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25th January 1952
25th January 1952
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Eyes Turn to Westminster

R OAD transport operators await expectantly the resumption of Parliamentary business next Tuesday. The report that a Bill for...

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British -Makers' Initiative at Brussels

B Y exhibiting commercial vehicles and cars through well-established distributors in Belgium. the British manufacturers have...

Passing Comments

Should Hogs be Branded ? O many suggestions made for reducing the toll "• , - 1 of the road, perhaps the most original was...

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Court Overrules T.A.T. in Increasing Compensation

T HE Court of Appeal, last week, allowed an appeal by the Road Haulage Executive against the Transport Arbitration Tribunal's...

Belgium to Build Foden Integral Bus ?

IT is understood that Fodens Ltd.. Sandbach, may link up with Ateliers Metallurgique, the Belgian specialist in the...

R. U.K Forestalls Application

"WHEN you find there is a need, yott VY bring in a vehicle. When it can be brought in pending' someone else's application, it...

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£500,000 Loss at Present Fares

O N existing fares, Sheffield Corporation will tncur a loss of nearly £500,000 by the end of March, 1953. This forecast was...

LEYLAND-ALBION "MOST POWERFUL UNDERTAKING"

T HE merging of these two companies has created the most powerful undertaking of its kind—certainly within the British Empire,...

U.S. Steel Will Not Help Vehicle Supply

" SPOKESMAN of the Ministry of Supply held out no hope, on Tuesday, that extra steel supplies from U.S.A. would enable a...

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Men in the News

DR.C. J. SMITHELLS. MC.. directorof research of the British Aluminium Co., Ltd.. has been elected president of the Institute of...

Ferguson Buys Shorroek

F INANCIAL interests of Shorrock Superchargers, Ltd., have been acquired by the Harry Ferguson group of companies and the...

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U.T.A. Deficit Reaches E894,406: Trading Loss Reduced

B Y September 30 last, the Ulster transport Authority had accumulated a deficit of £894,406. The trading loss for the year was...

2d. Minimum for London

A MINIMUM fare of 2d. in Lonti,)n has been approved by the Transport Tribunal. It will cover a stave of a mile. A two-mile...

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Record. Exports: Output Stable

INJOVEMBER'S exports of commerI cial vehicles set up a record in number and value, says the Society of Mdter. Manufacturers and...

Are Inhibited Oils Unnecessary ?

THE use of detergent oils in a well' designed oil engine was unnecessary, said Mr. H. N. Tuff, general manager of the West...

In a Line or Two

A growth in the number of members is reported in the Omnibus Society's 1951 report. Coventry Transport Committee is to seek to...

MUTUAL ADMIRATION WHEN the committee of the Road 1'V Haulage

Association's Metropolitan and south-eastern area entertained the Metropolitan and South-eastern Licensing Authorities and...

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Scotland Well Served by Tours Operators : Summer Programmes

D ETA1LS of tours to be run this year by eight different coach operators have been given by London Coastal Coaches, Ltd....

Witness Summons on R.H.E. Official ?

B ECAUSE the Road Haulage Executive had not been properly represented at a previous hearing, a summons against it for...

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Will 40 Miles be the Limit?

Asks Serviteur W FIAT do you think the Government will do? Do you think it will denationalize road haulage?" These are the...

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Three-stage-braking for Trailers

IT has long been 'appreciated that a trailer or semi-trailer 'braking system that could give different degrees of pressure on...

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WHY THROW MONEY AWAY?

Asks P. G. TUCKER W HY there should be any doubt whether lubricating oil can be reclaimed and used again it is difficult to...

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BRITAIN'S 1GIAN MARKET HARDENS

By L. J. COTTON, M.I.R.T.E. A PART from a Brossel underfloor-engined chassis, and numerous Belgian and German four-wheeldrive...

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Transportivity Again

By JAN US A T the very time when one might expect the leading characters in the British Transport Commission and the Road...

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The Use and Abuse of Tyres Michelin Executive Describes Relationship

Between Tyre and Vehicle Design, and - : Advises Operators on the Care . of Their Equipment I N his paper "Tyre Development and...

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Rivaloy 6-ton Double decker in Service

S OME of the features incorporated in a new 100-ft. turntable fire escape being produced by John Morris and Sons, Ltd., on a...

'Safety Devices in New 100-ft. Fire Escape

monitor branches, unions, tools and other equipment. At the rear of the vehicle are four jacks which give stability and...

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Early Care of Tyres Pays

T" ' views of some of your readers on the subject of tyre economy, which have appeared in recent issues of your jciumal, were...

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Allocating Overhead Costs

The Proportion of a Haulier's Establishment Charges that any Vehicle Has to Bear Depends on its Capacity and the Amount of Work...

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Injection Pump for Small Engines

A N injection pump intended for small high-speed engines _is shown in patent No. 662,198, by the American Bosch Corporation,...