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17th October 1941
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Fuel Economy in Goods Transport

E reduction of the basic ration for goods-carrying vehicles, which takes place to-morrow, means that the amount of fuel "...

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War-damage Insurance A Warning

T HE Compensation (Defence) Act, 1939, lays down that the value of a vehicle, as assessed for part payment of compensation in...

Passing Comments

USA. Judge Says A CCORDING to our Haulage Based on American contemporary, "Transport National Principles . Topics," a Buffalo...

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One Hears—

Of further restrictions in the use of motor coaches for pleasure trips. And of increased bus services for munition workers....

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Rates for Christmas Post Office Hire

A S the result of a joint meeting with the A.R.O., C.M.U.A., London and Home Counties Haulage Contractors Association and the...

Magistrate Says Transport Men Are Stealing

R EFERENCE to what he atescribed as touting by receivers of stolen goods at places frequented by road haulage drivers was made...

Revisions in the S.J.C. Scheme

A REVISED draft of the memorandum and articles of association of Road Carriers Association, Ltd., which is the name suggested...

DRIVERS' CAFES AS WORKS CANTEENS

S O many questions as to the provision of adequate food for drivers have been raised in Parliament and in the Press that more...

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STEEL BARREL REPORT

T HE report of the Steel Barrel Scammells and Associated Engineers, Ltd., for the year ended June 30, 1991, shows that the net...

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FORD FOOD VANS TRUST FORMED CORD Emergency Food Vans Trust

has been registered as a company limited by guarantee without share capital, the word " limited " being omitted from the title...

14,300 Service Vehicles Returned

R EFLYING to a Parliamentary question from Major Lyons, last week, Mr. Harold Macmillan said that between January 1 and October...

C Licence Drivers Get More Money

H IGHER rates of pay for drivers of C licence vehicles have come into operation in Bradford and a number of neighbouring...

Fresh Vegetables Badly Handled by Rail

EEDS Kirkgate Market Wholesale La Fruit, Flower and Potato Merchants' Association is complaining of unsatisfactory service...

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USE OF HEADLIGHTS URGED BUT NOT COMPELLED

A SHED by Mr. L:2son to make compulsory the use 0; night of a masked headlamp, except when during an alert an order was given...

Cardiff's New Pay-as-you-enter Trolleybus

D ELIVERY has now been made of the first of the new A.E.C.-English Electric 70-seater, double-deck, six wheeled, low height...

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Wise Spending to Rejuvenat DM Timers

A VERAGING 13 years of age, 93 Harrier vehicles in the service of the L.M.S. are being reconditioned as an economic measure and...

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Maintenance Procedure on a Mileage Basis

I N the previous articles on this subject I dealt with a schedule of maintenance operations on a time basis and gave a chart...

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Big Operator Stresses Value of Small Hauliers

°THE new President of the Institute I of Transport, Mr. J. S. Nicholl, C.B.E., delivered his address to the Institute last...

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TRACTORS' BIG PUS

n WELSH HILLTOPS T the beginning of the war Montgomeryshire, from an agricultural point of view, was largely devoted to...

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A Miscellany on Current Affairs Progress of the S.J.C. Scheme--Who

Are the Promoters? Will M. of W.T. Haulage Develop? Aspects of Road Safety. Comments on a Drivers' Association By "Tantalus"...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES The Editor invites correspondence on all subjects

connected with the use of commercia: motors. Letters should be written on only one side of the paper. The right of abbreviation...

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Resilient Mounting for Tankers

P ATENT No. 538,900 shows a means for mounting on a vehicle a rigid structure, such as a liquid-transporting tank, which...