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22nd June 1956
22nd June 1956
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Progress versus Ignorance

F EW important developments in road transport engineering have been so bedevilled by ignorance, prejudice and discrimination as...

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Retreat from Responsibility

TIT the rapid development of atomic power and accelerated progress in the application of electronics and quantity-production...

Passing Comments

A Real One-man Bus A LOCAL resident has applied to the Licensing " Authority for permissiou to operate a bus service in the...

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One Hears

Let him that thinketh that he standeth take heed when the bus stops. From a reader inquiring as to the record " low " for a...

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MR. HANLON LIMITS B.R.S.

NORMAL-USER CONDITION G RANTING an A licence, last week, for an oiler to replace an old petrol vehicle at the Carleton...

No Big Cut in Road Programme I CAN state with

certitude that the 1 road programme will not be affected in any major way by the Macmillan f.100m. economy cuts, writes our...

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Stricter Investigation of Special A Applications in Future

A WARNING to applicants for special A licences on the dangers of " operating unauthorized vehicles was given by Mr. J. A. T....

Makers Admit Delay in Supplying Spares

G UARDED admissions of shortcomings in the supply of spares have been made by certain vehicle manufacturers following a...

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Men in the News

MR. F. M.orrtx, Preston Transport Department's traffic superintendent, has been appointed deputy general manager at...

No Cancer Element in Oil-engine Gases

T ESTS taken in a London Transport I garage, where the oil engines of 200 buses were started up and left running. had failed to...

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Insurers Must Cover Theft

A N insurance company was liable tti 1— indemnity, the Court of Appeal decided on Tuesday, in a case in which a load was stolen...

Development Area Must be Helped

T HE Western Licensing Authority's attitude towards bus services to factories was outlined on Tuesday when Mr. G. D. Leason,...

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Bus Board Planned for Brighton Area : Southdown Not Asked

A FORM of passenger transport board for Brighton, Hove, Portslade, r - k Southwick and Shoreham has been recommended by...

Bamford Convicted of £318,000 Fraud

A T Derbyshire Assizes last week, Eric Earles Bamford, director of several haulage companies, was sentenced to seven years'...

Monopoly Bill Results Unpredictable

IT was impossible to predict the longI term consequences of proposed legislation on restrictive practices, said Mr. E. Powell,...

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Workers Must Accept One-man Operation—T.G.W.U. Secretary (INE-MAN operation would have

to be accepted by bus workers, ‘-• Mr. Frank Coyle, trade group secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union, told...

New Depot for Leyland-Holland

L AST Friday marked a new phase in the overseas programme of Leyland Motors, Ltd.. when a plant was opened at Aalsmeer,...

Seven More Bottlenecks to Go

S EVEN improvement schemes to remove bottlenecks have been announced by the Ministry of Transport. Work has started on the...

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Belfast Buses Lose to Private Transport

A N increase in the number of private vehicles, including bicycles. is blamed by Belfast Transport Department for a drop in...

Fare Applications : New Wave Coming

A N increase in fares will shortly have to be considered by Liverpool Corporation, whose deficit on a full year's working is...

B.R. Oppose Case for 10-cwt. Van

W HEN Mr. J. V. Chamberlayne, Bristol, applied to the Western Licensing Authority on Monday to operate a 10-cwt. vehicle,...

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Plan for Main-road Traffic Only

A PLAN to erect iron railings to block side roads where they crossed the major routes leading into the centre of Glasgow, was...

Britain's Finest Haulage Depot

lyjoRK. will begin next month on WY the foundations of what Sir Brian Robertson, chairman of the British Transport Commission,...

Short-term Licence Granted for Repairs

"THis is an unusual case, but we I realize we are dealing with a responsible haulier and that it will save work. That is an...

Page 42

Tale of Two Cities

By C. S. Dunbar, M.Inst.T. Municipal and Company Co-operation—Part.3 Concluding his series on arrangements that certain...

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April Output Below Average

COMMERCIAL vehicles were pro duced at the rate of 6.395 a week during April. compared with a weekly average of 7.081 for the...

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The Swiftsure Live! Jp to its Name

Latest Thornycroft 6-tonner Puts up Lively Performance During Road Test: New Oil Engine Develops 80 b.h.p. at 2,600 r.p.in. By...

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Fluorescent Lighting Plays Trick n Workshops

F LUORESCENT lighting in the workshop could give the impression that moving machinery or belts were stationary, or moving much...

nV ER 800 delegates representing LI 356 authorities attended the

58th Public Cleansing .Conference at Eastbourne last week. There were also delegates from Antwerp, Dar-es-Salaam, British...

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Misconception Hampers Development

O PEN1NG the discussion on Mr. J. Scott's paper on oil en g ines, Mr. C. V. Rawnsley (Thurrock) said that the adoption of...

Machines Always Better Than Men

IN the discussion on Mr. J. Ames' I paper, " Mechanizin g Small Tips," it was clear that some cleansing officers were not...

New Small Refuse Co lice tor and Sweepers

A LTHOUGH this was the first time that earth-moving equipment has been shown at these conferences, there were many vacant seats...

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STANDARDIZATION Speeds Big Building Flo

How W. and C. French, Ltd., Operators of Over 1,000 Vehicles, Ensure Maximum Transport Availability Under Varied and Difficult...

Page 54

Political Commentary By JANUS

Worthy of His Hire G RADE 2 wages sound inferior in every way, and not merely financially. The campaign for their elimination,...

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Opinions and Queries

Is a Special Town Bus Needed? T HE controversial paper by Mr. W. M. Little, B.Sc., on the subject of the " throw-away " bus,...

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Familiar Names Among Unit Buyers

M ANY familiar names appear again this week in the lists of buyers and assignors of transport units. Some of the transfers of...

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Authority Refused to Hear Case

T "South Eastern Licensing Authority's refusal to hear an application by a coach operator is being contested by the Passenger...

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Flexibility or Rigidity in Rate Schedules?

An Argument ,with Hauliers Who were Worried About Rates: Inflexible Standards Impracticable / HAD the luck. tho other day, to...

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Bristow's Partial Success on Appeal: B.T.C. Case Fails

DARTIAL success has been gained by 1 C. Bristow, Ltd., Solebay Street, London, E.3, in their appeal to the Transport Tribunal...