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4th December 1953
4th December 1953
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Passing Comments

Small Unit with a Big Job WHAT is considered to be the most important Tv technical unit of its size in Malaya is called...

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One Hears

That Salford, Lancs, is to spend £10,000 on a safety training centre for child cyclists. That perhaps these " experts " will...

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Commer Two-stroke Oil Engine in Coach ?

A NEW Beadle integral-construction coach, at present being "operated experimentally on a service to London by Maidstone and...

Coach Hiring Legitimate M.o.T.

A SUBMISSION, supported by the officiating Ministry of Transport inspector, at a recent appeal hearing, that the consistent...

3,800 Apply for Disposal List

A NOTHER 1,800 applications for th first list of British Road Servicef. vehicles and other property for disposa had been...

MORE DETAIL IN LIST No. 2

T HE second list of transport units, be issued by the British Transpo Commission on December 28, will col tam n more detail...

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I.o.T.A. to Sponsor Traffic Research

IN consequence of a fresh programme of research discussed at a meeting of the Manchester Centre of the Institute of Traffic...

EYLAND ENGINE IN ALBIONS

F HE Leyland 9.8-litre oil engine is now fitted in Albion HD73 and 1D75 maximum-load fourand six'heeled chassis. It replaces...

,Agreement on New London Station ?

EPRESENTATIVES of P.S.V. I N. Operators, Ltd., who control the coach station in Judd 'Street, London, which is closing on...

HURRICANE LAMPS ILLEGAL TT is illegal to use hurricane lamps

to 'light parked vehicles at night, said Supt. S. Cresswell ,at Smethwick magistrate's court last week. A man was fined £1 for...

Four "Private Party" Licences Granted in West Midlands

S UBJECT to certain conditions, four coach operators from the Kidderminster area have been granted licences to run tours and...

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Engineers Asked to Press for Higher Speed Limit

C OULD not employees of commercialvehicle manufacturers make drivers realize that their selfishness in opposing the increase in...

Men in the News

GEN. SIR BRIAN ROBERTSON has now assumed his position as chairman of the British Transport Commission. MR. J. R. M. WILLIAMS...

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:ommercial Vehicles Rise by 24,200

1RITAIN'S commercial-vehicle fleet increased by 24,200 in the year ded May 31 last. The total of goods hicks rose by .24,500....

Camp Owner's Coach Appeal Dismissed

A N appeal by Mr H. F N Cox, of Birmingham, against the West Midland Licensing Authority's refusal to grant him a licence for...

TROOPS' SERVICE UNOPPOSED

A N application by Messrs. Card and Son, Devizes, to run coaches from Devizes barracks to London and six large provincial...

BIRMINGHAM BILL PUBLISHED

O N Monday, Birmingham Corporation's Bill, under which they apply for power to manufacture bodies for their public service...

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Turner Oil Engine in Land-Rover

T HE first commercial-vehicle application of the Turner supercharged two-stroke oil engine, described in The Commercial Motor...

What Money Limit. Mean to Roads

" P RESENT restricted expend' tun P RESENT for resurfacing of Class roads once in 20 years; Class IT road once in 118 years;...

"ONLY DRIVERS OPPOSE HIGHER LIMIT"

T HE only people opposed to raisir the 20-m.p.h. limit on heavy gooi vehicles were drivers, said Mr. / Tattersall, chief...

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lesiger. Report Well Received : his Denationalization Expected

- 1PERATORS' views on the Thesiger Report (which is reviewed on -" pages 498-501) are generally favourable. The Passenger...

B.R.S. Policy on Redundancy

AGREEAGREE MENT has been reached on MENT concerning staff redundancy in British Road Services. • The problem will be dealt...

BUS COMPANIES TO STATE SEPARATE CASES?

A CCORDING to the Transport and General Workers' Union, employers represented on the National Council for the Omnibus Industry...

TAXI FLEET CLOSES DOWN

B IRMINGHAM'S biggest taxicab fleet, that of the Warwick Hire Co., Ltd., went out of operation on Wednesday because of rising...

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Officers Deter Party Organizers

A GRAVE consequence of enforce ment officers stopping coaches and taking statements from party organizers, who were often...

ADELAIDE ORDERS 50 REGALS

A N order for 50 'Regal Mark IV chassis has been placed with the A.C.V. expert sales division through A.E.C. (Australia) Pty.,...

F.B.I. DIFFICULTY ON ROADS

S PEAKING on road expenditure, the president of the Federation of British Industries, Sir Harry Pilkington, said at Cardiff, on...

ACCIDENT CAUSES IN GLASGOW

A MONG the main causes of accidents in Glasgow are the failure of drivers to keep their vehicles to the near side or to the...

The Levy Remindc by Ministry

O WNERS of goods vehicles a tractors are reminded by t Ministry of Transport that the tra; port levy becomes payable on and all...

ALLIES TO BECOME COMPETITORS

I N anticipation of the ending March 31 next of an agreement ma in 1928 between the two operators, bc Rotherham Corporation and...

In a Line or Two

Buses are to replace trams on the circle route to Roker, Sunderland, on January 4, 1954. The Standard 12-cwt. van and pick-up...

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Council Remember Past Kindness

AST week's meeting of Holderness Rural District Council rejected an riendrnent proposing that £10 should contributed towards...

NIFORMITY IN REAR LIGHTING NEEDED

INIFORMITY in the candlepower 1 and mounting of rear lights would table drivers to calculate more easily e distance of...

)1NT REPORT ON ECONOMIES?

NRIMSBY and Cleethorpes transport I managers will probably be asked ion to prepare a joint report on their spective...

T HR E appeals in connection with ca p services have

been dismissed with co ts by the Minister of Transport, it was nnounced on Wednesday. Mon l ys Grey Coaches, Ltd., and A....

AMAL APPOINTMENT

T HE new general manager of Amal, Ltd., is Mr. C. L. Rinks. He succeeds Mr. T. W. Clibbery, who has been ajipointed a director...

Trailers by Rail to

Speed Up Transtt Q1DE-LOADING road trailers on kJ special rail cars designed to carry two 35-ft. units are part of a plan...

OBITUARY

W E regret to announce the death of MR. T. KAY, MR. G. H. UPJOHN and MR. ARTHUR WINKLES. Mr. Kay was chairman and founder of...

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THE ".THESIGER: REPORTI

Committee Recommend Licence for Contract Work at Separate Fares : Minister to Continue to Hear Appeals : No Backing for...

The Men and Their Task

The committee, consisting of Mr. G. A. Thesiger, Q.C. (chairman), Mr. R. F. Lyne, Sir Ronald Matthews, Mr. W. D. Reid, Mr. F....

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Trailers Again the Main Interest at Smithfield

O NCE again, trailers will provide the main interest for commercialvehicle users at the Smithfield how, which is being held at...

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Bus n Built on( [Cotton

Probably ways, H ry to Abandon Tramtinent is Still in the ye Undertaking ,!ombe T O the average non-Lancastrian Wigan is...

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Overhaul Section 19

says Arthur R. Wilson, M.I.R.T.E. 7 NCR - EASING attention is being devoted to checking ;hours of work recorded in drivers'...

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THE OTTER A WILLINt )IRKER

By Laurence J. Cotton, M.I.R.T.E. O NLY an optimist would expect a 4.73-litre oil engine to haul a 15-ton load satisfactorily...

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Regional Smalls Companies Needed

says C. S. Dunbar, (Founder and Chairman, 1937-44, National Conference of Express Carriers) r HE.. announcement, that the...

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No Enemy But the Winter

Political Commentary By JANU O F all the committees that have clustered round the Ivory Tower like a protective coat of...

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Statement on Roads Before Christmas

Possibility. of Increased Expenditure Foreshadowed in Commons Debate By Our Parliamentary Correspondent FIE Government are...

13-seater with All-metal Body

EATING for 13 passengers is provided in an all-metal bus body which Spurling Motor Hiles, Ltd., The Hyde, Hendon, London, .W.9,...

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• Guidance for Newcomers

Experienced Operators seem to Wish to Help Possible Newcomers to the Haulage Industry: "The Commercial Motor" Costs Expert...

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Rotary Distributor: Injection Pump

O NE, of the difficulties in designing a rotary distributor for an injection pump is that the spacing between adjacent outlets...