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1st February 1957
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How flexible is YOUR transport'

A L THOUGH the fuel position will necessitate some alteration to their nationwide road services, British Road Services will...

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A New Danger

A DANGEROUS precedent ha'§ been set by Mr. J. R. Lindsay, NorthWestern Deputy Licensing Authority, in differentiating between...

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An Astonishing Result

O NCE again the House of Lords has spoken. Spoken, that is, not in the process of some piece of embryo legislation—for which,...

Passing Comments

U.S. Road Needs A BOUT 1.5m. new vehicles will be needed in the U.S.A. for road works in connection with the $33,100m....

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Plastics Relief Bus Map

N attractive Telief map showing the routes covered 1-1 A by the West Yorkshire Road Car Co., Ltd., has been produced by United...

One Hears

Of wry smiles concerning the railways' "general interest in everybody" which caused their objection to the granting of a...

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FUEL SITUATION IMPROVING

Inconsistencies Continue : Long-term Outlook Uncertain : Fuel Stocks Count Against Ration A GENERAL improvement in the...

Removers on Petrol Charges

F OUR charges were last week brought against Amalgamated Removers and Transport, Ltd., Victoria Street, St. Albans, at St....

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Avonmouth Granted Low-loader

THE Avonmouth Plant and Construe tion Co., Ltd., were successful last week in obtaining from the Western Licensing Authority a...

Labour Fights Higher Limit

T HE Opposition attacked the Order embodying the higher speed limit for heavy goods vehicles when it came up in the House of...

Workers Will Not be Dismissed

A PROMISE that workers would not be dismissed because of fuel rationing was made by Mr. R. W. Amey to the employees of Amey's...

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Men in the News

MR. A. W. LAUGHTON, general manager of Eaton Axles, Ltd., has joined the board of the company. He was previously commercial...

Government Studying Lords' Decision

'THE implications of the judgments in the case of Lister v. The Romford Ice and Cold Storage Co., Ltd are being studied by the...

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Yorkshire Traction Want 10 0 /0 Yield on Capital

" XPERIENCE has shown that in JLi these days of ever increasing labour and commodity costs, expenditure estimates covering a...

Fares: "Crisis" Figures Wanted

LIEARINQ of an application for higher fares by Walsall Transport Department was, on Monday, adjourned by the West Midland...

"Excessive Hours Would Return" in Ulster

R EMOVAL of the road haulage monopoly of the Ulster Transport Authority would signal a return to excessive driving hours and...

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Stamp-Signed Figures "Disgraceful " WHEN Mr. S. Nuttall, Bury, applied n

to the North Western Deputy Licensing Authority last week to increase the radius of his B licence from 10-70 miles, Mr. J....

Micrograms. . .

N.G.T. Other: Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., have ordered 53 Leyland Titan double - deckers. . Rationing...

Separate User for Licence Addition

A VEHICLE was, last week, added to the A licence of Mr. T. Cox, Stockport, with a separate and enlarged normal user by the...

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Hill's Reluctant to Set Up Reading Base?

A N appeal by . Hill and Sons (Botley and Denmead), Ltd., Botley, Southampton, against the South Eastern Licensing Authority's...

Creosote Fuel for Two BusCompanies

CREOSOTE fuels produced from coal \--.• are to be used by the Midland General Omnibus Co., Ltd., and the Mansfield District...

Pickfords' Trailers as Good as Sun ters

WHEN the hearing of an application VV by Sunter Bros., Ltd., Northallerton, to add a 32-wheeled low-loading trailer to their A...

CUSTOMERS WITHDRAW: CASE COLLAPSES THE case of an applicant who

sought J. an A licence for three vehicles, including two articulated outfits, in place of B and contract-A licences, collapsed...

FORTH ROAD BRIDGE APPROVED

WORK on the construction of the YV Forth road bridge may begin next year. Mr. .1. S. Maclay, Secretary of State for Scotland,...

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Nickel Shortage Threatens Output

1-1 A SERIOUS threat to commercial vehicle production was the world shortage of nickel used in alloy steels for crankshafts,...

B.T.C. to Pay £1,332 Damages D AM AGES of £1,332 and

costs were awarded to Kenneth Reed, 11 West Road, Bishop's Stortford, against the British Transport Commission at Herefordshire...

Arnerican Operators Save on Oil

M ORE than 20 American bus operators who have fitted Leyland horizontal oil engines in their vehicles have reported that...

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Questions on Irregularities Allowed

A SUBMISSION by an applicant's solicitor that questions regarding alleged irregularities, which had been the subject of...

Extra Fuel for Holiday Coaches ?

R EPRESENTATIONS are being made to the Government by the British Travel( and Holidays Association for increased fuel for...

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Swift Coach• Travel

By John F. Moon, A.M.I.R.T.E. LI G H T WEIGHT underfloor • engined passenger chassis con . tinue to form an important part of...

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Chocolate Carried Hot in Bulk

A BIG saving in cost is effected, both in production and at the factory receiving the supplies, by transporting chocolate in...

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Granite Hauliers Buy On Service

L ARGELY engaged on the haulage of granite, Messrs. Dafferns (Atherstone), Coleshill House, Atherstone, Warwicks, are...

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Sadly Dated

at a few p.s.i. above atmospheric and later a figure of 55-80 p.s.i. is given. In dealing with the function of the piston in a...

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New Pallet Truck for 2-ton Loads

A NEW pallet transporter recently added to the Brush P1 range of battery-electric trucks is built round the standard Brush...

New Mobile 30-cwt. Jib Crane

CI A MOBILE jib crane, based on the Fordson oil-engined industrial unit and having a lifting rate of 120 ft. per minute, has...

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All Must Co-operate

I HEARTILY congratulate you on your excellent lead: I jog article, "Tomorrow We Die," in The Commercial Motor dated January 11....

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"North-Western Bids Too Modest"

T HE North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., were asking for the first time to pass the cost of an increase to their passengers...

2d. MINIMUM IN NORTHAMPTON?

T HE United Counties Omnibus Co., Ltd., are applying for permission to raise fares on their services in Northampton. The main...

U.A.S. Support End of Workers' Fares

WHERE the fare structure of one v , operator had been approved, those of other operators should be brought' into line. That was...

Welsh Operators Get 1258,000 More

A PPLICATIONS of six South Wales bus companies for fare increases expected to produce an extra 1258,000 were granted by the...

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Some Hauliers Get

757 0 or More Fuel H AUL1ERS in most areas have now been told what percentage of their normal fuel consumption they can expect...

YEAR'S RATIONING? r- I PERATORS were last Friday

warned by Mr. Gerald Nabarro, M.P., to plan for the possibility of fuel rationing continuing for a year. An R.H.A. member...

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Gentlemen

versus Players L . ET nobody imagine any longer he can trace in advance the pattern from start to finish of a wages claim on...

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The Driver Always Pays!

By Our Legal Adviser T HE decision of the House of Lords in the case of Lister v. Romford Ice and Cold Storage Co., Ltd. (The...

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Why Oil is Lost

O il, control was a two-way, and not a one-way, problem. The only reason why the rate of oil consumption was reasonably small...

Parabolic Rings Better?

IN a paper, "A Study of Piston Ring J. Lubrication," prepared by Dr. S. Eilon, Ph.D., and Prof. 0. A. Saunders, M.A., D.Sc,...

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New 61-Passenger Single-deckers

R ECENTLY, two 61-passenger crushload single-deck buses of LeylandM.C.W. lightweight construction were placed in service by the...

e Increase Cannot be Assessed

THERE is no doubt that road traffic I increased in all cduntries in Europe in 1955, but there is little or no means of...

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150 Passengers in a Single-decker

T HE first of two articulated buses 55 ft. 3 in. long was placed in experimental service last week by the Amsterdam Municipal...

Regal and Semi-trailer

The new design for Amsterdam consists of an A,E.C. Regal IV chassis with Verheul body connected to a Kassbohrer semi-trailer...

Judge Criticizes Road Alignment

D ISMISSING both cross-actions by Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., and Midlothian County Council in the Court of Session at Edinburgh...

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Improved Swash-plate Engine

T HE swash-plate ty'pe of engine seems to have an attraction for inventors, and regularly every year several patents appear on...