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4th June 1948
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The Famine in Spare Parts

T HE average age of the majority of goods . and passenger. . commercial vehicles in this country . is steadily rising, and...

Page 23

One Hears-

That a haulier ignores costs to his own cost. That a relay has nothing to do with a hen's second effort. Of some tyres going...

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New Leyland Coach With Twin Steering Axles

A PROTOTYPE Leyland six-wheeled coach with twin steering axles and independent suspension on the middle axle, was seen at the...

Changes in R.H. (24) Proposed A LREADY amendments to R.H. (24),

Which came into force on January 9, are proposed by the Road Haulage Central Wages Board. An increase from 9s. to 10s. 6d. in...

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ROAD TRANSPORT FACES BREAKDOWN

latAIN'S road transport system will ,break down unless the allocation at 50,000 goods vehicles for the home market is...

CFIORLEY EXPORT BAYS ARE OVERFLOWING

TO relieve preasure on the main exI port packing hays at the Chor1.4 works of Leyland Motors, Ltd., additional floor space of...

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RAIL SCHEME FOR R.A.F. "USELESS"

T HERE is a complete lack of consideration for the convenience of the public in this scheme, which is useless," said Sir Arnold...

ROAD-RAIL SCHEME TO HANDLE 35,000 TONS OF POTATOES

A SCHEME mutually advantageous to road and rail has been organized to deal with some 35,000 tons of potatoes to be transported...

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MILK BOARD TO SEEK AGREEMENT WITH B.T.C.

T HE Milk Marketing Board is to seek to reach an understanding with the British Trartsport Commission, when the Road Transport...

BETTER REFRIGERATED VEHICLES NEEDED FOR FISH A DDRESMTNG a national conference

of fishmongers at Liverpool, Mr. G. II. Searle, Director of Food Transport, Ministry of Food, questioned whether the best use...

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NEW CLAIM FOR HIGHER PAY j a i MODIFIED demand for an increase

in wages was considered this week at a meeting, in York, of representatives of the trade unions and employers' organizations...

Waste Mileage Must be Avoided

A GREAT many people in the industry, or connected with it, attended the second annual dinner of the Traders' Road Transport...

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R.T.E. Will Give Three Months' Notice A LTHOUGH no vesting

date could riyet be announced, operators whose undertakings were to be taken over by the British Transport Commission would...

A.E.C. DISTRIBUTORS FOR 25 YEARS TwEN TY-I I VE, years

ago the Romilly Motor Co., Cardiff, was appointed South Wales distributor by the Associated Equipment Co., Ltd.. and is now the...

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The Octopus ;ets a Standard fOr "Heavies"

L 1 FTLE effort is required to drive the Leyland Octopus eight-wheeled goods chassis. Performance, lightness of controls and...

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Banks that Go to the Customer

T O avoid, as far as possible, the costly practice of erecting temporary 'premises at agricultural shows and other exhibitions,...

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Why Do Drivers Have ACCIDENTS? ?

George R. Archdeacon I T is essential to spend as much time on training drivers in the right attitude towards their...

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From Coal Delivery Truck to Hire Car

C LA1M1NG to be the first concern in the country to run battery-driven hire cars, the Premier Ignition Co., of Levenshulrne,...

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BUIL NG BUS BODIES A BIG WAY

T LIE interchangeability and convenience of quantityproduced bodies for passenger vehicles have long been realized by...

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A Handy Vehicle for the Farmer

A N addition to the growing number of highly mobile farm vehicles is the Sun Mechanical Cart, made by Sun Engineering (Crowle),...

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How Will the FUEL CUT Affect COACH CHARGES?

T HE coach operator who is mainly concerned with private-hire work seems to be most likely to experience the full effect of the...

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Chemistry

as an ally of Efficient Transport F OR the paper that he read at the annual conference of the Scottish Road Passenger...

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PAYLOAD CAPACITY OF BATTERY-ELECTRIC VEHICLES WE have noticed that there

is a tendency lately to take " risks with the stated payload capacity of electric vehicles, and to up-rate certain chassis by...

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Choice of Engines in New Tractor

A FEATURE of the new UDS tractor is that prospective purchasers are given the choice between a Dorman' four-cylindered oil...

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Personal Pars

MR. W. F. HALL has been appointed heavy-vehicle sales manager (home and export) by Scammell Lorries, Ltd. MR. J. M. MOORE has...