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18th July 1952
18th July 1952
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Passing Comments

Dogs Cause 75,0 . 00 Accidents a Year R OAD accidents in 1951 caused by dogs numbered 75,000 and cost the community aim. Such...

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One Hears

That the letters B.R.S. will one day mean Bought, reorganized, sold." That the letters R.P.E., on the other hand, just meant "...

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Rough Passage for Transport Bill

Labour Mobilizes: P.S.V. Operators and Hauliers Vexed : Bitterness Over Levy • L ABOUR reaction to the publication of the...

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Transport Could Save E100m. a Year on Production Costs

"j CALCULATE that if we had the motor roads envisaged in the I Special Roads Act . . 800 miles of special motor roads . . . we...

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33 Councils Fight Scottish Bus Companies on Fares

C LAIMING that Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., and its associated companies, Western S.M.T. Co., Ltd., Central S.M.T. Co., Ltd., W....

Men in the News

MAJOR E. W. SENIOR has joined the board of G.. Beaton and Sons, Ltd. MR. W: L. STLW AY and MR. R. J. SHIPTON have joined the...

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Balancing Charges : Appeal Fails

A N appeal by Bramford's Road Transport, Ltd., against a balancing charge of 16,330 has been dismissed by the Special...

Oxford Bus Inquiry Concluded

WHEN the inquiry concerning bus VY services in Oxford continued last week, Sir. Edwin Herbert, for City of Oxford Motor...

An International Road Fund ?

A T the recent meeting in Paris of the committee on road transport of the International Chamber of Commerce, the establishment...

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Four Operators to Raise Fares: More Applications Lodged

A LTHOUGH several company and municipal operators have managed in the past financial year to make a profit, rising costs are...

Bus Passengers Must Walk Over Bridge

W HEN Cumberland Motor Services, Ltd., applied last week to the Northern Licensing Authority for permission to vary a licence...

Protective-Fares Case Deferred

T HEsuggestion made recently that Glasgow Transport Department might seek to eliminate the Id. tram fare was responsible for...

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CHAIRMEN of two B.E.T. bus corn

panics and of the West Riding Automobile Co., Ltd., pointed out the serious effects of Budget increases in fuel duty at their...

Unilateral Plan for London

TMLATER AL waiting for all kJ vehicles is to be introduced, for an experimental pericid, on 31 streets in the inner and outer...

D URING the Parliamentary – recess, Mr. A. T. Lennox-Boyd, Minister of

TranspOrt, proposes to visit depots of British Road Services. • He Will investigate the opinion§ of employees on...

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Compensation Cases : Argument on Appeal

E Transport Arbitration Tribunal last week awarded 131,862 compensation to John Eastham and Sons, Ltd., Fox Street,. Bury,...

Can Policeman Hold P.S.V. Licence ?

A PPEALING at West London rA Magistrates' Court this week against the refusal of the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police to...

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THE TRANSPORT BILL

Clause by Clause T HE Transport Bill, which was summarized in The Commercial Motor" last week, is a compact document of 33...

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Six Tons of Stores Loaded in Five Minutes

THE Post Office has recently intro/. duced mechanical handling to reduce loading and unloading times in one of its...

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Quality and Economy in Albion Victor

By Laurence J. Cotton, M.I.R.T.E. Albion Victor Passenger Chassis Built for 33-seater Bus or 26-seat Coach has Moderatesized...

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"Unwise to Have Proceeded Faster

with Integration"—B.T.C. Report " HE building up of a new road transport organization out of thousands of separate businesses...

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Fate of E.C.W. and Bristol

The Transport Bill Creates Uncertainty About the Future of the Manufacturing Facilities of the B.T.C. DUBLICAT10N of the...

New Engtnes or Light Vans

AODIFIED version of the Tempo/VI Matador four-wheeled light van have been announced. Formerly, the vehicles have been available...

Tokyo Has its F irst Troileybuses

TOKYO'S first trolleybus route, I operated by 20 single-deckers originally manufactured by the Hino Diesel Co. for export to...

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The Bill Dissected By Our Legal Adviser

Dangers for Operators A Generally Well-drafted Bill Contains Difficulties for Purchasers of Transport Units, Ambiguity...

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20 Prams on a Bus

I HOPE the caption to the picture of one of I our buses with its pram rail •(" The Commercial Motor," April 25) will not...

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Unholy Alliance

Uncompromising Critics of a Bill that Contains Much Good Strengthen the Hand of its Parliamentary Opponents : The Government's...

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Differences Between

Town and Country Costs "The Commercial Motor" Costs Expert Shows Why it is Impossible to Apply a National Rates Schedule, and...

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Electrics Pay on Coal Delivery

Do( using . battery-electric vehicles, .L 1 two men were able to deliver 45 tons • of coal at an average. cost of 6s. 6d. per...