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3rd December 1948
3rd December 1948
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Utility for Coaches a Farce

G OVERNMENT Departments have, at times, issued some very foolish instructions and, to our mind, one of the most ridiculous of...

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No Extra Vehicles for Maintenance

I N its decision on the appeals of the Railway Executive and C. H. Brace and others, the Appeal Tribunal states clearly that...

Still No Consultative Committees

W HY has the Minister of Transport not yet set up the Transport Consultative Committees laid down in the Transport Act? They...

Passing Comments

Useful Suggestion for A MOST interesting idea Heavy-braking expounded by .Mr. R. B. Recording Device , Daniell, A.E.R.T.E., at...

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One Hears

Of more anti-dazzle regulations in the near future. That what is really required is more light on this controversial subject....

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News of the Week

Extra Tonnage for Maintenance Not Justified: Group Operation THERE is no justification under 1. Section 6 (2) (d) of the Road...

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No Delay in Issuing Permits, but They Will be Reduced

to a Minimum T HE Road Transport Executive does not intend to withhold the granting of permits to hauliers to operate beyond a...

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Personal Pars

MR. M 3, MULVIHILL has been appointed manager of the Southampton branch of the British Wagon Co., Ltd. MR. N. A. Moo, general...

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Nationalization of Haulage Will

Not End Next Year THE chairman of the Road Trans ./ port Executive, Major-General G. N. Russell, was the guest of honour at...

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AGREEMENT FOR STANDARD SCREW-THREAD FORMS

U NIF1CATION of screw threads between Britain and the U.S.A. has been under discussion for the past 40 years, but, despite the...

Vehicles Made as Good as New O NE of the largest

service stations %-/devoted to a single make of vehicle —the Austin—is that of The Car Mart, Ltd. It is at the Welsh Harp,...

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Huddersfield Trolleybus Costs Low E XCEPT for one undertaking which does

not operate double-deckers, Huddersfield Corporation's trolleybus operating costs per mile are lower than those of any other...

More Trainee Executives Required THE London Branch of the Indus.'

HE Transport Association held its first post-war dinner-dance on November 23, the chairman of the area, Mr. Noel G. Brookes,...

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HOW FAR Flik SUSPENSION PROGRESSED ?

Asks L. J. COTTON, M.I.R.T.E. No extraordinary dinner, nor any other entertainment good, but afterwards to the trial of some...

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High Cour.t. Order Against Licensing Authority ?

T HE King's Bench Divisional Court, last week, granted leave to B. E. Barrett, Ltd., Luton, to apply for an order of mandamus...

Important Decision on Insurance

N appeal against the decision of the Bridgend, Glamorgan, magistrates in failing to convict Alfred May, haulier and coal...

Uninsured Lorry : Appeal " Hopeless "

" T HIS is a hopeless appeal," said the Lord Chief Justice (Lord Goddard) in the King's Bench Divisional Court, last week, in...

Cyclist Struck by Lorry Door

A CASE in which a cyclist was hurt when a driver opened the door of his stationary vehicle came before the King's Bench...

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Do Your Invoices Satisfy

th e Customer ? Asks G. B. Beardsley, Properly . Compiled Accounts Earn Good Will for the Haulier and Invite Prompt Settlement....

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Keeping Farm Vehicles

Hard at Work As we stood out in the spacious frontage, looking at the garage, a big Dodge drew up at the pumps. On its door, I...

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Nuffield Tractor

Now in Production T HE Nuffield universal tractor, of which details were first published in "The Commercial Motor," more than...

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ALL-IN COSTS OF FURNITURE REMOVALS•

E XAMINING the final figures in the analysis of vehicle operating costs, as set out in the accompanying schedule, which was...

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Dennis Patents, a Chassisless Tanker

A TANKER vehicle in which the container also does duty as the chassis frame, forms the subject of a recent patent taken out by...

Hydraulic Coupling for Farm Trailers

T WO new farm trailers incorporating an automatic hydraulic hitch, which enables the driver to couple a trailer to a tractor...

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STATIC SHOCKS FROM BUSES 'y VO UR correspondent, "Shocked," whose letter

OUR in your issue of November 5, 1948, should be answered by one more technical than I, but I would like to enlighten him on...

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A Novelty in Suspension Arrangements

A Resume' of Recently Published Patent Specifications A N independent-suspension system is shown in patent No. 604,648, by R....