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22nd June 1951
22nd June 1951
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Multum In Parvo

S OME of the many points raised by Mr. C. E. Jordan, M.Inst.T., in his paper, "Transport Problems Affecting Industry," of which...

Passing Comments

Misguided Effort or TIM journal may make Misdirected Labour I itself even more unpopuor Both t . . . . lar -with a certain...

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One Hears

That we must be on our toes or other people will be. That Ribble trainee-drivers receive road safety lessons in police patrol...

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Nationalize A.C.V. Say Unions

MATIONALIZATION of Associated 1 Commercial Vehicles, Ltd., is advocated in a report which the Confederation of Shipbuilding and...

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Annis : Case for New Licence Unchanged, says Counsel

" IT is in the public interest that there should be an end to litigation in this matter," said Sir David Maxwell Fyfe in his...

Illegal Use of Trade Plates

71NDING Ronald G. Marshall, of Chiswick Breakdown Service, Lon Ion, guilty of the misuse of general rade plates by using them...

L.T.E. Fares Plan : 7:11. Protest

D EPRESENTING over 7m. rate11. payers, the County Councils' Association is one of 198 bodies which have registered objections...

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In a Line or Two

Leyland Motors. Ltd., exported Lii m. worth of vehicles in April and May. The industry is to have 5 per cent. more sheet steel...

Men in the News

MR. F. H. BALE, 0.11E.. M.I.Mech.E.. general manager of Premier Motor Policies, Ltd., has been appointed managing director....

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• Glasgow Sued • for £27,300

D EPENDANTS of passengers killed and others who were injured in the accident in May last year, when a Glasgow Corporation...

Bristol Takes On Outside Work

A T a recent meeting with his staff, Mr. A. W. Hallpike, general manager of the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co., Ltd., said...

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Lines Road Car's New Plans : Preston Keeps id. Fare

VET another State-controlled . bus / company has.filed its second:application for general fares increases within a year. This...

S.E. Committee Set Up

THE Minister of Transport has ,appointed a Transport Users' Consultative Committee fair the• aoutheastern area. Members...

Acquired Haulier Regains Custom

A N application by Mr. E. E. Burton. Wisbech haulier. that certain words should be struck out of the Road Haulage Executive's...

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Battery Industry Defended

F REQUENTLY repeated charges that no progress had been made in the battery industry during the past 30 or 40 years were...

New Publications

.A'ONE who has but a hazy idea of the functioning of a gas turbine carp readily put themselves in a position to talk...

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ONE-MAN OPERATION Would t t Co s ts

Delegates Support One-man Buses as Way to Cut Operating Costs. Surprising Approval for Retention or Adoption of Trams C...

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Improved Lines for Blue Cars Coaches

O NE of the first operators to experiment with luxury bodywork on the Leyland Rival Tiger chassis was Blue Cars (Continental),...

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Plain Speaking at Torquay

Railway and Road Problems Confronting the B.T.C. and Free-enterprise Operators Referred to in Discussions at the I.o.T....

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Inferiority Complex

Whilst Lord Hurcomb's Determination may be Admired, his Subordinates have Displayed Poorer Qualities in Demanding the...

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Three New Ferguson Models

A LTHOUGH the Ferguson tractor C i has been used in an industrial capacity .in coal .yards„. docks,.quarries and in factories,...

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Roads of the World

By P. G. TUCKER How the Pan-American Highway, the Backbone of the Mexican, Central and South American Road Network, Provides a...

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SCOPE FOR .GGER FLEETS

in the footwear industry says Alan Smith Although British Makers Produce . About • 457n. Pairs • of Shoes a Year, Mostly for...

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Elegant Lines in New Whitson Coach

POMBINING elegance of line and ease of maintenance to a degree hitherto rarely achieved, the latest body to he built by James...

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Estimated Costs and

Actual Expenditure Operators Should Periodically Check Budgeted Figures Against Actual Costs and Make Modifications...

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Charges for Private-hire Coaches

likely that the figures in the publication to which you refer will be accepted as necessarily A T a meeting of bus operators...

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An Engine-cum-transmission Unit

p ATENT No.. 652,422 comes from Regie Nationale Des Usines Renault, Billancourt, France, and shows a complete power and...