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21st April 1950
21st April 1950
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Transport Tool Being Blunted

T RANSPORT has always Some Factors i been looked upon as one of the most important Competition B tools of trade and industry,...

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Anxiety Amongst Nationalized Haulage Staff

T HERE is considerable perturbation amongst the members of certain sections of the staffs of newly nationalized industries, in...

Passing . Comments B.T.C. Road Passenger THE total number of Fleets and their Main coaches and buses owned

tenance by the British Transport Com mission on February 26 was 7,107. Of these, 18 were serviceable vehicles in store, and 732...

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One Hears

Of an increasing call for inhibited oil. Re fish-by-rail v. fish-by-road, that helicopters may make it all flying-fish some...

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30-ft. Leylands for Early Delivery

QINGLE-DECKER chassis 30 ft. long )--) are now being built for early delivery to home customers by Leyland Motors, Ltd. These...

Cars the Railways' Chief Enemy

P RIVATE cars were far more corn., petitive with the railways than they were with the bus services, and the railways had a...

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44 More Transfers to R.H.E.

VORTY-FOUR more haulage busi 3. were transferred to the Road Haulage Executive in the first two weeks of April. -• The...

Exports : Saturation Point Approaching ?

MOTWITHSTANDING the very 'real and successful efforts of the British motor industry to promote and - increase the sales of...

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Men in the News

LORD BURGHLEY has joined the . board of F1irrnid Industries, Ltd. MR.. .I. W. IC INCHIN,, chief engineer of Girling, Ltd., has...

Europe's Biggest Vehicle Maker .

T HE final dinner to the visiting Austin distributors from Canada was a most enjoyable and animated function. It was obvious...

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New Ferguson Developments

• rilaIDER the chairmanship of Mr. V Harry Ferguson, a new company has been formed to further the development of new methods of...

16 Makes in Cleansing Show

T HE following 16 makers of vehicle., will be taking part in the dernonstra. tion and exhibition of vehicles and appliances at...

Dispute Over Airport Services

Pl. A N application by Northern Roadways, Ltd., Glasgow, to run an express service between Glasgow and Prestwick Airport on...

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Nationalization : No Time to Lose !

H AULIERS who were among the first Vto be refused original permits, or were granted permits in such restricted terms that they...

"Northern General" Breaks All Records

L AST year, the Northern General .1—r Transport Co., Ltd., broke all records by operating 25,000,000 miles and carrying...

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_Minis Hearing Ends: • Decision Later

D ECISION was reserved by the Metropolitan Licensin g . Authority, fast week, when the hearin g of the application of Annis and...

Lift Truck .System Without Pallets:

E LIMINATION of the difficultie, which are apt to arise in the 'use and return of pallets is the object of a new fittin g which...

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A GE%

By L. J. COTTON, M.I.R.T.E. B ECAUSE of additional torque, the Dennis Pax 5-6-tonner, fitted with the new overheadvalve...

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Modern Developments of the Oil Engine

Albion Development Engineer Expects Some New Engines to be designed as Horizontal Units A N interesting paper, "Modern...

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ROAD AANSPORT kINS GROUND

I NTERNATIONAL road transport is not a post-war phenomenon, although the damage caused during the war to most of the large...

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A Load of Trouble —

for someone M ANY and varied are the by-products of perversity, the latest being an inoffensive vehicle which the Criminal...

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INVISIBLE INCOME

from transport fleets By Ashley Taylor, A.I.R.T.E. I N consequence of influence which will be well known to the majority of...

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Oilers Bring Fish Tails To Canneries

TWO Thornycroft oil-engined box1 vans with insulated bodies are being used by South African Sea Products, Ltd., in connection...

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Smartness Under Difficulties

THE article by Ashley Taylor, "Traffic Staffs Have White-collar Jobs," in the March 24 issue of "The Commercial Motor," made...

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53-seater Double-deck Coach

Ample Luggage Space, Poweroperated Doors and Sliding Roof in New Daimler Ak LUXURY double-deck coach. with accommodation for...

In a Line or Two

The Clayton Dewandre Co., Ltd., is applying for permission to raise its capital by £68,250. The Motor and Cycle Trades...

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Misconceptions about Depreciation

Many Hauliers Treat This Matter in an Arbitrary Manner Which Can Only Redound to Their Disadvantage O NE difficulty which ,...

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6-cwt. Body for a 4-ton ner

r- I NE of the most satis fying features of all aluminium bodywork is that each new body corn'pleted represents, in a way,...

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Gearbox Lubrication

'DIM ENT No. 634,298, comes from I S. Markland and Leyland Motors, Ltd., Ham Works, Richmond Road, Kingston, Surrey, and shows...