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21st September 1956
21st September 1956
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Page 85

No Nonsense

S OUND engineering—and n o nonsense—i s the foundation of this Year's Commercial Motor Show., Production costs are too high and...

Page 86

Drawing the Cork

T HE British Road Federation have rendered a great service in focusing world attention on the need for imaginative action to...

Passing Comments

Electric Power from Sunshine T HE charging of the batteries of electric vehicles by sunshine may seem futuristic, but at...

Page 87

One Hears

That this Commercial Motor Show is the largest ever staged in Britain, and this Show issue of The Commercial Motor beats all...

Page 88

THE SHOW: Where and When . . .

7 -7 11E largest Commercial Motor Show ever held since • Me series began at Olympia in 1907, will open at Earls Court, London,...

Back-pay Dispute : Kidner Case as Test

T HE future of collective bargaining in road haulage was at stake in the case between the National Joint Industrial Council and...

NEW VERSION OF PERKINS R6 A NEW version of the R6

engine, known as the Mark II, is introduced today by F. Perkins, Ltd. It may be seen at the Commercial Motor Show on Stand...

Page 89

New Oiler E150 More than Petrol Vehicle

C OMMER and Karrier chassis fitted 1, - , with the new Rootes 2.26-litre oil engine will cost £150 mOre than petrolengined...

"END CONFLICT AND CONGESTION" " IN Britain some 75 per

cent. of our 'road accidents happen in built-up areas--in those areas where there is conflict and congestion. . . . A logical...

PRICE OF " V1A-CAPE " FUEL I N the Suez

debate in the House of Commons last week, Mr. R. Gresham Cooke (Con., Twickenham) said that if oil tankers had to go round the...

Page 90

Men in the News

MR. C. T. HOLMES has been appointed Midland area public service vehicle representative of British Belting and Asbestos, Ltd....

Advice on Log Sheets by Magistrate

A DVICE to employers who discovered inaccuracies in then drivers' log sheets was given by the Hull stipendiary magistrate last...

NEVVTONDRIVE TWO-PEDAL SYSTEM TESTED

T HE Newtondrive two - pedal control system, as fitted to the Standard 6-cwt. chassis shown on Stand 71 at Earls Court, was...

FIRE APPLIANCES ON SHOW

F IVE different types of fire appliance will be shown by Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., at the conferences of the Institute of Fire...

Page 91

Second Order to Raise Fares: Loss of Traffic?

FOR the second time in less than eight 1 months, Messrs. Brimblecombe Bros., Wokingham, have been ordered by the South Eastern...

Attract Young People to Tours=Mr. Amos

T H need to attract young people to coach tours to Scotland was stressed by Mr. James Amos, chairman of Scottish Omnibuses,...

U.S. BUYS GERMAN

T HE first of a number of German' buses has been delivered in Dallas, Texas, for operation by the Continental Trailways Bus...

Page 92

Operator's "Come-back" Resisted

A N attempt by a small coach com pany to reopen excursion and tour operations from an area in which they sold out to Ribble...

11 Object to New Excursions

A N application by E. H. Simms, Ltd., Sheffield, for new excursions and tours startin g from the centre of the city aroused...

"No Waiting" in Peaks Forecast

T HE absolute prohibition of waitin g vehicles on important routes durin g peak periods was g iven as an example ot " drastic "...

Page 93

Front-wheel Drive, Two-pedal Control, Rubber Suspension

B.T.C. Resist A to B Grants THE British Transport Commission objected "very strongly indeed" to the grant of A licences for...

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No Attack on Ancillary Users—B.T.C. Chief

R EFLYJNG to the Traders' Road Transport Association's protest (The Commercial Motor last week) against what they regarded as...

' EMBEZZLED 11,726:' CLERK SENT TO JAIL

A FTER pleading guilty to charges of embezzling £1,726 from his employers, Birch Bros., Ltd., Henry Ernest Anthony, 23...

NORTH STAFFS BUS PLAN GOES FORWARD

, A SPECIAL committee decided last week to recommend Stoke-on-Trent City Council to approve in principle the • ,formation of a...

New Rental Scheme for Heavy Vehicles

A NEW scheme for renting heavy goods and passenger vehicles is announced today by Mr. G. D. Shellabear. Hanover Court, Hanover...

Glasgow to Keep Trams: , "World Situation"

L'EAR of fuel rationing because of "the present world situation" was expressed by the Labour group of Glasgow City Council last...

OBITUARY

W E regret to announce the deaths of PROF. A. M. Low, MAJ. GUSTAV RENW ICK and MR, A, E. Escorr. Prof. Low, who was famous for...

LACK OF BRIDGE COSTS YEARLY

L ACK of a Forth road bridge has become a "first-class national scandal" and costs Scotland at least £1m. year. Losses because...

HIRING IS "CARRIAGE FOR REWARD"

WHEN a lorry owner hires his vehicle VV to a customer for the carriage of goods under the customer's direction, it is, under...

Page 95

Rail Overtaxed: Extra Coach Services

f N a reserved decision, the North I Western Licensin g Authority has g ranted applications by Crosville Motor Services, Ltd.,...

Bus Hearing Stopped: Co–operation Wanted

T HE chairman of the Yorkshire Licensin g Authority, Maj. F. S. Eastwood, at Leeds last week, refused after two hours to...

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Should Municipal Transport be Subsidized ?

CUBSIDIES were among the wide range of subjects discussed during the Municipal Passenger Transport Association Conference, at...

Not Mr. Nelson's Idea of Public Service

T HE Western Licensing Authority last week authorized Shcrgold and White, Ltd., Salisbury, to ruo a service from Bulford Camp,...

"ILLEGAL CATTLE MOVEMENTS" DECAUSE of the widespread out

breaks of foot and mouth disease in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Nottinghamshire and Wales, officials of the Ministry of...

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World Experts Confer on Urban Motorways

RAFFIC engineers from 30 countries, industrial executives and representatives from local authorities, Governmtnt departments...

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STABILITY

at last By R. Morton Mitchell, D.P.A., S.S.C., M. Inst. T. O NE could almost claim that not at any time in the past has road...

Page 120

Human Links in thl

B.R.S. Network By Maj.-Gen. G. N. Russell, C.B., C.B.E., Minst.T. When I was invited to write on the methods used in British...

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KARIB PROM

W HAT is believed to be the. largest concentration of commercial vehicle s, earth-moving equipment , and machinery ever seen in...

Page 124

Will 30 m.p.h.

Affect Design? R AISING the speed limit for " heavies " from 20 m.p.h. to 30 m.p.h. would be an official sanction of accepted...

Page 126

Two-pedal Control in 6-cwt. Van

B y introducing the Newton centri- fugal clutch and a solenoid control unit with its switch on the gear lever, the Standard...

Page 127

Automatic Gearboxes are Here

Says P. G. Tucker T HE opening this yea' of a ,E4m. factory at Letchworth by Borg-Warner, Ltd., for the production of...

Page 128

The Severest Penalty

By Our Legal Adviser THE Road Traffic Act, 1956, makes some interesting changes in the law relating to disqualification for...

Page 129

Fighter for Freedom

THE choice of Mr. Peter Thorneycroft, M.P., President of the Board of Trade, to open the Commercial Motor Show today is...

Page 130

WHY BONU S

CHEMES PAY A T the close of my previous article, 1 mentioned that the haulier who invented the scheme relating to bonus...

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LATEST am EST at EARLS COURT

A LL the latest and best British commercial vehicles will be seen at the Commercial Motor Show at Earls Court, which opens at...

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Accent on Semi-trailers

T RAILER exhibits at the Commercial Motor Show reflect the growing popularity of the articulated vehicle. Below, the ex h i...

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200 BODIES FO] ,VE NEED

O PERATORS visiting the Commercial Motor Show during the coming week will have a wide variety of bodywork from which to choose....

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In the Demonstration Park

X TEHICLES in the demonstration park at V Earls Court include several new models of which there are no duplicates on the...

Page 199

Tubeless Tyres Have Arrived

S IGNIFICANT developments have been made in tyre construction since the 1954 Show, and probably the greatest of these is the...

Page 200

Small Entry in Aberdeen Contest

D RIVERS of commercial vehicles were praised for their courtesy by Lord Provost George Stephen, Aberdeen, when he handed over...

Page 238

In and Out of Town

M UCH is to be said in favour of the occasional trips organized for the purpose of letting M.P.s and other notabilities inspect...

Page 241

Ratepayers Out for Blood

T HE decision of the Portsmouth Transport Committee to recommend to the City Council in the near future, the abolition of the...

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A Spark-ignited Heavy-oil Engine

P ATENT No. 753,432 Sennfelt, Rua dos Fanqueiros 15, 3°, Lisbon, Portugal), discloses a design for a spark-ignited engine...