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27th June 1952
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Page 49

Tough Customer

Road and Farm Transport is a Most Important Factor in Agricultural Economics A GRICULTURAL haulage is more specialized and...

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The Dead Hand On Shipments

0 NE of the best-known men in transport operaation, is Mr. C. E. Jordan, M.Inst.T., and his paper read recently before the...

Passing Comments

New Type-name Wanted gOME public-service-vehicle enthusiasts have been considerably put out by the new airline coach fcir...

Page 51

One Hears

Of a new upholstery material produced by Dunlop. Of users' attacks on tyre prices—and a strong defence by a maker. That...

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New. Allocation Figure

IN order to give the motor manufac turers a greater incentive to export vehicles, I have agreed with the industry that the home...

More Calls for Transport Inquiry

A DECISION not to support de/ -- 1 nationalization until an inquiry had been held was taken at a recent meeting of Halifax...

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£16.5m Still Owing

to Hauliers IT is estimated that some £16.5m. is I still owing to former operators of road haulage undertakings acquired by...

Bus Men Claim More Pay rLAIMS . for a' considerable increase

in pay have been submitted to the National Joint Industrial Council for the road passenger industry on behalf of some 60,000...

New Bedford Fire Appliances

A COMPLETELY new range of / - 1.. Bedford fire appliances will be displayed at Blackpool from June 34 to July 5, during and...

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Men in the News

MR. R. MATHESON has retired from the board of Thomas Tilling, Ltd. MR. K. G. LOWERY has been appointed tyre sales...

Keep Licensing System

" F OR more than 21 years the licensing system has proved itself as a protection of the public interest and an instrument of...

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Eastern Counties Thinks Again

A FTER a two-day hearing, Mr. W. P. S.. Ormond, the Eastern Licensing Authority, adjourned until to-day, further consideration...

New Clause to 1933 A ?

e t THE Traders' Road Transport Asso ciation is supporting the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors in pressing the...

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Encroaching on Hauliers

" I CAN understand you wanting to I use your vehicle to capacity, but you must find some other way of doing it instead of...

Coach Summonses Dismissed

QIX summonses at Marylebone Court last 'week by the Metropolitan Licensing Authority against Mr. George James Miller, trading...

. CORONATION TOURS

A N application has been made by Wallace Arnold Tours, Ltd., to the Yorkshire Licensing Authority to run a three-day-tour from...

NO MORE .TAXES

A NY future increases inluef taxation should not apply to public transport undertakings. Manchester Transport Committee is to...

BUILDING PLANS POSTPONED ('SWING to the economic position N-' and

the steel shortage, the Ministry of Transport has asked South Shields Transport Committee to postpone its £29,000 plan for...

ALUMINIUM EXPORTS RULE

T HE Board of Trade has announced that as from July 1 the price below which it restrictt exports of general manufactures of...

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£200 a Day for Safety

N O fewer than 31 different types of protective clothing and equipment are issued free to employees of the Austin Motor Co.,...

DAIMLER'S INITIAL SUCCESS IN EDINBURGH

L'AVOURABLE reaction to the con1 version of one Edinburgh tram route to motorbus operation is reported by the "Edinburgh...

A.C.V. to Increase Capital

A N extraordinary general meeting of Associated Commercial Vehicles, Ltd., is to be held on July 9 to consider passing...

PROGRESS OF SIMMS EQUIPMENT QPEAKING at the recent annual +-../

general meeting of Simms Motor Units, Ltd., the chairman, Mr. Tom Thornycroft, reported a record year of continued progress,...

NO WITNESSES: APPLICATION DISMISSED

WHEN John Findlay and Co. (Conn' tractors), Ltd., Lochee, applied to operate a vehicle within a six-mile radius of Dundee, it...

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B.R.S. Takes Longer

T WO or three days w er e re q uired by British Road Services to deliver parcels within the Kin g skettle area, whereas a...

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Political Commentary By JANUS

These Barren Leaves "Harsh Would be He Who Denied the B.T.C. a Few Regretful Words at the Obsequies of Integration," but the...

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14 Vehicles Serve 500 Farms a Year

Operating Spreading and Spraying Vehicles Converted from ex-W.D. Chevrolet Chassis, Agricultural Services, Ltd., Faces Problems...

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16 Farm Jobs (Plus) by Land-Rover

By P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech.E. Working 365 Days of the Year, Amenable to Firm Handling and Consuming the Minimum of...

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New Major More Work at Low Cost

By Laurence J. Cotton, M.I.R.T.E. B ECAUSE of its six-speed gearbox and engine torque characteristics, the new Fordson Major...

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Haulage for

Agriculture in 10 Counties In an Area Extending from Cornwall to Kent the R.H.E. and Free Hauliers Work Together in the...

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TRACTOR'S MOWERS LOADERS

The many uses to which the Allen self-propelled motor scythe can be put will be shown by the maker, John Allen and Sons...

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TYRES LUBRICANTS EQU IPMENT An example of the Rockford heavyduty

clutch and power take-off, Micronic oil filters, tie-rod ends, and Borg and Beck clutch components, will form part of the...

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Attested Cattle Demand

Exclusive Travel Says Ashley Taylor, A.M.I.R.T.E. T OGETHER with steps taken during the past 15 years or so to improve the...

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Special B. and E. Side-tippers for Logging

MINE vehicles for use on logging in 1.1 Scandinavia are being adapted by Bromilow and Edwards, Ltd., Foundry Street, Bolton, to...

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Is Parking on Verges Legal?

By a Barrister Grass Verges Not Belonging to Roadside Properties are Part of the Highway and May be Used by Vehicles A LL...

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For International Express Service

EX P R ESS services by road • between the capital cities and important Continental centres have developed apace. since 1946....

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Trailers Lead

on the farm IF ARMERS are great users of trailers, and the most popular type is undoubtedly the twowheeler, which is made for...

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Farmers Prefer Road Transport

Because Markets are Delicate Organisms, the Convenience of Road Haulage is an Asset to Agriculturists : Costing for a 5-ton...

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Chemical De-rusting Speeds Reconditioning

N O single factor has been more responsible for the speed-up in the reconditioning of ex-service vehicles than the chemical...

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Reliance Petition Adjoutned

IN the Chancery Division, on Monday, the Commissioners of-Inland Revenue presented a petition to Mr. Justice Wynn-Parry for...