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19th June 1953
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Atomic Power Possibilities

S OME people, learning of the great development in " breeder " atomic piles, by which an enormous saving in money and of that...

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Will the Bubble Burst ?

T HERE are indications that the rail(vays will use their new freedom in an effort to regain from coach operators the traffic in...

Passing Comments

Leyland Women's Loyalty F EW factory displays of Coronation decorations can have rivalled those in the fuel-injection...

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One Hears

Of non-slip bags for materials. 1 hat they might be useful for humans. That radio in the cab can keep a bored driver drowsing...

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Rear Lights Bill Passed : Two Tail Lamps to be Obligatory

THE House of Commons, last Friday, passed the Road Transport Lighting (Rear Lights) Bill, including the amendments made to it...

Parking Lights to be Legal

By Our Parliamentary Correspondent THERE is to be an early re-examina:. tion of the whole question of parking lamps. The...

Labour Pledged to Renationalization

rA. A PROMISE that Labour will take back into public ownership such road haulage units as are needed to provide a co-ordinated...

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Northern Roadways' Triple Win : Picking-up Ban Removed

THREE appeal decisions in favour of Northern Roadways, Ltd., have I been given by the Minister of Transport. In one, he upheld...

Central Engine in New Seddon Coach

A N underfloor-engined passenger chassis with a Perkins R-type highspeed 108 b.h.p. engine has been added to the Seddon range...

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Large Pay Claims for Many Workers

C LAIMS for higher pay for transport workers in the co-operative movement, in milk distribution and in various retail...

NO RAIL TRAFFIC ON A PLATE 'THE Passenger Vehicle Operators'

I Association has protested to Hastings Publicity Committee against their proposal to communicate to the Railway Executive the...

Men in the News

MR. LESLIE GAMAGE has been reelected president of the Institute of Export_ MR. P. W. HOWARD, managing director of the British...

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Heavier Transformer Traffic : Wynn's Want Bigger Vehicles

I N anticipation of an inerease in the movement of heavy electrical transformers, Robert Wynn and Sons, Ltd., applied to the...

State and Company Bus Partnership ?

A SUGGESTION that all national ized provincial bus undertakings be operated by a partnership between private enterprise and...

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Bus Concessions on Terms

TIPULATIONS in the new conk– ) cessions to Cairo bus operators include the duty to buy a number of new vehicles, not to use any...

Luxury in New Ribble Coaches

jolty restricting the number of seats to Li 32 in a vehicle that can accommodate 41, a high degree of passenger comfort has...

BEDFORDS ON SHOW AT LLANDUDNO

A FULL range of Bedford fire appli1 – t ances and ambulances will be on show at Llandudno from June 29, concurrently with the...

OFFER NOT ACCEPTED

T HE directors of E. G. Brown and Co., Ltd., have been recommended by Chas. W. Rooke Lane and Co. not to accept an offer from...

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New Eight-wheeled Unsprung Trailer

A PLATFORM body which is given a downward sweep at the rear and has a ramp which drops to ground level, are two features of a...

PLAGIARISM OF TECHNICAL BOOK

IN the Chancery Division, last week, 1 Mr. Justice Lloyd-Jacob held that a handbook compiled by Mr. Frederick G. Fletcher,...

AN ANTI-CORROSION PAINT rk A NEW technique in producing corrosion-resistant iron

and steel is to be found in the Glopane Stoving process. Glopane Stoving is a zinc-rich anti-con osion paint which can be...

IN A LINE OR TWO The ballot for space at the Scottish Motor Show will be held on June 26.

Sheffield Transport Committee are to consider penny fare stages on buses and trams. Between August 1 and June 6, the British...

Hauliers Watching For Breaches

H AULIERS who exceed the 25-mile limit without a permit are likely to find that they are being watched by their fellow...

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Champion of OneMan Operation

IN his annual report, • Mr. G. H. Pulfrey, general manager of Hull Transport Department, reveals himself as a champion of the...

Bad Roads Make Britain's Traffic the Slowest in Europe

"O NLY by spending money to improve present roads and build new ones can the movement of traffic be improved. The fact stands...

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What Will Happen to R.H.E. Staff?

By Ernest Davies, M.P., Assoc.Inst.T. The chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party's Inland Transport Group concludes a...

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litre Engine with 10-litre Performance

By Laurence J. Cotton, M.I.R.T.E. E.R.F. with Meadows Engine Yields Exceptional Time-load-mileage Factor: Driving Technique...

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East Kent Fit Doors

O NE of the latest undertakings..to fit doors to the entrances of double - deckers is the East Kent Road Car Co., Ltd.,...

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International Union of Pu bic

Transport Congress, Madrid Discussion of the papers read at the International Union of Public Transport Congress at Madrid,...

Longer Intervals Between Docks

A NIETHOD ot determining the optimum period between replacements of parts, was described by Mr. I— Lagarrigue of the Paris...

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Mechanical "Mannequins" Take the Floor

(Right) The new Dennis underfloor-mined refuse collector has crew seats at the rear which recede into the body sides when not...

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Cleansing Vehicle Exhibits Summarized

Atkinson's Agricultural Appliances Ltd., Kendal Street, Clitheroe, Lanes: Gritspreader trailer; bulk-spreader body. Austin...

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40 Minutes Work Done in 21 Minutes

A A MACHINE that will produce all the standard grooves normally called for on outside and inside diameters, on inside and...

Television Depresses Evening Peak

T HE drop in evening bus traffic in Scarborough was caused by television, the Yorkshire Licensing Authority was told, last...

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Oilers Save Money in Refuse Collection

Mr. Cyril Fox Outlines Desirable Features of Refuse Collector : Aluminium More Resistant Than Steel to Corrosion : Research...

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Cul-de-Sac

W HEN it was published a short time ago, the report on roads by the Select Committee on Expenditure received a certain amount...

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Taxation of Partnerships

New Provisions for Automatic Cessation of Partnership when Constitution Changes and for Carrying Forward Allowances and Losses...

New Rules on Allowances

QINCE April 15, commercial vehicles 0- 1 have been entitled to a 20 per cent. initial allowance for tax.. A wear and tear...

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Has the "Ton-mile" Any Use?

Customers May Ask a Haulier for a "Ton-mile" Quotation, but Neither Might Even Know What is Meant : Instances Given of How...

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A Tuned Torsional-vibration Damper

DATENT No 691,554, refers to torsional vibration dampers as fitted to the crankshaft'of an engine. In the scheme shown, the...