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25th November 1949
25th November 1949
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Minister Praises Free Transport

ONGR A TULATIONS Opera tors in to public passenger road transport operators came and Municipal last week from a Somewhat Have...

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Accident Prevention: The Wrong Approach

I T was suggested at a recent Scottish road-safety 'conference that the movements of pedestrians be controlled to cut down the...

Keeping the Milk Cool

M AYBE this year's hot summer has aroused interest in and accentuated the development of refrigerating semi-trailers for...

Passing Comments

Comparison Between 'THERE is something which U.S.A. and British Road I might be described as pain Taxation fully amusing to us...

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One Hears

That farmers are appropriately asking for green petrol—tax free ! That Yorkshire operators show no tendency to " woolly "...

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Thornycroft: "No Definite Proposal"

"A T T the present moment, the company's board have no definite "proposal" for an exchange of all the shares of Transport...

Railways Freeze Out Fuel Dealers

I F there be a lack of fuel in homes in North-West England this winter, or if logs purchased to supplement the coal ration cost...

Co-partnership in Haulage Coming ?

D ENATIONALIZATION of road haulage should bring with it an increased measure of co-partnership between employers and workers,...

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"Poor Deal" for Short-distance Passenger: Traffic Up 90 Per Cent

A SUGGESTION that the short-distance passenger was being penalized in favour of the person covering longer distances was made...

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Men in the News

MR. J. R. LANG IS to become secretary of the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd. MR. J. COLPOYS CHAMBERS has resigned his...

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State or Local Control?

A LREADY in the toils of a proposed I — I-scheme for its own area, Lowestoft Transport Committee has recommended that the Town...

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Objection Based on Private Act ?

TN a dispute between Llandudno Urban 'District Council and Crosville Motor Services, Ltd., before the North-western Licensing...

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Company Protected Against Council•

W HEN Newcastle on -Tyne City Council applied to the Northern Licensing Authority for permission to extend its West...

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Twenty-nine Distinct Damnations

There's a great text in Galatians, Once you trip on it, entails . • Twenty-nine distinct damnations, One sure, if another...

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Britain's Largest Pneumatic-tyred Machine Trailer

W HAT is claimed by'the maker to be the largest pneumatictyrcd trailer to be built in Britain, was recently completed by Cranes...

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New Trucks at the Building Exhibition

FEN 0 new low-powered trucks. and number of mechanical shovels and mobile cranes, are to be seen at the Building Exhibition now...

Hot Summer Cut Tyre Life by 2,000 Miles

T HAT the prolonged spell of dry weather this year had probably taken 2,000 miles off the lives of tyres was an opinion...

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Two Conflicting Policies in Maintenance

N 0 breakdown lorry is kept at the Kermanshah Petroleum Co.'s garage in North-western Iran, although vehicles based on this...

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"The Commercial Moto

Tests British Vehicles— Li rd cilesell it Q NE of the new models put at my disposal was a ‘-"Ford Pilot pick-up, and I...

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Petrol and Electric Costs Compared

HAVE recently compared the running costs of the 1 electric vehicles of actual users with those given in "The Commercial Motor"...

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British Grader with a 12-ft. Blade

AOST of the heavy equipment IVIeniployed in this country for site clearing and similar work is of American origin, which makes...

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Pits as Light as Open Shops

A LMOS I traditionally. docking pits tend to be dark, oily and filled with cramped occupants and trailing flexes. Such...

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HAVE DRIVERS A

LEGITIMATE GROUSE? O NE of the most vital problems in the road transport industry to-day concerns the attitude of drivers to...

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• What to Charge on TIME AND MILEAGE

0 describe the method Of assessing eCists and charges on a time and mileage basis 1 will begin by explaining r

0 describe the method Of assessing eCists and charges on a time and mileage basis 1 will begin by explaining

r it in its simplest form and proceed to point out snags and complications, 1 will take as an example the 5-tonner, with which...

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Flexibility an Advantage in Body Construction

T HE T HE value of using aluminium in the of insulated van bodies was referred to by Mr. T. G. Griffiths, B.Sc. (Eng.),...

Was Bus Company Negligent !

J UDGMENT was reserved after a hearing lasting 6 days in the House of Lords, last week, in an appeal arising out of an accident...

In a Line or Two

A new British Standard on aluminium-alloy ingots has been introduced. On December 31. Oswald Tillotson. Ltd., is to repay all...