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19th December 1941
19th December 1941
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THE TRUE TEST of LEADERSHIP T HE Atlantic Charter declared the

determination of the Englishspeaking peoples to organize the resources of the world so that all may live in peace and plenty....

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USERS OF TRANSPORT MUST PROVIDE 100,000 EXTRA WAGONS AND LORRIES

T HERE must be no weak link in the chain of Britain's war effort. The gathering momentum of production must not be hindered by...

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Come On, Lord Leathers

A S Minister of War Transport Lord Leathers has given quite a favourable impression to those members of the industry and of the...

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Status of Road Transport Much Improved

W HILE chatting last week with Mr. H. Shankland, President of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, he made a remark...

Passing Comments

Do Not Hoard Your Spare Parts, Tyres and Tools . . . . RR ECENTLY, an Order entitled the Motor Vehicles (Returns of Spare...

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One Hears—

Of a driver in a draughty cab saying that the factor which prevents a quick turn round for him is a stiff neck. That older...

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News of the Week How New "Reserved" Schedule Affects Our Industry

T HE latest Schedule of Reserved Occupations, issued last Monday, at is. net, really marks the inauguration of a new system of...

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MR. SEWILL TO MANAGE HAULIERS' TRAFFIC POOL

T HE new Hauliers National Traffic Pool, the industry's organization, which is being set up as part of the Government...

Liverpool's Dock Transport Problem

T HE three Liverpool transport associations (A.R.O., C.M.U.A. and the Liverpool Cart and Motor Owners' Association) have asked...

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UNITED STATES TAKES CENSUS OF OPERATORS

S 0 that road-transport facilities shall be properly co-ordinated, the U.S. authorities have recently been taking a census of...

Ministry Replies to Yorkshire Operators' Questions

'H INTS to Drivers on How to Sign 1 land WhatSignatures to Accept, is a document which the Ministry of War Transport is issuing...

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RENEW VEHICLE LICENCES EARLY (1WNERS o f motor vehicles who kJ

wish to renew. their vehicle licences for the quarter or year commencing January 1, 1942, should do so immediately in order to...

Scrap Your Files—Don't File Your Scraps

THERE is an infinite number of ways 1 in which paper can be saved, The obvious ones have, probably, already been put forward,...

Snow-removals Rates Dispute Drags On

T'IIAT the rates asked for by the 1 operators are lower than comparable hourly rates laid down, in the Government haulage...

Financial News of the Industry

HEW COMPANIES H.F.W. (Holton), Ltd.—Private company. Reg. Dec. 5. Carl. £5,000 in 5,000 shares of each. Carrier, eto....

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45 Years in the West Country Bus Business

A FAMILIAR sight on the Teignmouth road are the yellow and grey Bedford buses of Messrs. H. D. Gourd and Sons,...

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Representation and Licensing Problems

There is a Growing Desire for More Unanimity in' Operators' Representation But the Problems of Hauliers and . Ancillary Users...

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WHY BRITISH ARTICU1 'ED TYPES ARE RIGHT

M UCH interest has been aroused by the article entitled "Is the Articulated Six-wheeler Wrongly Laid Out? " which appeared in...

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Leicester Operators Pledge Support

A LARGE meeting of operators, organized by A.R.O. and C.M.U.A. at Leicester, last Sunday, signified by their whole-hearted...

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"SMALLS" AN INTRICAT1 ECTION OF ROAD HAULAGE

Solving the Problems of the Carrier A Preliminary Article Which Brings to Light Some of the Problems Associated with an...

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Woman Haulier's Worthy War Effort

By As Managing Director of a Leeds Haulage Concern, a Special Mrs. Borrowdale Has Some Sound Views on Road Correspondent...

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Striking Appreciation of the Technical Press

December 5 we published a lead ing article entitled " War Work of the Trade Press." Curiously enough, on the very day that this...

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Unorthodox Features in Engine Design

P A T EN T No. 640,301 shows a new two-stroke oil engine from that fertile inventor H. R. Ricardo, 21, Suffolk Street, London,...