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29th November 1946
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Wanted A Guild Spirit in Industry

C OMPARED with the situation in America, industrial relationships in this country might almost be described as happy, and...

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An Admission and a Challenge

("NN October 23, in a debate with Mr. R. W. Sewill, Mr. Maurice Webb, vice-chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party, made...

Passing comments

Lady Who is Keen WHILE road - testing a Guy to Get her Guy After " Vixen, recently, we drew So Long . . . into the entrance to...

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One Hears—

That the weather has been floody awful. That what is " purely " political is sometimes dirty work. Not much these times of...

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Difficult to Prove Need for Nationalization—Labour Leader I N a broadcast debate with Mr. R. W.

Sewill, on October 23, Mr. Maurice Webb, vice-chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party, said if one took the haulier's...

Public—Not Private—Monopoly,

Says Mr. Morrison I N the debate on the Address in the House of Commons last week, the Lord President of the Council, Mr....

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Labour States Case for

Nationalization A T last a reasonably coherent case for the nationalization of road transport has been published, although not...

STATE THREAT TO C-LICENSEE

A STATEMENT that a preliminary plan had already been prepared for the nationalization of transport by Clicence vehicles was...

"Operation Traffic Jam"

VFN if the present Government 1-4 carried through its plans for the nationalization of the road transport industry, that...

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Personal Pars

MR. G. NORTOtq has been appointed production manager of the Daimler group of companies. Ma. MERVYN TALBOT has joined...

AUSTIN-CROMPTON. PARKINSON BATTERY ELECTRICS

A MOST interesting development. in the field of battery-electric vehicles and industrial trucks is the agreement just reached...

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GRANTHAM CREDITORS MAY BE PAID IN FULL

A T a meeting of creditors of Grantham Productions, Ltd., last Friday, Mr. W. D. Kendall, M.P., said that many people had...

Minister Praises

Motor Industry T HE 34th dinner of the S.M.M.T. was held in London on November 20. The president, Mr. H. L. Kenward, was in...

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150 PRIZE FOR EXPORT BUS DESIGN

A PRIZE of £50, and a medal awarded by the Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers of London, will be given...

In' a Line or Two

The National Federation of Fruit and Potato Trades is to support the anti nationalization campaign. Morris Motors, Ltd., is...

ZONE SCHEME ENDS NEXT WEEK

Z 0NING arrangements for the collection of bones and inedible fats will be ended from December 2. The arrangements concerned,...

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Aircraft Practice in

Van Body Construction M ANY people hold the view that the coachbuilt body is on its way out. Certainly, the all-metal or...

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Swedish Road Policy More Enlightened than British

" THE highway authorities in this country are greatly handicapped by inadequate financial resources, and many proposals for...

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Road and Air Combine to Speed the Mail

By George H. Scragg, of the White Motor Co. T 'THERE are good reasons for believing that it may not be long before all United...

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Aluminium in Maintenance Work

Dr. E. G. West Explains,to Maintenance Engineers the Technique of Handling Aluminium O N November 14 Dr. E. G. West, of the...

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Major E. H. B. PALMER, 0.B.E., Offers

Advice to an Applicant T O the haulier who expects shortly to appear before a Licensing Authority for the first time I would...

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THEY ALSO SERVE

Rarely in the Limelight, a "Ghost" Fleet of Many Varied Vehicles is Run by London Transport to Help Maintain its Passenger...

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VEHICLES AVAILABLE ON • THE HOME MARKET

Brief Details and Prices O N this and succeeding pages will be found a list of vehicles, both goods and passenger at present...

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These Problems Must

Iced in DESIGNIN S TURBINES By 3. PICKLES, A.M.IA.E. T O discuss the design of a gas turbine small enough to be used in a...

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Has the Double-decker. Outworn its Usefulness?

WHETHER the double-deck bus has VI' reached the end_ of its tether" was a question raised by Mr. T. H. Parkinson, motor vehicle...

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Staggering

the Only Hope, Says M.O.T. S ETTING up of 14 local transport groups in the central area of London, in order to provide...

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ACTION FOLLOWS "STAGGERING" SUGGESTION COLLOWING the Minister of Trans' port's

proposals for the staggering of hours in London, a meeting of Chambers of Commerce was held yesterday to discuss the...

Rail Monop oly Broken

T HE granting by the Durban Trans1 portation Board of an application to run a coach service between Durban and Johannesburg, in...

BUSES TO BE RUN AT A LOSS

I) URING a debate on , passenger transport at Sheffield City Council's November meeting, it was stated that 20 buses were to be...

HOUSING PROGRESS DEMONSTRATED—BY COACH rOACH tours are to be run

by Glas%-• gow Transport Department with the object of giving the public a chance to see the practical progress of the housing...

QUALIFICATIONS OF INSPECTORS

B LACKPOOL Corporation's transport workers decided, on November 22, to seek a ruling from the Joint Industrial Council as to...

COACHES TO HELP WIN THE PEACE

G RANTING an application by J. Nicholson and Sons (New Washington), Ltd. ' to operate additional day tours from Washington, Co....

GATESHEAD'S TRAMS TO BE OUSTED BY TROLLEYBUSES

G ATESHEAD'S trams are to be replaced by trolleybuses. Orders for 83 trolleybuses, worth £250,000, have been placed by the...

COLCHESTER'S MANAGER DIES

T HE death of Mr. Ronald R. Macaulay, A.M.I.A.E., general manager of Colchester Transport Department, occurred last week. He...

ELECTRICITY CUTS TO HIT ' TRANSPORT MEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE City Coun cil

has applied unsuccessfully for exemption from the proposed electricity cuts which are expected to take place periodically...

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The Master Check on COSTS and CHARGES

J HAVE recently finished the preparation of a new edition of "The Commercial Motor" Tables of Operating Costs, which were...

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Links Between Makers and

Maintenance Engineers Developments in Design Have Increased Complication and Brought Greater Problems to the Engineer W ITH...

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Improved Technique in Light-alloy Casting •

A Resume of Recently Published Patent, Specifications A LLOYS of the magnesium group, which are chosen on account of their...