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1st June 1951
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Confidence in the Future

A LTHOUGH the power of the Road Haulage Executive was not underestimated, delegates to the annual conference of the National...

Passing Comments

Comparing Two 'THE traffic engineer of the Ways of Relieving City Planning Department, Traffic Congestion . Montreal, suggested...

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One

Hears Of odes to the loads at the R.H.A. Metropolitan uncheon. That British industry's target must still be ,upreniacy, not...

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R.H.E. Wrong in Deducting £2,500 for Partners' Services nN Monday,

the Transport Arbitra tion Tribunal awarded Messrs. C. and G. Yeoman, the century-old Canterbury road haulage undertaking, an...

Area Scheme for South-West

T HE preparation of a nationalization scheme for road passenger transport in the south-west is to be considered by the British...

Haulier Refus ed Aquisition

A N application by Ernest Transport, Ltd.. Birmingham, to be nationalized, came before the Transport Arbitration Tribunal, in...

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Strike Over R.H.E. Patrol Scheme

A N unofficial strike, which threatened to paralyse the nationalized road ransport system of the country, was 'tanned to take...

Standard Rates and Conditions for New Furniture on July 1

H AVING evolved a national rates schedule for the carriage of new furniture and standard conditions of carriage, the Road...

Some Rates to be Lowered "I do not think anyone

is likely to he disturbed with the conditions of contract, and in regard to the rates, those being charged for full loads are...

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Men in the News

MR, J. A. FIELDP.N, deputy general manager of Northampton Transport Department, has been approved by the transport committee...

In a Line or Two

The Bristol office of Wilmot Breeden, Ltd., is now at 75, Queen's Road. • The new Capetown depot of Leyland Motors (S.A.),...

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Nationalization Going Too Fast

U NFORTUNATELY for originalpermit holders, the process of ationalization appears to have been scelerated without due regard to...

£202,286 for Robin Hood Transport

T H E Transport Arbitration Tribunal I confirmed agreements between the Road Haulage Executive and Robin Hood Transport, Ltd.,...

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Two New "Blankets" from State Operators : East Kent Recants

TWO State-owned passenger transport undertakings, CrosVille M. otor Services, Ltd., and the Eastern National Omnibus Co., Ltd.,...

Traders ComPlain . to Minister L AST week, the Association of British

Chambers of Commerce and the Federation of British Industries met the Minister of Transport, Mr. Alfred . Barnes, to discuss...

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Parking for 2,500 Coaches at Ascot

A CCOMMODATION for . 2,500 coddles in four official parks Will ac available during the As - cot Races. Hie Royal Automobile...

British Win Awards at Montreux •

H .I. AVING won first place in the general classification at the past two International Coach Rallies at Montreux, Sheffield...

Fuel Tax Hits the Public

VFFECTS on fares of increased taxa tion and rising costs generally, WQIC stressed, last week, by the chairmen of two...

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Holland Studies the C-licensee

By a Special Correspondent N ATURAL development, influenced by economic needs, is responsible for the fact that ancillary users...

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Bus Profits Drop

Annual Reports of the Licensing Authorities Show a Further Decline of £2,396000 in Net Receipts of Passenger Transport...

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Fewer New C-licensees

Annual Reports of Licensing Authorities for Goods Vehicles Indicate Improved Maintenance, But Criticize Condition of Some...

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Swedish Hauliers ght Rising Costs

By 1. J. COTTON, .. OAD transport in Sweden is not tied by petty legisla tion," said Mr. Harry Anderson, when I interviewed...

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PUTTING ON THE SPOT

Alfred Woolf, B.A., Discovers How the Transport Department of the British Broadcasting Corporation Makes Sure that the Varied...

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Pull Up the Ladder

The T.R.T.A.'s . Advice to its Members, Perhaps Unintentionally, Suggests Approval of Nationalization so long as its Own...

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trengthening the Hands of Free Removers

Independent Operators Suggest Ways of Consolidating Their Position and Meeting Competition from the State Transport...

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Arbitrary, Unfair and Uneconomic" H AULIERS had had a raw deal.

and their compensation had not been excessive, said Viscount Swinton, P.C., G.B.E., CH., proposing the toast of the Association...

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Is Road Transport Control Democratic?

M EMBERS of the Institute of Traffic Administration gathered in Manchester last week-end for their annual conference, which was...

Turn Railways into Roadways "A RE Our Railways Really Necessary ?"

was the provocative title of the paper by Mr. A. Darley, T.A. His conclusions were that rail tricks should be ripped up and...

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Differences in Country and Town Costs T HE coneentration of free-enterprise

hauliers into zones of 25 - Mita radius is bringing many problems in its . :train; and not least of these is the...

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Gas Turbines for Road Vehicles

'THE design of gas turbines, and in particular, one suited by its size and shape to form the power unit of .a road vehicle, is...