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8th July 1949
8th July 1949
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The Economics of Production

Imports B T HE president of The McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. of New York. Mr. 3. H. McGraw, Tr., has been writing a series of...

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Passing Comments

Is a Passenger ExecA LTHOUGH it is obvious utive the Best Way 1 - 1 that the Road Transport Out ? . . . . . . Executive could...

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One Hears—

Of a Belfast-Edinburgh coach service --in 1831. That many a .modern tractor looks attractive whilst being tractive. That...

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Shareholders Put the Screw on B.E.T.

S OME of the shareholders in the British Electric Traction Co., Ltd.. appear to be applying pressure to the directors to sell...

Has the B.T.C. Unlimit

wer to Run Competitive 13 *vices ? TUDGMENT was to be given on Wednesday in the highly contentious case of W. H. Smith and...

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Contract Licence Revocation Cut to Seven Weeks' Suspension

WHEN E. .1. Gibbs, trading as Powerscourt Transport, appealed last vv week against the decision of the South Eastern Deputy...

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250 b.h.p. Engine in Pipe Transporter

'WHAT is believed to be the heaviest YY type of pipe transporter ever built in this country is under . construction at the...

HORSEBOX RATITE: ROUND TWO

T HE Yorkshire horsebox licensing battle is to be renewed before the Appeal Tribunal. The Railway Executive has lodged an...

Drive for 30 m.p.h. Limit Stops

MEGOT1ATIONS between the Road I Haulage Wages Council (employers' panel) and the Transport and General Workers' Union regarding...

British Coach Wins First Prize Against 17 Foreign Vehicles

00MPETING against 17 foreign coaches, a British vehicle owned by Sheffield United Tours, Ltd., won the first prize in the first...

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Original Permits : Now or Never

IMO extension beyond July 31 will. be I granted to applicants for original permits under the Transport Act. said Major General...

Another Move for Liaison with R.H.E.

L 'A'SON between the Road Haulage Assoeiation and the Road Haulage' Executive will he facilitated by the amalgamation of the...

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Hull . Completes 50 Years of Transport H ULL completed 50 years

of transport operation on July 5. A luncheon at the Guildhall, with guests including members of the new Road Passenger...

Coordination of Contract Rates

A CTION to co-ordinate local agree-L - 1 merits in Yorkshire covering contract work is 'foreshadowed in the annual report of...

Manchester. Faces Grave Situation: Strong Opposition to Higher Fares

A SITUATION of the'ltimoSti , ravity ti faced the munieipal transport, undertaking, Mr. C. AZIviarsh taltl y the North-Western...

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NLO I T. Acts. First, Thinks Afierwartls' 1E` VIDENCE of a lack of consultation

at the right time between the Ministry of Transport and the former Road Transport Executive is contained in the British...

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1/401%111 CHUBS I Intl

sw;th RESEW By L. J. COTTON, / T was a stimulating experience to ride on the Douglas Transporter , when tackling the gradients...

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A Trailer-mounted Purification Plant WIDELY used VY throughout the war

by the British Army a trailer-type water purification . plant has now been made available by the Paterson Engineering Co.,...

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Taxi Fleet Runs 4,000,000 Miles a Year

By P. G. TUCKER A Rigid System of Servicing and Maintenance Pays Dividends in Trouble-free Running of 150 Vehicles H OW do...

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eQUOSO

IlL By Ashley F. Taylor, A.I.R.T.E. T HE name of Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., must be accounted one of the most modest among...

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MONEY

in th e Electrician's Shop By Laurence E. Field, A.M.I.R.T.E. W ITH State ownership of many road vehicles becoming a reality,...

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Time - saving Electrical Devices

(By Two Makers) °TWO new items of time-saving elec trical equipment recently made available include an ingenious device, by...

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RATES jar the country carrier An Approximate Formula for the

/ Small Operator in a Rural District Who Does not have to Bear the Heavy Overheads of the Regular Parcels Carrier A S every...

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Is Preventive Maintenance Extravagant?

1 S Preventive Maintenance Extravagant?" asked the . heading of an article by S.T.R., published in "The Commercial Motor on...

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M EN in the news

MR. N. L. C. MACASKIE, K.C., has been appointed chairman of the Road and Rail Appeal Tribunal. He succeeds MR. REGINALD CLARK....

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Supercharging of Road-vehicle Engines F ROM S. A. Andre Citroen, of:Paris,

,comes Patent No. 619,978, Which -deals with the cOntrol of a supercharger when fitted to the engine of a road vehicle. The...