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5th May 1950
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Pride and Prejudice

is the Chancellor Trying to Damage Road Transport or Punish Commercial Vehicle Manufacturers? T HE Chancellor 'of the...

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Passing Comments

America Develops NCIINEERS of the U.S. Nylon-cord Safety "Rubber Company have Inner Tube . . developed something new in the...

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One Hears

That it's what's in the Shell that matters. Of cotton cord for tyre casings being in very short supply That " sleeving" is a...

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MORE FUEL ALL ROUND

rOLLOWING the announcement that the standard ration for private motorists will be doubled for the year from June 1, it has been...

New Regulations on P.S.V. Construction

T HE new regulations which allow larger buses to be used if registered for the first time on or after June I, come into...

MAGISTRATES' MISTAKE ON UNLADEN • WEIGHT IT was admitted in

the King's Bench Divisional Court last week that the magistrates of Lower Strafforth and Ticknill, Doncaster, made a mistake in...

FIVE TRACTORS—AND TWO SEMI-TRAILERS!

DROBABLY the most extraordinary I decision ever given by a Licensing Authority has been reached in the Annis case. - Annis and...

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Bodywork Repairs While You Wait

A MATERIAL that will undoubtedly r - Isolve many body-repair problems has recently been put on the market by Douglas Holt (Est....

AN OPPORTUNITY FOR . REMOVERS

T HE proprietor of a flourishing forMture-removal, packing and storage organization in Adelaide, South Australia, wishes to...

LIAISON ON STORAGE

11D EPRESENTATIVES o f . t b e 1N• National Association of • Inland Warehouse Keepers and the Road Haulage Executive held an...

Lady Tweedsmuir to the Attack

I N the House of Commons. last week. Lady Tweedsmuir, M.P., complained that the Road Haulage .Executive had granted permits for...

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Men in the News

Ma. J. I McNEtt has • been appointed to the board of Edmunds. Walker and Co., Ltd. MR. IAN NAPIER has been appointed chairman...

In a Line or Two

Dunlop Special Products, Ltd.. Birmingham, 24, is issuing a manual on adhesives. A party of Egyptian Members of Parliament...

DOLLAR SALESMEN'S PRIMER

A N attractively presented booklet entitled "FirstSteps in United States Markets," by Richardson - Wood, B.A., is being issued...

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Compensation Cases Likely to Go to Arbitration

C ERTA1N points of principle concerning compensation for hauliers, on which there has been dispute between the British...

"Museum Pieces" in Transport

w E have on our roads to-day an increasing number of vehicles which are no •better than museum pieces," exclaimed Mr. R. B....

BETTER REAR LIGHTING WANTED

M ANY heavy vehicles are a danger at night to overtaking drivers and rear-end lighting of commercial vehicles needs serious...

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Higher Speed for Greater Safety

I N a letter sent to all local authorities in Britain and to every Member of Parliament, the British Road Federation makes a...

COSTLY PHILANTHROPY

TO avoid disappointing a police constable, for whom he had prepared an estimate for removing furniture from Rugby to West...

THREE APPEALS .NEXT WEEK

THREE appeals will be heard by the I Appeal Tribunal from May 9-11, at Halifax House, Strand, London. W.C.2. On May 9, the...

Nation's Transport Costs

Purchase Tax Affects Compensation for Hauliers: Isle of Man to Evade Extra 9d. IT is estimated that the extra 9d. a gallon...

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ise by £105,000,000 a Year

petrol and the purchase tax on new cormnercial vehicles would raise the price of safety glass and of vehicles. Sir Ronald...

New Bill Will. Speed UpTraffic

'FOLLOWING the recommendations 1 of the Carnock Committee of 1939, a new Bill was published, last week. which should do much to...

INTERIM JUDGMENT DAY

A PAPER entitled: "Transport Nationalization — an Interim Judgment," is to be read by Mr. Frederick Smith, Finst.A., at the...

NEW "TRADER HANDBOOK"

T HE value of the "Trader Handbook" has long been appreciated in the motor industry, and the 1950 edition has recently been...

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Leyland Offers 16 New Underfloor engined Chassis

1 "I HE Royal Tiger range of underfloor-engined chassis, made by Leyland Motors, Ltd„ Leyland, Lancs. and briefly described in...

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Operators Want Safei and Bigger Vehicles

I N welcoming the Public Transport Association to Brighton, the Mayor made the significant remark, "You deal_ with the lives of...

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The United Counties Strip

T O an inland operator, the route map of the United Counties Omnibus Co., Ltd., would appear strange, for the company's...

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Freedom of Choice—on Conditions D ISSENT was expressed by some of

those present at the annual dinner of the Traders Road Transport Association in London, last week, when Lord Lucas, of...

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Sheep in Wolf's Clothing

0 NE interesting aspect of the clamour following the Budget proposals is the demure presence of the British Transport...

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New Features in Dyson 100-ton Trailer

A BUILT-IN hydraulic jacking system having its own petrol engine, a centre bed mounted on eccentrically bushed pins to enable...

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Costs Up Profits Down

I N the year ended March 31, 1949, the net revenue of passenger transport operators owning more than five vehicles dropped by...

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A School for "Heavy" Drivers Wanted

N OW that the British School of Motoring has decided to confine driving instruction on heavy vehicles to men working for large...

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The Ways of the M.M.B.

Criticism is Sometimes Directed Against the Milk Marketing Board. The System to which it Works and the Parts Played by Hauliers...