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Will Tramways Revive?

O NE of the most interesting developments at the recent Congress of the International Union of Public Transport, held in...

Passing Comments

"All Oils are the A MEMBER • of our staff Same," Says Garage rm recently called at a garage Hand near Stony Stratford for...

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One Hears

Of those logging men as nice fellers." That " buying goodwill" is not sufficient, it must be maintained by efficient service...

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Rises in Costs• Outstrip Fares Increases : Operators' Losses

C LOSING the hearing of the application of Halifax Corporation for higher charges recently, the Yorkshire Licensing Authority...

State Company Aids Private Operator

A GREENIENT has been reached between Northern Roadways, Ltd., and Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd.. whereby passengers whose bookings...

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• Sorting Out Fares Objectors

1 .- N N July 17, a preliminary sitting of 'Lithe Transport Tribunal to deal with the London Transport Executive's scheme for...

Emergency Permits Extended

T HE validity of certain war-time emergency permits relating to public service vehicles, road passenger services, and drivers...

Field Day at M.I.R.A.

D EMONSTRATIONS during the open day at the Motor Industry Research Association's proving ground, last week. included runs of...

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Rate Plan for New Furniture Deferred

F RE introduction of its new charges schedule has been deferred by 'ickfords New Furniture Carriage ;ervice. This has been done...

TRAFFIC INCREASE AT R.H.E. BRISTOL DEPOT

J NE of the biggest problems for the Road Haulage Executive was the :mat rise in traffic, Mr. Frank Lever, raffle...

;TORAGE OF PETROLEUM - SPIRIT A LTHOUGH written mainly for the

guidance of local authorities and heir officers, "Storage of Petroleumpirit," a book recently published, also ontains much of...

APRIL REGISTRATIONS DOWN

WITH the one exception of tractors. IN the registrations of new vehicles for April, excluding cars and motorcycles, show a fall...

Mr. Birch on Penal Taxation

A T the 53rd annual general meeting of the Potteries Motor Traction Co.. Ltd., on June 26, the chairman and managing director,...

• RECEIPTS .UP TRAI-FIC. : receipts. of -- British Road Service*. : .jnthe. tour;weeks ended

May 7t) Otalted 0,942.000, making an aggregate 'of 'f28,523,000 for the first 20 weeks of the year. State-owned provincial...

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India to Reduce Tariffs for Parts ?

T HE Government of India has accepted most of the recommendations of an expert committee on the automobile industry, according...

INDIA SEEKS UNIFORM TAX SYSTEM

WITH the object of obtaining a W uniform vehicle-taxation system, the Government of India has circulated a draft bill to State...

LOWER TARIFF RATES

A S from September 1. different rates of tariff are to be imposed on a variety of goods, following recent negotiations at...

0.P.P.A. Members Increase Rapidly

RilEMBERSHIP of the ceniral 1,Y1 England section of the Omnibus Passengers' Protection Association is now 22,30I—more than...

FAIRCLOUGH CAPITAL CUT

I N the Chancery Division this week, Mr. Justice Roxburgh confirmed a reduction of the capital of T. M. Fairclough and Sons,...

KEEPING FESTIVAL BATTERIES CHARGED

B ECAUSE such a large number of ' , Chloride and Exide batteries is in use on the South Bank site of the Festival of Britain,...

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Tips and Parking : P.V.O.A.'s Concern

1N its annual report, the Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association expresses concern at the efforts by the Inland Revenue...

Brake Components to be Standardized

P LANS are in hand for the BendixWestinghouse brake-adjusting device to be made by the Clayton Dewandre Co., Ltd., Lincoln. All...

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Negotiable Bonds

T HROUGH all the vicissitudes of the past few years, the road and rail negotiating committees have continued to function. They...

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W ITH an annual production exceeding a million cycles, Raleigh Industries,

Ltd., Nottingham, has a transport problem of unusual size and complexity. Cycles are dispatched to dealers all over the United...

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IT'S NEW...YOU NEED IT

Day-to-day running of the fleet is ciked after by the garage, which ;o undertakes complete repair work all the vans stationed...

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E.C.W. Goes All Continental

'VlDENCE of careful examination ▪ of current Continental design actice is visible in the latest bodywk constructed by...

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Practical Aspects of

ENGINE BALANCE T ECHNICALITIES of balancing, as applied to reciprocating engines, hae represented an established text-book...

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LEAVI [HE NOISE BEHIND

T °WARDS the front of the Foden rear-engined coach the noise of the power unit is practically inaudible to the passenger, and...

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How to Buy a Vehicle B UYING a vehicle can be

as difficult as finding the correct solution for a football pool. Potential buyers of a commercial vehicle chassis would be...

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Bus Driver Dislikes Pre-selection

A LTHOUGH 1 am only a bus driver, I cannot share with Mr. A. A. M. Durrant his enthusiasm for the hydraulic coupling and...

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I N Part I, published in "The Commercial Motor S' for

June 8, the road systems in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Keny.s, Southern - Rhodesia, Nyasaland, the Belgian Congo,...

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20 Years Without Damage to Load

T O operate a fleet of vehicks for over 20 years without a single mishap to the goods carried is certainly an enviable record....

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The Ton-mile Factor can be Misleading

M • ANY of the.inquiries T get about the ton-mile come from transport managers of companies operating fleets of vehicles...

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A Flexible Engine Mounting

A RESILIENT mounting for the rear end of an engine is disclosed in patent No. 653,094, by Guy Motors, Ltd., and G. Roberts,...