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19th December 1947
19th December 1947
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Transport in National Emergency

p EACE in our time is a longing felt by the Security Demands that Roads majority of the people of and Vehicles Should at Once...

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The Grapes Are Sour

M EMBERS OF PARLIAMENT and others are bringing pressure to bear on the Government to prohibit the supply of fuel for coaches...

P assing Comments Corrugated Rubber A FEW weeks ago we sugTracks

on Small New 1 — k gested that the last had U.S. Tractor . . . not been heard of rubber tracks for vehicles of the...

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One Hears—

That high rail rates in the U.S.A. are forcing more traffic on to the roads. Of a big flat-twelve engine in the preparation by...

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1948 CONTINENTAL SHOWS

C ONTINENTAL motor shows will be held next year as follows:— Brussels, February 14-25; Geneva, March 11-21; Amsterdam, April...

500 A Lice

nces Refused A FTER asking for an adjournment so that he might have more time to instruct counsel and prepare his case, a new...

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Operators' Objection Agreements Do Not Affect Applications A LICENSING AUTHORITY

must ri riot allow his judgment to be influenced by the absence of objections or by any agreement reached between operators for...

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POLITICS AND INDUSTRY DO NOT MIX

I NTRUSION of politics into industry is undermining the country's efficiency. said Mr. Sydney S. Guy, chairman of Guy Motors,...

Coal Transport Problems Ironed Out

D IVERSION of deep-mined coal from rail to road transport in the National Coal Board's north-eastern area is reflected in an...

Personal Pars

MR. K. T. BAssErr has, at the age of 37, been appointed district manager for the Rhodesias of Dunlop South Africa, Ltd. MR. C....

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INDUSTRIAL COURT AWARD AGAINST C-LICENSEE THE Industrial Court has given

its 1 decision in a case whicn originated from a complaint by the Transport and General Workers' Union that "fair wages" were...

Pledge to Support B.T.C.

T HE annual staff gathering of Hay's Wharf Cartage Co., Ltd., including Pickfords, Ltd., and Carter. Paterson and Co., Ltd.,...

In

the Money Clear Hooters, Ltd., made a trading profit of £38.798 and a net profit of £32,221, plus £339 profit on investments. A...

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ROAD-RAIL PROBLEM MUST BE SOLVED SOON

" O NE of the first problems to which the British Transport Commission has to turn its attention is the future relationship...

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Passenger Transport News

"EAST MIDLAND" WILL FIGHT AREA SCHEME A NY attempt by the British Trans port Commission to set up an area co-ordination scheme...

Monopoly Attempt Alleged A N attempt by Hebridean Transport, Ltd., to

monopolize traffic in the district was alleged at the hearing at Stornoway, last week, of appeals against decisions of the...

DELAY IN TROLLEYBUS CHANGE-OVER ALLEGED

A REPORT recently submitted to . Felling (Durham) Urban District Council referred to the delay in the change-over from trams to...

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NEW LEYLAND EXPORT RANGE

A LL new products from that worldfamous concern, Leyland Motors, Ltd., are of interest, and particularly so in the present...

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Straigh orward Bus Chassis

By L. J. COTTON Built for Hard Work I HAD an opportunity of inspeoting the component parts of the Bristol double decker chassis...

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Fiat Post-war

• Programme Includes Two New Oilers A 7-tonner for Trailer Work and a 3i-tonner. Both Have Large Six cylindered...

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ALTERNATIVE-FUEL -VEHICLES LOSE WEIGHT ADVANTAGE

WE note that it is proposed to increase the weight limits " of certain classes of vehicle and to amend the Con struction and...

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By A. C. Williams THERE was nothing really wrong 1

with the old ex-Army Albion, although, travelling around corners, one had the impression that cab and chassis were going their...

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. PICKFORDS' B ACKED by over 150 years of experience and having a favourable position as an associated company of the...

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Structural Maintenance and Care of Finishes Will Prolong the Life

of the Commercial Vehicle Body in Times of Difficulty in Replacement How to Make Bodies LAST LONGER T HERE was dever a time...

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What the Five-day Week Means in E.s.d.

EADERS of the previous article will recall that it related n . part of an interview with a haulier who wished to know which...

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Year's Test in Tropics Stresses •

Need for Protective Packing A N exhibition of exceptional import ance and interest to the motor industry is in progress at the...

A New Aid to Easy Starting A NEW booster plug and

socket for use with a slave battery, to assist the starting of engines of vehicles accommodated in unheated garages, has been...

oo,oco Ferguson Tractors Next Year?

S TRTKING output figures for Ferguson tractors were revealed by Sir John Black at a Press view of the huge production plant at...

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_ A New 50-ton Reversible Trailer on Pneumatics

PNEUMAT1C-TYRED 16-wheeled trailer for loads up to 50 tons, and having a gross weight of about 75 tons, has recently been...

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GUY MOTORS LIMITED.

CHAIRMAN'S REPORT. In my last annual report I said that our main problems were of supplies of material and electricity, and...