EXPERIENCES

S OM E interesting observations are forthcoming from the New Swindon Industrial Co-operative Society, Ltd. Says Mr. A. F....

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Something New in Jacks

S EVERAL original and practical features are incorporated in the • Brooke Hydro-Pneumatic jack manufactured by Messrs....

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The Commercial Application of CHROMIUM PLATING

M ANY industrialists are familiar with chromium plating as an ornamental process, without appreciating to the full the extent...

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VAN EQUIPMENT FOR SPECIALIZED USES

Practical Examples of the Construction of Shelves and Removable Interior Units, Designed to Facilitate Loading and In crease...

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A SH LEY F. TAYLOR makes a detailed analysis of

the problems and operations of C6ras lompair Eireann. His report is divided into two parts. This week's instalment deals mainly...

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She tries hardness

make a first-class tyre, rubber mixes of different hardnesses must be used for tread, side walls, cushion, bead and casing....

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Canada as a Customer of Britain

By T. Lawson Noble A FIER completing two months' ft market-survey work in Canada, I recently returned to this country, and...

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Extra Buses Will Not Help

A SERIES of conferences with interested parties on the question of staggering working hours is being held by the Ministry of...

SETBACK TO SCOTTISH TOURS PLAN

A PLAN to develop Strathpeffer as a tourist centre has received a setback by the refusal of the Scottish Area Licensing...

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BAN ON U.S.-TYPE BUSES: RUSH FOR DOUBLE-DECKERS

D ISAPPOINTMENT was expressed about the Ministry of Transport's refusal to permit longer buses, similar to the American type,...

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Those Executive and Consultative Committees

By Geo. B. Lissenden, M.Inst.T. T HE question has _arisen as to whether the executive and consultative committees; proposed to...

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Executives are to be known respectively as the" Railway Executive,

the Docks and Inland Waterways Executive, the Road Transport Executive, and the London Transport Executive . . . Each such...

Bulk Milk Transport in France

A N unusual system for the bulk transport of...milk by . road and rail has been employed in,France for a number of years by the...

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Revising a Workshop Layout

New Information Causes S.T.R. to Alter the Man for a Maintenance Shop and Calculations of Man hours Required to Service a...

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Publicity in Three Dimensions I/ VDUS fascinate children of all

AViages. Their appeal has been exploited by the railway and shipping companies in publicity displays, but little has been done...

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A Novel Form of Worm Steering Gear F ROM Burman and

Sons, Ltd., and W. Briggs, both of Ryland Road, Birmingham, 15, comes, in patent No. 581,117, a new design for a steeringbox...