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30th September 1949
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"Going Slow" is Theft

rrilHE principle-0r 'shall we say' lack of principle of going slow" as a kind of alternative to 'a full time strike, is a...

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Courtesy Oils the Wheels of Pleasure

F DR those whose mothers came from Ireland there Was always joy in returning thither, even before the present era, when the...

Passing Comments Steel-sprayed Lenses qamE industrial works for Anti-glare S OME

Steel-sprayed Lenses qamE industrial works for Anti-glare S OME

as well as the Glasses driving of vehicles, -require continuous or interrupted use of eye protection from glare A recently...

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Spearhead Thrust at Northern Scheme

New A.E.C. Bus with Underfloor Engine INITIAL details have now been released by the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd.,...

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11.11.A. Boost for Free Hauliers

A S a. to the Road Haulage Executive's gazetteer of state-controlled haulage undertakings, the Road Haulage Association's...

R.H.E. CHECKING HAULIERS' STOCKS

I T is understood that the Road Haul age Executive is now employing stocktakers, ostensibly to assist hauliers in the...

International Co-operation in Transport Progresses

N INEIEEN nations have signed a new , international road traffic convention in Geneva. Thus ended the world road transport...

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Hauliers Can Still Serve Traders

-u0WEVER one may attempt to disguise it, the tremendous increase in the number of C-licence vehicles is mainly due to the fear...

NEVER SAY DIE:

1 4R. W. McCREADY, managing IVL director of McCready Bros., Ltd., Liverpool, whose haulage business was acquired by British...

FINER FEATHERS FOR EFFICIENCY

L-ROM observations made during a recent visit to Canada, the certifying officer of the West Midland Area, Mr. F. H. Paul, is...

OBITUARY

WE regret to record the death of MR. W A. R. SADLER, director of Pirelli, Ltd. A founder member of the Tyre Manufacturers...

Men in the News

MR. C. G. St ANTON has beet' appointed sales manager of C. M. Boak and Co., Ltd., tyre factor, of Nottingham and Derby. ' MR....

Concerted . -Drive to Stop Theft .• A DVICE on how to stop

pilferage of goods in store and transit is given in an attractively produced booklet entitled "Pilferage," published by the...

GUIDE TO PERFORMANCE

T HE road tests carried out by our associated journal, " The Motor," are widely accepted as being the most authoritative guide...

TRANSPORT LOSSES IN N.S.W.

AR. McGIRR, Premier of New IV] South Wales, revealed recently that a loss of £A377,000 on the operation of the buses and trams...

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Take Provisional Payments"

NfiEMBERS of the long-distance cenIntral panel of the Road Haulage Association, at a meeting on September 22, were advised by...

QUALITIES OF SALES MANAGERS

rINE of the main qualities of a sales manager should be ability to plan ahead, and a good general manager should leave him a...

300 PER CENT. MORE DOULARS NEEDED

A CCORoING to a statement issued to trade associations and other bodies by the Dollar Exports Board, Britain must now earn by...

. R.H.A. MEMBERSHIP UP

A LTHOUGH members have been ('host through nationalization, the Road Haulage Association had, at July 31 this year, slightly...

In a Line or Two

The offices of the Professional Engineers Appointments Bureau have been moved to 9, Victoria Street, Westtrinster, London,...

NEW RUBBER-METAL BUMPER

A NEW bumper bar designed for use I — I on coaches has been produced by Weathershields, Ltd., 48, Moor Street, Birmingham. •...

NATIONAL TRANSPORT STRIKE IN EIRE.?

A N attempt was made this week by 450 railway road transport workers in Eire to extend a strike, in which they have been taking...

Remove Controls— Lord . Nuffield " THE34th Internaticinal Motor Show I opens

at a time when the -whole economic structure - of the British Empire is at the cross-roads," said Lord Nuffield, in a statement...

NO SPRINGS NEEDED ON SPECIAL TRAILERS

IT is not necessary to have springs on 1 a trailer designed for and used in operations over rough roads. This point of law was...

NEW DEVICE TO SAVE FUEL

K NOWN as the Autoscope, a new device to indicate when depression of the accelerator exceeds engine requirements has been...

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Crosville Fights Llandudno ,Council Over Tours

A DISPUTE between Llandudno ri Urban District Council and_Crosville Motor Services, Ltd, (owned by the British Transport...

Threat of Strike Brings. Results

NAIDDLESBROUGH'S 360 municipal iv.' busmen, who refused to work on Saturday 'afternoons because the transport committee would...

END OF "CLOSED SHOP"?

A BOLITION of Leeds Corporation's "closed-shop" rule, enforcing trade-union membership on industrial employees of the...

VEHICLES—BUT NO MONEY THAT delivery of products in respect 1

of many orders from overseas had been prevented because of exchange difficulties was stated by Mr. James Wild, chairman of...

EIGHT BOLTS MAKE CONTAINER • "FIXED" •

B RIDGWATER magistrates last week decided that when a container was fixed to a vehicle by eight bolts it was part of "the...

Only. Polities Justify Area Scheme

T HAT an area road passenger transport board in the West Midlands could not be justified except as a political manoeuvre was an...

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Technicians Needed to Boost Exports

B RITISH companies seeking to expand their export trade must send, overseas, men who can stand up to technical examination, and...

PRIZES FOR VEHICLES I N the exhibition and sale of used

vehicles held by the Measham Motor Sales Organization at Measham, Mr. E. 0. Griffiths, West Bromwich, was awarded first prize...

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Aspects of the RTE. Report

Our Third Article Refers to Inter-Executive Co-ordination, Wages and Conditions, Formation of Transport Nuclei and the Northern...

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Two Men Load a Ton a Minute

A REMARKABLE demonstration in rapid loading and unloading of a 101-ton indivisible load by a driver and mate with no other...

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CO-ORDINATION

East of Manchester By C. S. DUNBAR, Minst.T. T O the east of Manchester is a group of municipal operators which, for many...

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The Clydesdale A REAL I

DRK HORSE Powered by the Albion Four-cylindered Oil Engine, the Clydesdale Tractor Operates With Smoothness and Efficiency....

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Demonstration by 70 Fordson Tractors

Visitors from 14 Countries Came to Essex Recently To See the Latest Mechanical Aids to Farming D URING the first six months of...

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Wanted Greater Headroom in Vans

TO-DAY one often hears of jobs being arranged to I give the minimum of fatigue, as apart from that caused by the actual work...

THERE ARE HIRE CARS— AT A PRICE 1 SHOULD like

to comment on your leader of September 2, and the letter from Mr. C. T. Humpidge, published by you on September 16, both headed...

DRIVERS SHOULD "KERB" LONDON'S BUSES T HE article by Mr. Ashley

Taylor, A.I.R.T.E., in "The Commercial Motor" dated September 9 and entitled "The Obstacle Race Between Work and Home,"...

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Glicensed Vehicles on Long-distance Haulage

Now that the A Contract Licence is Almost a Thing of the Past, Operators Are Exploring Other Avenues to Keep in the Road...

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Indoctrination by the 13 T C.

The First Annual Report, the Charing Cross Exhibition and the New House Organ for Employees are Propaganda Works of Consummate...

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Building Bodies from Standard Sections

IN a new design of body built by 1 Holmes (Preston), Ltd., Preston, Lanes, the object has been to reduce the number of...

Cold Bending by Hand Appliance

P RODUCED by Chamberlain Industries, Ltd., Staffa Road, London. E.I0, the Staffs' 4-in, tube bender, originally a motorized...

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Two Injectors Give Improved Starting

A COMBUSTION system for oil i — tengines-forms the subject of patent No. 625,946, from H. Ricardo and G. Holt, Bridge Works,...