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31st December 1948
31st December 1948
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A Year of Portent

T O-MORROW is the first day of a New Year, and one which finds two large and important sections of road transport awaiting...

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Feed for the Guinea Pig

A LTHOUGH there seems to be little doubt that the Road Transport Executive would have preferred to have left in abeyance the...

Passing Comments

Why the Use of qomE light metals have Light Metals is ApS OME four times the preciated volume as the same weight of steel, but...

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One Hears—

Of meteoric road making with Cornets in Gloucestershire That landing space for helicopters will be provided in the bus station...

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News of the Week

12,791 NEW C-LICENCE VEHICLES THE total number of C-licence vehicles rose to 593,869 at the end of November, an increase of...

R.T.E.

Acquired 23 Undertakings During November A LEEDS concern of body-repair in• and maintenance specialists and two storage...

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R.T.E. Chairman's "No Rise in Bus Fares"—Yet: Operators Reply

THE statement made by Major ' HE G. N. Russell, chairman of the Road Transport Executive, at Newcastle last week, that rumours...

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Person

at Pars MR. H. J. PENN, a director of Murex Welding Processes, Ltd., has been appointed general manager of the Murex group of...

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L.T.E. is Cal

ling the Tune T HE attitude of the London Transport Executive towards its undertaking is regarded by the London Chamber of...

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North-east Selected for First Area Scheme for Passenger Transport. Administration

by Area Boards. Local Authorities Oppose Nationalization. Sub-committee Formed to Draft Proposals. Cumberland Excluded from...

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• Sterilizing Equipment in Mobile Ice-cream Shop

A SCOTTISH firm of ice-cream r't manufacturers have just put into service a vehicle which is claimed 40 be the first of its...

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"Mine's a Bedford,"

says Aerowata Progressive -North-Western Mineral-water Manufacturer and Bottler Celebrated End of Control with Purchase of New...

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THE R.T.E. LAY DOWN STORES SYSTEM

Localized Pooling of Transport Under Nationalization will Bring Bigger - Maintenance Depots. This Article Outlines the...

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ELECTRIC BRAKING

on the Modern Trolleybus B RAKE wear on motorbuses and trolleybuses presents no easy problem to thoseresponsible for...

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Aluminium-steel Trolleybus Cables

O VERHEAD contact cables of aluminium and steel have been used experimentally for some years on certain trolleybus routes of...

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DRIVER IN AUSTRALIA PROUD OF HIS LEYLAND

PREVIOUS to my arrival in Australia in July, 1947, I was a lorry driver with a haulage company in Dartford. Out here I am still...

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Seddon Prefabricates Metal Bus .Bodies

rAESIGNED specially to meet the L./ needs of the export market, allmetal bus bodies are, as announced in "The Commercial Motor"...

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A BUS THAT ALMO DRIVES ITSELF

By L. J. COTTON, M.LR.T.E A N answer to a driver's prayer for an ideal vehicle to handle is provided by the Daimler CVD 650...

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Leyland Rewards Bright Young Men

VOR a long time the company had been doing what people were now being recommended to do, said Mr. C. B. Nixon, chairman, at the...

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A Friction-restricted Differential Gear

A Resume' of Recently Published Patent Specifications T HE usual type of differential gear permits the drive to be completely...