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8th April 1949
8th April 1949
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Aid to Co - ordinating Design There is another aspeeet which deserves

consideration. That is, the influence of the lower limit upon the design of our vehicles. Overseas, British products in this...

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Licensing Authorities' Reports Return B ECAUSE of the need for economy

in. paper and printin g , the first post-war volume of annual reports by the Licensin g Authorities for Public Service Vehicles...

Central versus Local Government W IDEN1NG of the rift that has

developed V V between central and local g overnment since the Socialist Party came to power, is to be been in the resolution...

Use of 'Vehicle A N American dairy concern Undercoating as

Heat ." employing ice for keeping Insulator the milk in condition in its vans is using ordinary bodies. When undercoating was...

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Next Few Years in State Transport

T'HE man at the wheel of Britain's nationalized road transport, Major' General G. N. Russell, chairman of the Road Transport...

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35,010 Bedfords Sold Last Year

I AST year, Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., sold 35,010 Bedford vehicles12,052 to the home market and 22,958 overseas. Exports of these...

605,301 C-LiCence Vehicles

B y the end of .Febntary the number of vehicles authorized under C licences or defence permits had risen to 605,301—an increase...

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Men in the News

MR. P. R. BLAKE, who has been associated with the B.E.T. group for 44 years, is retiring on June 30 from his appointment as...

Kromhout to Build Leylands for Dutch

A ' part of a policy of encouraging thi use of assembly plants overseas, tt meet the requirements of individua markets, Leyland...

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No Extra Vehicle for B.T.C. Company B ECAUSE he held that,

as for many years the company had made use of Regulation 15 of the Goods Vehicles (Licences and Prohibitions) Regulations,...

'Continental Tours : Monopoly Alleged A T a sitting of the North

Western , Licensing 'Authority at Oldham, last week, it was alleged that a coach concerti had a " monopoly " of Continental...

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N.A.L.G.O. Open to .Transport Officers

. D OAD t ransport executives and clerical workers may now apply for membership of the National Assocro tion of Local...

No Coaches on Scarborough Front ?

' O PPOSING a ' proposal by Scar borough Corporation to ban excursion coaches from the Esplanade area of the Yorkshire seaside...

In the Money

Clayton Detsandre Co., Ltd.,. reports a net Profit of £57,940 in 1948. A final dividend of s per cent, is to be paid, making 12...

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Rates for Potatoes and Grain:

'THE Lucas Report and transport rates. I for potatoes and grain are referred to in the annual report of Mr. J. Archer Tribe,...

In a Line or Two

Todmordeils rates are to be relieved from the motorbus fund to the extent of is. in the E. Mn. J. E. Woodfor of Manchester, 3,...

Priority Coaches for U.S. Tourists

T EN coach chassis, five for Southdown Motor Services, Ltd.,' Brighton, and five - for George Ewer and Co., 'Ltd., London, arc...

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Passenger Profits in io Transport Trebled Years

Receipts and Expenditure More Than Doubled. N early. 50 per cent. of Vehicles Owned by Big Companies. Maintenance Standards...

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Mobile Kitchen Can Serve 4,000 Meals

A MONOrecent deliveries by Carrimore Six Wheelers, Ltd., North Finchley, London, N.12, is a mobile kitchen, Which, ” The...

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Have "New Town" Planners Bungled Road Transport?

L AST week I outlined the plans for the creation of four new towns in the south of England at Stevenage, Harlow, Crawley and...

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IMPROVEMENTS in . Sus p ens

RE OVERDUE Is Independent Springing the Answer ? By R. W. Bent, M.I.Mech.E. I N surveying the progress of commercial-vehicle...

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Mobile Laboratory Tests RT. Power Cables

T HE Public Works Department of Vienne has recently taken delivery of a vehicle for testing high - tension electric power...

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Mobile Crane Operates by Hydraulic Power

THE crane shown in the accompany' ing illustration possesses a number of features which are distinctly novel in such a machine....

New Additives for Petrol and Oil Engines

MULTI-FUNCTIONAL additives for IVIthe treatment of fuels and lubricating oils used in all types of internalcombustion engine...

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Is This a "Sinister Plot" ?

\TOUR report a the meeting of the Association of A Municipal Corporations says that municipal authorities have not given up...

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Fried Fish Taken to Farm Workers

T 0 meet the needs of agricultural workers in the rural districts of Hampshire, the first of a number of mobile fish-and-chip...

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Special Bodies to Keep the Load Cool

P URSUING a policy of specialization in light-alloy bodies, with either inbuilt refrigeration plant or insulated against...

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BUILT TO LAM A.E.C. EIGHT-WHEELER

By L. J. COTTON, M.1.R.T.E. C ONSTRUCTION of the frame, suspension, transmission and other components of the A.E.C.-Mammoth...

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Railways Fight for Racehorse Traffic

Decision Reserved on Hotly Contested Applications by 10 Yorkshire Trainers for 13 Licences for Horseboxes A FTER a...

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Grouping Should Prevent RATE-CUTTING

I WAS glad to learn that the Road Haulage Association is sponsoring grouping schemes for free hauliers. They will need...

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A Low-powered Vehicle for Farm Use

IbiTENDED mainly for farm use, a I new design of vehicle is shown in patent No. 613,092, by S. Opperman and Ganwiek Estates,...