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30th May 1952
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A Cleft Stick

T approach to road passenger transport, in contrast with its uncompromising attitude towards road haulage, surprised and ....

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Good Roads As Economic Assets

C OGENT facts concerning the vital importance of improving our road system were given by Mr. C. T. Brunner in his recent...

Pas . sing Comments

Soften the Blow A RAILWAYMAN who, at the conference of the 1 ". Transport Salaried Staffs Association, announced that he was...

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One Hears

That the White Paper was bound to get some black looks. That 77 per cent. of Dodge vehicles built in Britain are exported....

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New Transport Bill in July : Union Opposition Grows : Levy Attacked

W HEN the White Paper on transport policy was discussed in the House of Commons, last week, indications were given of how its...

Tax Bias Condemned Internationally

T HEproposed levy on road goods transport gives topical importance to the report prepared by the International Chamber of...

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Men in the News

MR. F. Witawoors has been elected president of the British Association of International Removers. MR. F. A. URRERrorq, a...

Giant Machine to Test Bridges

A N 85-ton vehicle designed to test the strength of road bridges was driven from Christchurch, Hants, where it was built, to a...

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Llanelly Trolleybus Bill to Proceed

T HE preamble of the Llanelly District HE Bill is to proceed, having been - allowed by the House of Lords Select Committee. The...

R.H.E. pays £1,000 to Fruit Broker

H OLDING that Young's Express 'Transport, a unit of the Road Haulage Executive, had promised to clear a consignment of pears...

Maudslay Society Helps Students

CORMED some 30 years ago, the Maudslay Society has as its objects the preservation of the memory and work of Henry Maudslay,...

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"Fortifying" Ribble Revenue : 2d. Minimum. for Bradford

D ESERVING decision on the applica tion of Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., to increase fares - on express services and...

In a Line or Two

A - party of Turkish Government officials visited the Leyland Motors' factory last week. Hall and Hall, Ltd., Oldfield Works,...

Mr. Thorneyeroft Opens "3M" Plant

NTY years ago unemploymerr in the Gorseinon area of South Wales was nearly a third of the insured population. Even four years...

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Testing Tyres by Dynamite

B LOW-OUT tests of front and rear tyres by means of dynamite caps in the covers were features of a demonstration held by the...

Northern Roadways • Taking Advice

F OLLOWING the refusal of the Metropolitan Licensing Authority to allow Northern Roadways, Ltd., to tun extra coaches on the...

Spraying 2,000 Gallons of Tar

A 2,000-GALLON tar sprayer, converted by the Municipal Appliances Co., Ltd., Bamber Bridge, near Preston, from an cx-W.D....

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New Institute Founded

U TSERS of mechanical-handling equipment have formed the Institute of Material Handling, with Mr. T. Mott (Vauxhall Motors,...

Compensation Award of £25,000 Quashed

T ' Queen's Bench Divisional Court (Lord Goddard, Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Devlin and Mr. Justice Gorman) last week...

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Political Commentary By JANUS

Inside Information W HAT does it feel like to be nationalized? So far the answers to this question have come mainly from...

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SWEETS BY ROAD

the post-war trend Part Two By Alan Smith I N the first part of this article, attention was drawn to the different methogs...

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I.o.T.A. Conference

Clerical Staff D'enied Voice in Affairs B LACK-COATED workers in company-controlled road passenger transport undertakings were...

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Should Long-distance Traffic Go by Road?

A FIER saying that he had no practical connection with.transport and that his approach to the subject was purely academic,...

Charter, fo r Industry

A SUGGESTION that all political parties should agree to a transport charter covering a period of 20 years to stabilize the...

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Continent's Best in International Rally

By Alfred Woolf, B.A. Dresenting Eight Nations, Vehicles Based on 18 ferent Makes and Types of assis Competed in the Nice...

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Wanted :

A New Belief in Free Enterprise By Ralph Cropper, M.Sc.(Econ.), B.A., A.M.Inst.T. "To Undermine the Appeal of the Theory of...

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Tory and Labour Policies Clarified

Mr. Lennox-Boyd and Mr. Morrison Expounded their Respective Parties' Views on Transport; Mr. Churchill Referred to the...

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Clicensees Must Keep Guard

A DECLARATION that every trader operating a C-licence vehicle must remain on guard against renewed threats to his freedom is...

Trucks and Engines at Canadian Fair

THREE examples of Conveyancer .1 fork-lift trucks will be shown by Conveyancer Fork Trucks .(Canada), Ltd., at the Canadian...

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Opinions and Queries' 1929 Le y land

Still Running A LTHOUGH 1 am one of the many small operators in Scotland who do not find much time for letter writing, on...

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Legal Aspects of P.S.V. Operation

"The Commercial Motor" Costs Expert Discusses Points of Interest to a NeWcomer to the Road Passenger Industry, and Describes...