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1st July 1949
1st July 1949
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One Hears

Of the Dumfries Constabulary using a Land-Rover. That this is setting a Rover to catch rovers. " Only five standing? Never...

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Mr. Cardwell Heads B.T.C. Speeds Up Payme

With Short-distar CULL details of appointments to the I Road Passenger Executive and the Road Haulage Executive were announced...

26 MORE FOR B.T.C.: TOTAL • OVER 700

A NOTHER 26 road haulage undertakings were acquired by the British Transport Commission between June 19 and June 25, the Road...

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Ii Not Compete Unfairly

uliers Sir Cyril Hurcomb questions affecting its road passenger interests outside London, and, in the first place; its...

Glasgow Show Space • Fully Booked

IN both the commercial-vehicle and .1 accessories sections of the first-postwar Scottish Motor Show, which will take place in...

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Men in the News

MR. D. W. BELCHER, A.S.E., A.I.A.A.E., general manager of Thornycraft (Australia), Pty., Ltd., has arrived in London for a...

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No Hope Yet of Lower Charges

B ECAUSE 50 per cent, of the transport undertakings to he nationalized had not yet been taken over, there could be no hope of...

To Negotiate with State Officials

A PPOINTMENTS by the Road PA Haulage Association to the bodies that are being set up for the purpose of liaison with the Road...

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S.M.T. Has Not Met Public Needs ?

D ESPITE objections by British Railways and the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., last week, the Scottish . Licensing...

L.T. Country Bus Reorganization

0 UTSIDE operations of London Transport's country bus and coach department have been reorganized by dividing the territory...

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Leyland Has New Brake Adjuster

A NEW R.P. four-pawl-type adjuster for the brake-shoe facings is to be fitted to ail Leyland heavy-duty passenger chassis. This...

New Vehicle for Oilfields Duty

K NOWN as the Super Hippo EH.6R model, Leyland Motors, Ltd., Leyland, Lanes, has recently put into production a new vehicle...

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T HE Royal Show this year is being held in Shrewsbury

from July 5-8. For ease of reference, those exhibits which come within the scope of "The Commercial Motor" are dealt with in...

THE ROYAL SHOW

A LTHOUGH the number of exhibit - I tors showing vehicles and trailers is not large, there will, nevertheless, be a wide range...

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TRACTORS, MOWERS, ROLLERS

WITH the growing need for an VV increase in the home production of foodstuffs, there have been made available several...

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TYRES, WHEELS AND OILS

O N Stand 569 D, Thomas Ash and Co., Ltd., 19, Rea Street South, Birmingham, 5, will be showing various examples of its...

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Rural Haulage

Says JAN US Needs the Local Expert ARMERS and hauliers have, a great deal in common Each of them tends to favour the small...

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T HE problems of the cattle haulier are in many ways

similar to those of the parcels carrier, in so far as the assessment of rates is concerned. It is impracticable, by direct...

Some Costi

ifficulties in LIVESTOCK HAULAGE the cost of operation. Because of that, it is not safe or reasonable merely to assume that...

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A Mobile Exhibition Stand

with Hotel Accommodation A NOVEL mobile exhibition stand, with luxury living accommodation for six to eight persons, made its...

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HAULIERS Put Evesham on the Map

6 4 OAD transport put the Vale on its feet in the early days." "The hauliers are indispensable," "They're a keen lot, and...

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One Lorry Per 100 Acres

T HERE was a time when the question was asked: Does a farmer need lorries of his own? That era is long past. Now the question...

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Raising Effi ciency in

Agricultural Transport W HEN County War Agricultural Executive Committees were introduced, they were a wartime measure to...