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18th March 1938
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Sell in Haste Repent at Leisure

Every Independ era Operator in the Industry S hould Think Before Acceptin g an Offer REMENDOUS interest has been evoked by the...

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Passing Comments

Load Limit on THERE have been many Wheels Must Never I arguments as to the weighBe Exceeded . . . ing of motor vehicles, it...

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TRIBUNAL APOLOGIZES TO LICENSING AUTHORITY.

In December last, the Appeal Tribunal, in the course of a decision, criticized Mr. J. H. Stirk, East Midland Licensing...

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Personal Pars

MR. T. SCRATCHERD, of Reeth, Yorkshire, head of Scratcherd's Motor Services, Ltd., has retired after 20 years as a bus...

RAILWAY SAYS PIG TRAFFIC TAKEN BY HAULIER.

At Dingwall, last week, the adjourned hearing was continued of the applicatitan by Mr. Fraser Ross, haulier, Fearn, Ross-shire,...

5,000 VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD IN EAST MIDLANDS.

Speaking of the remarkable growth of the work of the East Midland traffic area, at the sixth annual staff dinner, last week,...

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Employers' Panels Not Representative

I - I N the heels of the announcement which we published last week, of the threatened strike on the haulage side of the...

THE MINISTER AND " VEHICLESONLY " ROADS.

At a luncheon in Liverpool, last week, the Minister of Transport spoke of the demand for action with regard to trunk roads, and...

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"False Traffic" Accusations on Appeal

THE Appeal Tribunal met at Aber deen to hear an appeal by Messrs. Elrick and Hutcheon, hauliers, Aberdeen, against a decision...

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Road Transport Topics By Our Special in Parliament Parliamentary Correspondent

FEW ACCIDENTS THROUGH CARELESS DRIVING. O NLY a small proportion of accidents were due to dangerous or careless driving, said...

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Wimbledon's Transport Policy

How This Corporation Makes Good Use of a Fleet of Morris-Cornmercials A LTHOUGH Wimbledon Corporation has a good deal of its...

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Arming With Motors for Air-raid Precautions

Municipalities are Equipping Themselves Against Bombing by Aircraft. Makers are . Rallying to Provide Apparatus. We Review the...

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Bus Travel Facilities Keep Pace With Coventry's Growth

The Past Five Years Have Seen Journeys Per Head Increase by Ninety One in Coventry, Whilst 900 People are Employed in the...

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WHAT IS NEEDED

IN AMBULANCE BODYWORK Our Bodybuilding Expert Clearly Emphasizes that Too Much Attention Can Hardly Be Paid to Details In This...

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Darlington Rock-bottom Fares

Owing to the presence of four low bridges, the fleet is composed entirely of single-deckers, but the possibility of some...

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Qood Equipment Makes All the Difference in

Municipal Transport Maintenance A Review of a Number of Appliances, the Installation of Which Will Speed up Overhauls and...

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£2,000 a Year Saved from Refuse

A Refuse Collection and Disposal System Run by an Urban District Council which Stands Out as a Model of Efficiency T HERE are...

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Ambulance Fleet Mileages Increases 250 Per Cent. in Six Years

Birmingham Hospitals Contributory Association Now Operates 15 Ambulances, &Men 218,235 Miles per Year, and Carries Annually...

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Railway "Flouting Provisions of the Act"

A T Liverpool, last week, before the North-Western Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. Ian Macaulay protested against what he...

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New Bin-type Refuse Collector

Transport Concern Introduces Movingfloor Van with Apparatus for Lifting, Tipping and Lowering Large Bins WELL-KNOWN as maker...

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Snags in Municipal Haulage

Some of the Difficulties Which Prevent Stabilization of Haulage Rates. A Definite Method of Assessing Rates T HE first and most...

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Vulcan Manufacturing Plans

T "policy to be adopted by Vulcan Motors, Ltd., Maidstone, now that it has been acquired by Tilling Stevens, Ltd., was outlined...

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What the Associations are Doing

A.R.O. DEFENDS ITS WAGES CONFERENCE POLICY. Although there was obviously a tremendous current of interest in the projected...

'Security Before Wage Increases

S PEAKING to a gathering of local 1 , ..../hauliers in Doncaster, last week. Mr. J. A. M. Bright, chairman of the Yorkshire...

S.T.R. Raises Tyre-cost Discussion

rI CCASION was , again taken at the 1, - X meeting which S.T.R. addressed at Tonbridge on Wednesdass. March 9, to follow...

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AIDING AND ABETTING APPEAL WHICH FAILED.

Attention is directed to an important appeal case concerning the jurisdiction of local magistrates, in the annual report of the...

Authority's Tribute to "The C.M."

R OAD transport's Press was second to none in England, said Sir John Maxwell, C.M.G., Licensing Authority and Chairman of the...

Learning a Lesson from Mr. Bevin

" f'■ ET on with it, Mr. Bevint " This k-lwas the challenging reaction of Mr. J. L. Kinder, national organizer of the C.M.U.A.,...

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OBJECTION TO BLACKPOOL'S TRAFFIC PLAN

F OR this year's Autumn Illuinina- bons, Blackpool Town Council has decided to make an order that all traffic shall proceed...

DAMAGES FOLLOWING . FALL FROM BUS

I N the Court of Session, Edinburgh, on March 11, the trial was concluded of an action by Mr. Walter Inglis, of Granton, for...

OFFER MADE FOR "REDUNDANT" BUSINESS

" T HE Tra ffi c Commissioners are not entitled to exercise their discretion, except upon known facts." This legal argument by...

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PAISLEY'S TROUBLES OVER

A BUS strike bit Paisley on Saturday last, but ended after about six hours. Drivers and conductors employed by Young's Bus...

GLASGOW AND TROLLEYBUSES

r- I N March 9, Glasgow Transport VCommittee decided to send a deputation, consisting of the Convener, Councillor William Reid,...

Special Feature A.E.C.s for Athens

F OLLOWING the successful operation of a number of A.E.C. vehicles in Athens since 1925, when 50 singledeckers were first...

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Carburetter With a Rotating-disc Atomizer

A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications A CARBURETTER claimed to be specially suited to the larger sizes of...