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20th June 1947
20th June 1947
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A Change in Taxation?

EAVY pressure has been brought to bear upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Minister of Supply in relation to the...

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Passing Comments

O NE of the greatest menaces of winter is fog, and many schemes have been tried for its dispersal. Fido we know about, and,...

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One

Hears— Too often these days of live men being forced down to a dead level. That savings, whether personal or national, can...

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News of the Week

42,600 VEHICLES MADE IN FOUR MONTHS I N the first four months of this year, British commercial-vehicle manufacturers produced...

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Fifty-mile Radius for "Free" Road Haulage

Lord Teynham moved the amendment to increase the " free" operational radius for remaining hauliers from 25 to 50 miles, and to...

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M 0.T. Fares Policy "Unsound"

THE Minister of Transport's reluc tance to allow municipal operators to raise fares so long as they had reserve funds, was...

Personal Pars

MR. R. R. SMETHURST has been elected a director of H. and J. Quick, Ltd. SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL has resigned from the board of...

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In a Line or Two

About 30,000 double-track vehicles are awaiting disposal at auction dumps. The Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., is to open a second...

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The Lords

Show Their Teeth By Our Legal Adviser entitled to ask the National Coal Board about what are, in effect, staff...

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Maidstone Battles with Rising Cleansing Costs

Kent's County Town Runs a Small Fleet of Bedford, Karrier and Vulcan Vehicles, with Different Types of Body, for Refuse...

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Holiday-maker s Make

PROFITS FOR MORECAMBE p ROBABLY unique in not having closed down its horsetramway system until ready to replace the older...

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By J. D WOO(

e, A FTER I had recently "seen, marked, learnt and inwardly digested " the essentials of the systems of Metropolitan Police...

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B Licences for Works Contractors Justified

be "delivery or collection by a person of goods which have been, or are to be, subjected to a process or treatment in the...

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Personnel Problems in Passenger Transport

Q UESTIONS affecting the staff of road passenger transport undertakings form the subjects of two papers read this week at the...

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Passenger and Goods Vehicles

of To-day and To-morrow Experts Review Design Features and Future Possibilities A T the Institution of Civil Engineers last...

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Cleansing Officials "Talk Shop"

W ITH a return of fine, sunny weather, last week's annual conference of the Institute of public Cleansing, at Blackpool, was...

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Hygiene First in New Dennis Refuse Vehicle

Why Contract Rates Must be High E ASE of fitting and emptying, high volumetric efficiency, and the impossibility of dust or...

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Passenger Transport News

COMPANY WORKERS AWARDED 44-HOUR WEEK D ISTRICT employees of Ribble. Motor Services, Ltd. at Preston, decided not to strike at...

Bradford Trams to Go

DRADFORD Corporation intends to continue to abandon the trams in favour of trolleybuses or motorbuses, -said Mr. G. Taylor, at...

Minister's Reply to M.P.T.A.

T HE Minister of Transport's reply to the resolution of the Municipal Passenger Transport Association urging that control of a...

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Automatic Coupling for Trailer Brakes

P ATENT No. 586,514 discloses a scheme by .which the hydraulic brakes of a tractor and trailer are automatically coupled when...