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The Olive Branch?

D EMANDS by Socialists that the Government should halt the disposal of British Road Services are so frequent in Parliament that...

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Good Prospects in Farm Haulage

H AULIERS have now enjoyed a year of free trading in the livestock and meat markets. With the shelter of the Ministry of Food...

Passing Comments

Personality Plus 0 NcE again Perkins News has been awarded 'the Block and Anderson challenge cup in the annual competition...

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One Hears

That those who grow high hedges at blind corners should be made to pull down the blinds. That the bright day brings forth the...

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Disposal Board and Company Sales

RINTING difficulties associated with the reproduction of a map, apart from the pressure of work at the Ministry of Transport...

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B.R.S.: LOSS FOR B.T.C.

B.R.S. Vehicles and Plant Valued at £50m.: Aim to Give National Trunking Service be pleased and surprised with the continued...

"C to B"

Appeal Fails T HE action of the West Midland Deputy Licensing Authority in transferring a 2i-ton vehicle from a C licence to a...

First Testing Centre Opened

IN opening the first vehicle-testing 1 centre at Slough on Monday, Mr. Hugh Molson, Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the...

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Men in the News

MR. S. A. FINNIS, chief docks manager, Humber Ports, British Transport Docks Division, has been appointed a member of the...

Three Fines for Same Offences

WHEN R.A.H. Transporters, Ltd., YV Newcastle upon Tyne, were fined £40 at Sunderland for using a vehicle without a licence, Mr....

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Labour Call for Compromise on Disposal: Industrial Trouble ?

BY OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT A NOTHER appeal for the cessation of denationalization was made in the House of Commons...

Guy Invention Wins £5,000

A TAX-FREE award of £5,000 has ri been granted to Guy Motors, Ltd., by the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors for their...

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Higher Fares for Two Operators: Loss of Services Feared

LIIGHER fares have been granted to two small bus companies in South Wales and Yorkshire. United Counties Omnibus Co., Ltd.,...

Miniature Mobile X-ray Laboratory

T o meet the specific conditions of operation in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, the Department of Health for Scotland...

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Efforts to Lower Taxation on European Transport A WORKING party of

the Economic Commission for Europe has proposed means for casing and unifying practice in the taxation of foreign vehicles....

• Three Ingenious Time-saver

THREE new items have been added by the Elms Garage, Rednal Road, West Heath, Birmingham, 31, to their range of Lightning...

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108-ft. Load Jammed for 36 Hours

'THE upper part of an overhead crane, 1 108 ft. lon g and stated to be the lon g est load ever to reach the town, failed to...

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Regulations Impede L.T.E. Economy Delay Use of "Arties" Criticized

rIOMMENTING on the alterations to the Construction and Use Regulations at a council meeting of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce...

Dismissed Director Awarded Damages

I N a civil case at Hereford Assizes last week, Mr. Justice Stable gave judgment for £686 against Vincent Greenhous...

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YEAR OF FREEDOM FO] LIVESTOCK HAULIERS

A L MOST a year has passed since the Ministry of Food lifted controls on the marketing and distribution of livestock and meat;...

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Large-scale Method: Free-enterprise Individuality

Economic Operation for the Livestock Haulier, plus Reasonable Costs for the Transport User, are an Objective of the Fatstock...

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Lovely weather for fitting a heater!

Yes, this is just the right time to be fitting a heater — for two reasons: I. This is the time of year when you can easily get...

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A Growers' "Co-op." Ensures EFFICIEN1 TRANSPORT

By P. A. C. Brockington, I NCLUDED in the many benefits of co-operative organization enjoyed by the 1,400 members of Littleton...

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FREE TRAD ■ IG SPELLS EXPANSION

A T the cattle market in the ancient borough of Beverley the visitor may fix himself up with a pair of boots, a rainproof,...

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No Let-down on Plant Hire

Hauliers' "Sideline" Expands After Fleet Acquisition : Vehicles Bought Back and Wide Service to Agriculture Now Offered By a...

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Thin Boards Replace Pallets

K NOWN as the Skid-Stac, an attachment for fork-lift trucks has been developed by Conveyancer Fork Trucks, Ltd., Warrington,...

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Dock Traffic Augments Rural Services

I MPORTANT to the agricultural road service provided by Sommerfield and Thomas, Ltd., Market Square, King's Lynn, Norfolk, are...

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A Tipper "Hold" Valve

T HE general use of tippers for gravel spreading on roads in undeveloped areas has created a big demand in a number of overseas...

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Farming and Haulage Go Hand in Hand

T WENTY-SIX years ago a Hampshire farmer who could not secure transport for his stock bought a Chevrolet 30-cwt. vehicle. From...

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Creature Comfort

T RA FFIC transferred from rail to road during the recent strike of footplate workers included many thousands of animals, some...

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Two Engines in Cross-country Tractor

A FOUR WHEEL DRIVE cross:A country vehicle embodying a number of unusual design features, has been built by Nicholas Straussler...

Bill to Improve Rural Roads Debated

T HE Agriculture (Improvement of Roads) Bill was given a second reading in the House of Commons last week. Mr. D. Heathcoat...

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Six-wheel Drive Speeds Lime Spreading

A BILITY to operate on practically any type of surface is a most valuable attribute of the six-wheel-drive chassis used by...

" Artic" for Grain in Bulk

B ECAUSE of the increasing number a flour mills being equipped for receiving grain in bulk, particularly in the London area....

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A Thoroughbred Horsebox

r - k A HORSEBOX body of outstanding design has recently been built by Westmoreland, of Wakefield, Ltd., and mounted on a...

Truck for 150 Sheep

nPERATING 11 livestock vehicles, five of which are Seddons, Bowles Transport, Ltd., Ford, Temple Guiting, have put into...

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Madras Introduces Half-deck Bus

! R ASED on one of 50 Leyland Royal LP Tiger chassis recently supplied to Madras, a half-deck bus with a separate compartment...

Versatile New German Garage Appliance

T HE versatility of the German Bossol appliance, described as "a portable service station," was demonstrated in London last...

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Oilers Prominent t "The Royal"

A S the ban placed by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders on vehiclemaker members three years ago still obtains, the...

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In a Line or Two

The Ministry of Transport have approved Sheffield's £120,000 road-improvement plans. Work may be completed within a year. The...

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Livestock Rates in Dispute

Solving the Charges. Laid Down by F.M.C. and Schedules Problems of Recommended by , R.H.A. Areas Examined : Some the Carrier...

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An American Disc Brake

A DISC brake said to be suitable for road vehicles up to the largest sizes, comes from Lambert Brake Corp., St, Joseph,...