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The B.T.C. Shuts the Door

A NY hope that free hauliers may have entertained of co-operative working with the State transport undertaking has been...

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Feather Beds for Early Passengers .

M ANY bus operators have for some time expressed the opinion that concession fare , . for " workmen " are an anachronism. The...

Passing Comments

ProductionandQuality CAREFUL workmanship is. Improved by Incentive •--" together with quality of Scheme materials, the most...

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One Hears—

That the Liss said about valuations, the better. That farm, stock rolls leSs comfortably in railway rolling stock It asked: Is...

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Bristol , Director to be A.E.C. Chief

T HE board of A.E.C., Ltd., has invited Mr. A. J. Romer, M.I.Mech.E., Minst.T., to become managing director of the company....

" B.R.S. RATES BASED ON RAIL CHARGES" INCREASES in rates

by British Road I Services have agitated Widnes Chamber of Commerce, which has succeeded in persuading the Liverpool Chamber to...

B.T.C. DECLARES IT

OAD RAIL POLICY 450 Exhi bitors at Main Trunk Traffic by Rail : Cross-country and Feeder Services by Road HE part that road...

Liss Gets £14,250 for Property

T HE decision of the Transport Tribunal in the case of Liss Transport. Ltd., was announced last week. The company is to receive...

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New Foden Rear-engined Chassis

A LL the Foden passenger chassis to he exhibited and demonstrated at Earls Court this year will be equipped with vertical...

S OME 450 exhibitors will take the floor at the Commercial

Motor Show, to be held at Earls Court, London, from September 22-30. The 41 makes of chassis to be shown will include two...

HALF-DECKER BUSES: NEW REGULATIONS

Q PERATION of half-deck public service vehicles, of the Crellin Duplex pattern, is now permitted. New regulations covering this...

MEADOWS ENGINES IN U.S. 'TRACTORS FOR GREECE

A CONTRACT for the supply of 60-b.h.p. oil engines and ancillary equipment for tractors has been placed with Henry Meadows,...

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Underfloor Engine in New Bus Chassis for Overseas A NEW Sentinel overseas underfloor

engined pa sse nger chassis. equipped with a Park Royal single-deck body. will be shown at Earls Court. Some of these service...

Men in the News

Ma, R. E. L. Imo, A.M.I.MECII.E., has resigned from the board of the Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd. He was its British...

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Ex-haulier Sues B.T.C. Employees for Damage to Premises

A N ex-haulier last week brought proceedings at Leeds City -C'ciart " against three officials of the British.Transport...

£2,400,000 - :.Less from Road Fund DAYMENTS from the Road Fund

1 for the maintenance . , improvement and Construction of roads were about t 22,300,00Q in the year ended March 31, 1949,...

R.H.E. DRIVERS' LOGS " IN ACCURATE " DEFERENCE to alleged

inaccuracies Vk in the log sheets of two lorry drivers employed by the Road Haulage Executive was made last week in a police...

TEN MILES FOR 2d.

At REDUCTION of slightly over £900,000 a year in the expected revenue of the London Transport Executive will result from the...

PROSPECTS FOR OVERSEAS BUS ORDER -THIRTY 29-seater buses may be

required by the Lima municipal transport undertaking. The purchase has not yet been approved and the order would not be placed...

SPECIALIST INFORMATION JOLUME two of "Centreless GrindV ing" has been published by Arthur Scrivener, Ltd., Tyburn Road,

Birmingham. Modern developments, descriptions of the latest machines and details of recently evolved methods of automatic...

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Fares Applications Pour In

I N the next few weeks, licensing authorities will be dealing with the many applications for permission to increase fares or...

Irst Application Since 1931"

• • • A COMPANY which had a licence granted in 1931, recently made what Mr. David Karmel, K.C., described as its first...

IN A LINE OR TWO

Cranes (Dereham). Ltd.; has been converted into a public company. A Caterpillar Tractor company has been formed with a capital...

"C-licensees a Danger to State"

A T the annual conference of the Labour Party in Margate, next October, the Perry Barr, Birmingham, Divisional Labour Party is...

BIGGER BUSES "UNDESIRABLE" IN LONDON

D ESPITE the recent amendment of the Construction and Use Regulations permitting the manufacture for home use of 8-ft. wide and...

LAUNDRY VANS COMPETE FOR AWARDS

A COMPETITION for laundry vans has been organized by Lime-Free Water and General Services, Ltd.. in connection with the Laundry...

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New Folding Door Clears the SteP.

U NDERELOOR-ENG1NED singledeck buses now -being - titillt in this country commonly have their entrances ahead of the front...

NOT UPSET BY PURCHASE TAX

" U P to date, purchase tax has had no serious repercussions," said •Mr. W. G. Allen, chairman and managing director of...

LONDON'S NO. 1 TRAFFIC POINT j ONDON'S busiest traffic centre.

determined by a countof vehicles passing 102selected points .during four -12-hour. periods in July, 1949, is Hyde Park Corner....

P.T.A. LUNCHEON DATE

O N September 28-during the period of the Commercial Motor Show—. the Public Transport Association will hold its annual...

PUBLIC MUST MEET HIGHER BUS COSTS

A NY further costs will have to bia' borne in one form. oranother by the public," said Mr. H. C. Drayton, chairman of the...

SCHOOL TRANSPORT DEARER

O PERATORS . under contract with Northumberland Education Committee to carry schoolchildren have been offered a 71-per-cent....

POTATO HAULAGE EMBARGO

U NDER the Ware Potatoes. Order; 1950, the-transport of potatoes, incloding movement in ' 'C-licensed vehicles, is prohibited...

" NO FAVOUR FOR STATE INDUSTRIES"

TERMS of purchase given to nationalized industries should not be more favourable than those granted to individual concerns,...

SCOTTISH' APPEAL CASE

A N appeal by Messrs. John ffamilton and Son against a decision of the Scottish Licensing Authority will be heard by the...

Area Schemes: South-west Next ?

T HE next area to be affected by a proposal for road passenger transport nationalization would probably : be the south-west of...

EXPORT RECORDS—AGAIN

A TOTAL of 14,235 commercial vehicles and chassis was exported in June. This was a record, as was the figure of 38,947 for...

30 SEATS IN 30 FT.

T HE first of 'a-new series of luxury coaches with bodies built by Coras lompair Eireann for extended tours was completed...

DAVID BROWN ROBBING MACHINE

E ASE of control and good accessibility to all parts are features of a new hobbing machine which has been developed by David...

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Integration Out of Diversity

By C. S. DUNBAR, M.1 nst.T. W HEN dealing with the evolution ot the nationally owned bus system in Scotland, I made it clear...

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New Tractor with Eight-cylindered Oil Engine

F .4 MPLOYING the Gardner 8LW eight-cylindered oil engine, a heavy-duty six-wheeler which has been added to the Atkinson range,...

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SEDDON IN ODUCES A 3-TON OILER

By L. J. COTTON, M.1.R.T.E. T HIS week The Commercial Motor " is able to publish a description and road-test report of the new...

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Clear the Way

W HEN the Lords recently held a debate on road accidents they put forward their arguments and suggestions, for the most part,...

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"Nationalized Transport Will Succeed"

O NE reads from time to time much criticism of the nationalized transport organizations, and, if I may say so, some of the...

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Liquid Methane as an Engine Fuel

- p OSSIBIL1TIES of using methane in liquid form as an 'engine fuel are dealt with by M". Pearce, .Ph.D., A.M.1.Mech.E., in a...

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He and Why Costs Vary

I . FREQUE.NTLY. have occasion to !;tiesS. "that' Hgurea ' given inr".The Coninnercial Motor" Tables of Operating Costs 'are...

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A Steering Gearbox for Heavy Vehicles

F ROM the Gemmer Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A., comes patent No. 638,882, disclosing a design for a steering...