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24th June 1949
24th June 1949
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Drivers' Views on Vehicles

A N interesting case for the paying of more attention to the driver's point of view, as regards the design of chassis and...

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Motorways Would Pay for Themselves

A NEW film entitled "One Way Only" has just been produced by the British Road Federation. The film itself is good, although to...

Passing Comments

Preventing Rust by UANY operators look upon Holding thePaint "I the well-known Pyrene Firmly method of Bonderizing . steel as...

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One Hears—

Of Britain exporting " Tigers " to India. Of those who think that bulk buying is buying a pig in a poke. That several cats,...

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Licence Granted Against Law_ and Facts, says Appeal Tribunal

Separate Executive for Bus Services A CTION by the North Western Licensing Authority in allowing a coal " merchant and...

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R.T.E. Forcing Up Rates

" O PERATION MADNESS" will be the term applied to the current procedure of the Road Transport Executive (known as the Koad...

Four Hauliers a Day Go Over

TWENTY-EIGHT road haulage undertakings were acquired by the British Transport Commission from June 12-18. They arc as follows:...

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Men in the News • MR. A. H. DEW has

been appointed to the sates staff of Hepworth and Grandage, Ltd. MR. R. G. PALMER. M.B.E., manauing director of Eagle...

R.H.A. • Sets Up Publicity Fund

A FUND to be used solely for publicity purposes is to be set up by the Road 'Haulage Association. Expenditure will be...

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3,795 Vehicles a Week, in April

A LTHOOGH the production of British commercial vehicles in April fell short of the record of 4,163 vehicles a week set up in...

R.T.E. in Talks With Union

" IT is likely that the Road Transport Executive will be called into consultation with the unions aL an early date" to discuss...

April Exports Above Target

E XPORTS of commercial vehicles in April were below the March record, but the total value exceeded the monthly target by...

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Caledonian Joins B.T.C. Scots Group

R ECENTLY acquired by the British Transport Commission, the Caledonian Omnibus Co., Ltd., which operates in the Dumfries and...

Leyland Exports 34 Per Cent. Up

I N the first five months of this year, Leyland Motors, Ltd., exported 34 per cent. more vehicles than in the •com parable...

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More Copies of " 6 C.M." in July T HE paper ration

allotted to periodicals is to be substantially increased in July, and starting with the iSsue of "The Commercial Motor" dated...

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The MET A H

):glected Nationalization, say delegates S IX delegates at the annual general meeting of the Municipal Passenger Transport...

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46 Seats in a "Single-deck" Coach

A Luxury Coach with Tiered Seats and Pullman Comfort I T would be impracticable to carry 46 seated passengers on a...

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PreventiI laintenance for :catered Fleet

In "The Commercial Motor" for March 25 9 S.T.R. dealt with a preventive maintenance problem concerned with a fleet of 185...

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I.R.T.E. Visits Thornycroft Works N EARLY 40 members of the Institute

of Road Transport Engineers visited the Basingstoke Works of Transport Equipment (Thornycroft), Ltd., on June 15. Their...

17,228 New Vehicles in March

A SHARP rise in the registrations of hackney vehicles, compared with the figures for the previous two months, is shown in the...

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A Kaleidoscope of M ipal Vehicles

0 VER 800 delegates from all parts of Britain converged on Edinburgh last week to attend the 51st annual conference of the...

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Are Refuse Collectors Too Complicated ?

Cleansing Officers Ask for Vehicles and Equipment of the Greatest Simplicity Combined with Efficiency O F the three papers...

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Nationalized Transport Predicted to Fail

Essential that Intelligent Employees Should be Educated to Understand the Work of the Officers. Present Railway System May be...

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1947 Act the Blueprint

for Industry Teamwork Essential to the Success of Transport. Flexibility Needed in Trade Unions, Workers Must be Made to Feel...

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New Vehicle for ice-cream Distribution

A N example of bodywork insulation as adapted for the distribution side of the ice-cream trade, is shown on a vehicle which was...

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Non-stop Haulage, Day and Night

ORRIES that keep on going day and night are now a common 4 feature of transport in the western, states of America. I have...

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A Pedestrian-Controlled Tilling Machine

A SM ALL cultivator of the pedestrian-controlled type, is the subject of patent No. 617,726, which comes from M ulsifier Corp.,...