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28th May 1937
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Effects of the Bus Strike

I T may be that by the time this issue appears the London bus strike will be over. On May 7 we wrote that early action should...

Reducing Road Accidents

A CCIDENTS on the road are seldom inevitable, but there is far too great a tendency to regard many of them in this light....

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Fixing Routes for A Licences

ALTHOALTHO UGH under the Road and Rail Traffic UGH there is no specific provision for binding hauliers to certain routes,...

W.D. Trials a Unique Event

P ARTICULAR interest, this year, attaches to the War Office Trials now being held among the North Wales mountains, because they...

Passing Comments

New Conduct Con IT will be satisfactory to many t r o I for Coroners of the public, including road Welcomed users, to learn...

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One Hears—

More of light-alloys for bodywork. That the " conference season" is in full swing. Of efforts to develop a sound formula for...

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A CHANGE OF MINISTER?

It is believed in many knowledgeable quarters that there will be - an important change in the Ministry of Transport, which may...

"Scrap National Board's Decisions"

A LTHOUGH the wages committee's report has, in the main, met with a large measure of approval among employers in the Yorkshire...

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FEARS OF " RAMP " IN FILM • TRANSPORT.

Anomalies in 'film-transport costs, owing to different bases of charging, were referred to by Mr. S. Grimshaw at a meeting of...

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DUNDEE SECURES PARCELS LICENCE.

Mr. Henry Riches, Northern Scotland Licensing Authority, issued a warning when he granted an applicaVon by Dundee Corporation...

Drastic Licence Suspensions

IN two cases recently, the Yorkshire Licensing Authority and his deputy have suspended carriers' licences in consequence of...

Traders May Not Choose, Say Railways

T RADERS should not be allowed to chOoSe their own Means for transport, said a railway solicitor, at Liverpool, : last Friday....

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NATIONALIZATION URGED.

National control of a co-ordinated system of transport alone would solve the difficulties and needs of users and employees of...

Railways to Join in Road Rates Talks-?

'VINT an invitation will be extended to the railways to co-operate with the road-transport industry in the efforts which have...

Municipal Purchases and Proposals

Grimsby Corporation is buying six A.E.C. Regent buses. thirham County Council is buying three Leyland Cub goods vehicles....

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Appeal Rulings that Aff ect A-licensees

Scope of Bouts-Tillotson Decision Extended, and Questions of Changes of Business and Lapses of Operation Reviewed P RINCIPLES...

Tribunal Orders Stay of Execution A LLOWING appeals in the case of

the L.M.S. and L.N.E. Railway companies versus D. R. Stuart, the Tribunal ordered a stay of execution for 30 days, to permit...

Business Changed, But Licence Granted

U NUSUAL circumstances, explained in The Commercial Motor on April. 23, surrounded the appeal of the Southern Railway Co....

Business Transferred : No New Licence

D IFFICULTIES of a small haulage business came to light in the appeals of Modern Haulage Services, Ltd., Carlisle, which were...

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Tribunal Orders Granting of A Licence A LLEGATIONS by the Metropolitan

Licensing by that an applicant was endeavouring to secure a privileged position were discounted by the Appeal Tribunal, this...

Power-farming Interest High at Bath Show

THE major agricultural shows are led 1 in point of date by the Bath and West, which is being held this week (May 26-29) at...

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Raise Rates for Long-distance Haulage

T HIS 'series was unavoidably interrupted by an article written to conform with the general tenor of the previous issue of The...

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How to Lose Your Licence!

Neglect to Comply with any Condition May Result in the Suspension or Revocation of a Licence, Apart From a Heavy Fine. Dangers...

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March Registrations Out of Step

Goods Vehicles Still on the Down Grade, but Hackneys Make a Better Showing. Market Possibilities Revealed by the Latest...

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MEETING TRANSPORT PR(

3LEMS WITH CONTAINERS Designing Lift Vans to Save Weight and Afford Maximum Accessibility. Speeding UP Loading and Unloading...

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Federal Chassis Return to the British Market

I T is a well-known fact that in the country of its origin the Federal has established itself in popular favour miong both...

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Analysing Engine Condition

Without Dismantling The Crypton Portable Engine test Equipment Enables a Rapid Check to be Made of the Performance of the...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES WHEN ARE CUT RATES FOR RETURN JOURNEYS AN UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICE? [5051] This vital question is seen to be...

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Economic Coaling by Tractor and Trailers

O N January 1 of this year, T. M. Erskine and Co,, the Scottish agent for Karrier Motors, Ltd., Luton, supplied a Cob Junior...

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Operators' Opinions of British Gas Vehicles

First H.S.G. Luny in Service Giving Great Satisfaction. Highland Operator Places Order for Coach. Yorkshire Bus Owner Much...

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All-round Efficiency the

Hallmark of THE DODGE 3-TONNER Road Test No. 258 Minor Modifications which Have Improved the Perforrnance of a Popular...

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What the Associations

Are Doing MUNICIPAL WAGE GRADING PROTESTS BY C.M.U.A. Acceptance of higher wage rates by local authorities in its territory...

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MORE PAY FOR 7,000 • BUS WORKERS

I MPROVED wages and working con ditions have been agreed between the employees and the managements of the Birmingham and...

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FIRST MUNICIPAL RESULTS BRIGHT

A MONG the. first municipal. authorities to announce their passen g ertransport results for the past year are those of...

JOINT STATION ENTERPRISE.

C OMBINE and independent interests have united in the formation of Otley Omnibus Stations, Ltd., : an £8,000 private company....

BRIGHTON REPORT ACCEPTED

O N Monday ni g ht, Bri g hton General Purposes Committee approved, by 24 votes to three, the principle of a report by...

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No Support for London Strikers E FFORTS to implicate the tram

and trolleybus men in the strike of central London bus workers have com- pletely failed. Consequently, this week, the busmen...

Bus Comfort and How to Achieve It

Some Points from a Paper by Mr. R. Beveridge on the Lighting. Heating and Ventilating of Passenger Vehicles T HE second paper...

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A High-performance Two-stroke Engine

M OST of the unorthodox patents seem to emanate from the Continent, and the design of engine shown in patent No. 4(14,022 is no...