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21st August 1953
21st August 1953
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Wages in Engineering

T HE engineering unions in this country are requesting for their members a formidable increase in wages, amounting to 15 per...

Passing Comments

Who is the Oldest Reader ? • wHo has been reading The Commercial Motor " longest? Mr. C. W. Hutfield, M.I.M.I., a director of...

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One Hears

That vehicle and other examiners may _sometimes need examining. That buyers in wide-open spaces need trucksthat don't play...

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Gen., Robertson as B.T.C. Chief

THE Minister of Transport I appointed Gen. Sir Brian Roberts to succeed Lord Hurcomb as chaim of the British Transport...

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L.T.E. Mechanize • Ticket Issuing

A FIER 75 years of using coloured tickets and bell-punches, London Transport are to switch to ticket-issuing machines. Within...

• New Thornycroft • 40-ton Tractor

i k SIX-WHEELED tractor, equipped .M with an 11,3-litre direct-injection oil engine, and .built for hauling loads of up to 40...

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Men in the News

MR. E. C. MCKINNON, for many years chief en g ineer of the Chloride Electrical Stora g e Co., Ltd., has retired after 60 years'...

Why T.U.F. Was Formed

W HEREAS facilities for financin g denationalization could have been offered directly by. United Dominions Trust, Ltd., the...

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"Illegal" Trips to Seaside

TVIANY small coach operators in the IVI• West Midlands are to make " illegal " trips to the seaside during the remainder of...

In a Line or Two

Easington Rural Council is seeking sanction to build a bus station at a cost of £2,500. The Cheshire Engineering Co., Ltd.,...

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I3ig Road-safety Competition A ROAD-SAFETY competition for / - 1 commercial vehicles

is to be held in Coventry on Sunday, September 20. Organized by the Coventry Road Accident Prevention Council, the competition...

Award of Merit for Sir Reginald T HE Triennial Award of

Merit of the Institute of Transport has been granted to Sir Reginald Wilson, comptroller of the British Transport Commission,...

Weighbridge Test Gear for Adaptation as Loader ?

A LTHOUGH the purpose of vehicle equipment specially developed to facilitate weighbridge testing is highly specialized, the...

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Manchester's New Airport Coaches

N EW rport coaches with seats for 41 passengers and 300 Cu. ft. of luggage space are to be placed in service by Manchester...

Speeding Chicago Traffic

A SYSTEM of one-way streets cover. ing almost the entire city centre of Chicago, U.S.A., has helped to speed up traffic,...

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ACCENT 0 PEED

By Alan Smith D uRING the pea harvest season from mid-June to the end of July, Birds Eye Foods, Ltd., processors and sellers,...

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Big Claims for Alkaline Battery

A NEW type of nickel-iron battery .CA using an alkaline electrolyte, has been produced by the Alkaline Battery Corporation,...

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Transport is a Vocation

A • DIFFICULT decision which must be made by many parents is whether a university education for a boy keen to enter the...

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Gas Appliances on Show

A MOBILE showroom carrying Calor-gas, fresh-water and waste-water containers and fitted with radiotelephone link and...

New 10-cwt. Mobile Loader

A LOADING device with particular applications in confined spaces is being manufactured by the Montgomerie Reid Engineering Co.,...

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Best of Both Worlds

By Laurence J. Cotton, M.I.R.T.E. T HE virtues of full-forward and normal control chassis are combined in the Sentinel...

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Enterprise • in State Touring Service

A Spanish Government Scheme, the Object—and Achievement—of which is to Provide an Unequalled Touring Service By P. A. C....

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Small Vans as Personnel Carriers

INCE the war, the small passenger vehicle has staged a revival. As a ich it is a valuable adjunct to any vate-hire fleet or for...

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Crumbs for Small Buyers ?

A RE there not questions to be answered regarding the ''disposal of road haulage stock by the British Transport Commission?...

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Conforming to Type

ACH of us likes to think of himself as an , individual with a character .all his own. At the same time, this does not prevent...

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Preparing an Estimate

Continuing His Series of Articles Giving Guidance to Potential Entrants to the Industry, "The Commercial Motor" Costs Expert...

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Improvements in Sparking Plugs

A CCORDING to patent No. 693,836, the normal type of sparking plug, with its flanged ceramic insulator, often fails due to...