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28th January 1938
28th January 1938
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No Folly to be Wise

W E have always considered ourselves to be part of the commercial-motor industry— and we leave our relative position to its...

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Passing Comments

A Reader Gives PubA READER from Exeter licit) , to Unjust Law 1-1 . draws attention to a news Ad m inistration . Paper report...

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One Hears

That transport strikes may (temporarily) clear the roads, but they seldom clear the air. That financial circles have faith in...

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NEWS of the WEEK

PANEL FORMED IN GOODS CO-ORDINATION SCHEME. An advisory council of leading operators from every Traffic Area has now been...

L.N.E R. Not Allowed to Amend Appeal A FTER a railway

request to amend an appeal had been resisted for the respondent rbad operators, at York, last week, the Appeal Tribunal...

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MAY C-LICENSEE CARRY GOODS FREE?

If a C-licence . holder carries goods not used in connection with his own business, although he receives no consideration for...

HIGH PROPORTION OF AGED VEHICLES.

The annual return issued by the Ministry of Transport, giving statistics of licences for motor vehicles current during the...

Transit Insurance Notes

CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS "rONSEQUENTIAL loss" is las a familiar exclusion in goods-in-transit policies, but many hauliers may not...

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INDIA'S IMPORTS ADVANCE.

In the six mouths from April 1 to September 30, 1937, 6,995 buses, vans and lorries were imported into India, contrasted with...

"S.T.R. Only Reliable Rates Authority"

1INERHAPS the only authority on rates on whom hauliers could rely— that was how S.T:R„ The Commercial Motor costs expert, was...

Men in the News

Mit, R. H. DENSHAM is the new chairman of the transport committee of the National Farmers Union. DR. W. D. SPENCER, Ph.D.,...

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RAILWAYS DO NOT RECIPROCATE.

A number of decisions by the NorthWestern Licensing Authority in favour of the L.M.S. Railway Co. has been announced...

Emp loyer Liable

for Overloading A DECISION of Bath justices that offences against the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations had...

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SCOTS HAULIER SEEKS " TRANSFE R ."

Application has been made by South Western Transports, Ltd., to , the Southern Scotland Licensing Authority for the " transfer...

How Far May Conduct be Considered?

what extent a Licensing Author ity should take into account the previous conduct of an applicant was an issue raised before...

New Commer 4-cubic-yd. 30-m.p.h. Tipper R ATED as a 5-tonner, an

all-steel end-tipping lorry, with a capacity of 4 cubic yds., has just been introduced by Commer Cars, Ltd., Luton. The body...

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What an Operator Thinks of

Alternative Fuels A CTUAL experiences of certain alternative fuels, and views on the possibilities of a number of others, were...

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Utility Need Not Cramp

STYLE IN LAUNDRY VANS T HE laundry trade has always used a van with sufficient headroom. to enable the driver to stand up...

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Mechanical-horse Outfits for National Defence

N O mean part in the measures that are being taken to preserve peace in this country by rearmament is being played by...

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Watch Your Tyre Costs

A FTER 15 years spent in selling and servicing tyres, I have come to the conclusion that, as a whole, they do not give more...

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Britain's Roads Must be a Compromise

IN its report just published, the 'German Roads Delegation, which lna.de a tour

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" Cheap-jack " Employers Who "Kill the Goose"

By A Driver IT RANSPORT operators, other than owner-drivers, are dependent on their drivers, who, in the world of employees,...

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Drastic Action by Tax Authority a B ECAUSE reweighing of a

vehicle ',showed a figure that placed it in a higher taxation category, a Wakefield haulage firm have been surcharged...

What the Associations are Doing

C.M.U.A. FORMS THREE YORKSHIRE BRANCHES. Last week's recruiting campaign in Yorkshire by the C.M.U.A. was highly successful,...

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A decline in the number of A-licence vehicles and an

increase of 11 per cent. in C-licence machines was, in itself, one of the greatest condemnations of the 1933 Act, said Mr. R....

A PART from any other considera

tion, Forest of Dean Sub-area of A.R.O. is notable as one in which rates for the haulage of coal have been agreed and...

National Dues too High ?

IF the demand of headquarters for a I still larger allocation from subscriptions be pressed, it will be financially impossible...

"Meek" Hauliers Attacked

NAEEKNESS on the part of road aloperators was attacked by Major H. E. Crawfurd, on Monday, at a supper arranged by A.R.O. East...

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Putting the Best Into the Battery

A MONGST the many components of a commercial vehicle, whether it be propelled by, a petrol or oil engine, one of the most...

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By Making Adequate Provision for Depreciation, the Need for Purchasing Vehicles on the Instalment System will be Removed

How to Avoid HIRE-PURCHASE TANGLES (, 4 IRE-PURCHASE business is H at the back of half the troubles in the road-haulage...

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OPINIONS and UERIES

AN APPRECIATION OF S.T.R.'s LECTURES. [5253] I shall be glad if you will send me one of your Operating Costs Record books. As...

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Beating the Skid Bogy

I T is to be hoped that the large gathering of road engineers and other responsible officials representing 115 local councils...

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Operating Aspects of

• Passenger Transport TROLLEYBUS PLANS IN EAST LONDON L ONDON TRANSPORT will make important extensions to its trolleybus...

How Should New Pick-ups be Treated?

WHETHER the North-Western IN Traffic Commissioners were right in 'granting an additional picking-up point outside the immediate...

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100,000 TO SAVE BEST BUS ROUTES

T 0 save its best-paying bus routes, Edinburgh must spend £100,000 to lower roads under bridges, otherwise double-deck buses...

Giant Garage and Drivers' Hostel Opened

L AST week, Mr. Walter Elliot, M.P., Secretary of State for Scotland, officially opened the new headquarters of the Road...

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Semi-automatic Fluid Transmission

P ATENT No. 476,887, by Juno Corporation, Ltd., 407, McGill Street, Montreal, describes-a fluid , tra.nsmission Of the...