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3rd January 1947
3rd January 1947
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Continue The Fight

O N December 18 the second reading of the Transport Bill was carried by 362 votes to 204. The figures, although naturally...

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The Silent Force A T a recent political meeting, a representative

of a firm of commercial-vehicle dealers asked what would be the position of the retail trade under nationalization. When he was...

Passing Comments

Transport Manager A N owner-drivers' course, Gives Technical Train1-1 . for which 213 students ing to Motorists . have been...

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One Hears

Of little on the road over Xmas. Of more than one sees these days. That the Government atmosphere is conducive to fog. Of a...

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News of the Week

NATIONALIZATION MAY BRING FINANCIAL CRASH D ANGER of a national financial crash through the Government's nationalization...

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Personal Pars MR. H. F. SMALLWOOD has succeeded the. late

MR. S. M. WILFoab as chairman of the board of W. H, Dorman and Co., Ltd. MR. THOMAS A. LOVELL, A.M.I.B.E„ has been elected...

LEGALIZING OVER-LENGTH DOUBLE-DECKERS

CERTAIN double-deck, four-wheeled buses were put into service in June, 1942, and, to legalize the position concerning these,...

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SPARES FOR EX-SERVICE VEHICLES

D 'sQUIET in the matter of spare parts for ex-military vehicles sold by the retail motor trade was voiced by Mr. C. R. Crane,...

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Mobile Publicity for the British Legion

T HE British Legion has placed in service a mobile broadcasting and cinema van, which is at present touring the Home Counties,...

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I N the 1920s, Mr. L. Sicard sold his farm to

finance a project for the development of a rotary snow plough that was later to be widely employed in keeping Catitda's roads...

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[Nat Form Will

THE GA URBINE Take? By J. PICKLES, A.M.I.A.E. T HAT the gas turbine will eventually be used as a roadvehicle power unit is...

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Standard Tests for Brake Facings ?

T "idea of standard specificationsfor vehicle brake facings met with opposition at a recent meeting of the Institution of...

Bright Hopes for Plastics in Bus Body Design

"IF one remembers that plastics generally are about five times lighter than steel, and thus tighter than aluminium, it must 'be...

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Passenger Transport News

NATIONALIZATION THREAT: S.M.T. PAYS BIGGER DIVIDENDS S 0 far as he was aware, no one in the industry had been consulted about...

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SOUND BUSINESS BA(

EDINBURGH'S BUSES By J. D. McLintock V ISUALIZE a graph of the operating expenses of Edinburgh Corporation's buses from 1919...

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• OPINIONS and

UERIES STAFF COMPENSATION UNDER TRANSPORT NATIONALIZATION pART VII, Clause 105, of the Transport Bill states: " The Minister...

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GOODS

I LOOKED forward to a visit to A. and A. E. Blackbourn, Ltd., of Grimsby, with more than usual interest, because this company...

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Vehicles for the Oil Engineer

T WO vehicles have recently been completed by Bromilow and Edwards, Ltd., Bolton, for operation under arduous conditions in the...

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The Construction of Chassisiess Vehicles

A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications T HE advent of the chassisless vehicle calls for many changes in the...