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8th May 1942
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Bumbledom's Blitz on Transport

L AST week our erudite contributor, "Tantalus," referred briefly to the many irritating cases in which summonses are issued...

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Passing Comments

Tyres to be Branded r r 'HERE is a belief in the to Prevent " RustI U .S.A. that the rubber ling" situation may result in tyre...

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One Hears

• That Sankey steel wheels are not moody. Of someone wanting to know the number of wheels on a price cycle. That tread...

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News of the Week

THE SEARCH FOR STANDARD CONDITIONS OF CARRIAGE n NE of the difficulties confronting IL/the haulage industry is the differences...

NEED COAL LORRIES CARRY WEIGHING MACHINES?

THE President of the Board of Trade / was asked, in the House of Commons last week, by Mr. De la Bere whether he would consider...

SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCES FOR "SECOND MEN" 17 has been reported to

the Road 1 Transport Section of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce that although it is the custom of the Port of...

CONTRACTOR FINED I00 FOR FUEL OFFENCES

F INES totalling £100 were imposed by Sheriff Gibb at Dundee on Mr. David Horsburgh, contractor, 98, Albert Street, Dundee, on...

PETROL -FOR : AGRICULTURE . ASSURED

A N assurance that petrol supplies for farm tractors would, not be so reduced as adversely to affect the production of...

THE offices of Yorkshire and Lama/ shire Hauliers Ltd., the

operators' pool which carries Government wool from the ports to the • Yorkshire wool textile manufacturing area, have be,en...

CAN LOCAL GOODS VEHICLES DISPENSE WITH SPARE TYRES?

W AS the Parlian - ientary Secretary to the Ministry of War -- Transpert aware, asked Mr. Parker in Parliament last week, that...

Notes on the Government _Road Haulage Scheme

DOCGMENTS.—A printed booklet containing the main documents relating to the Scheme (except the Mtnister's Conditions of...

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SPARES FROM HELD-UP VEHICLES

A PARLIAMENTARY question, last week, addressed to the Minister 'of Supply by Mr. Glenvil-Hall related to an alleged practice of...

NORTH-WESTERN A.R.O.

OFFICERS ELECTED MORTH-WESTERN Area (Liver! ' pool) Committee of A.R.O. has elected the following officials for the ensuing...

NEW MOTORCYCLES NOW CONTROLLED

T HE acquisition of new and unregistered motorcycles, except under licence, was prohibited as from last Monday, to ensure that...

REFUNDS OF VOUCHERS FOR

UNIFORMS A USEFUL task has been undertaken foi the Board of Trade by the Public Service Transport Association. Under the...

EDINBURGH EXPERIMENTS WITH GAS-PRODUCER FUEL

i- r 0 the public utilities committee of Edinburgh Corporation it was reported that the gas department of the municipality...

Duke of Kent Congratulates Road Transport

D ESPITE the cancellation of the C.M,U.A, luncheon which would have marked the 3Sth anniversary of this body, the annual...

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GUY'S HELPFUL ATTITUDE PRAISED IN COMMONS

T HE Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport was asked in the House last week by Mr. Mander, whether he had...

SAVE YOUR STATIONERY!

AANY tons of paper are still wasted Ylin acknowledging unimportant communications, in covering letters for self-explanatory...

AUSTRALIAN RESTRICTIONS PROVE A BOOMERANG

P OLICIES that retard development .I. of road transport in Australia, in order to protect Government-owned railways from...

DEATH OF ELECTRIC-VEHICLE ENTHUSIAST

WIE regret to learn of the recent W sudden deathof Mr. Leonard Murphy, at the early age of 59 years. The deceased was the...

U.S. ROAD TRANSPORT HELPS BRITISH TANK PRODUCTION

("LOSE team work between Ameiican . steel makers and transport operators recently enabled a British plant producing Tank...

TRANSPORT'S PART IN U.S. DECENTRALIZATION SCHEME

F IVE removals operators have participated in an American official evacuation scheme which has cost in the neighbourhood of...

HAULIER BEATS THE BLITZ

O WING to enemy action, the Norwich depotof Giles and Bullen, Ltd., is closed, but the company has arranged with Eastern...

OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATIONAL POOL DESIRED

A T a meeting of the Council of the National Conference of Road Transport Clearing Houses, held on April 14, it war decided...

GIVE UP YOUR UNUSED TYRES!

A NYONE who has tyres which he does not require for immediate use, and which are fit for substantial further mileage without...

T HE Northern Regional Transport Commissioner, Sir John Maxwell, has announced

that season tickets on buses in the area will be rationed. The decision took effect on May I. Sir John stated that season...

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PERSONAL PARS MR. W. C. GIBBS has been appointed to

succeed Mn, W. F. BISHOP as general manager of Henley's Tyre 1 and Rubber Co., Ltd. Mr. W. F. Bishop will continue to serve as...

More Criticisms of Tyre-control Scheme

S UGGESTIONS that tyre users should receive payment for surrendered covers which are sound enough for retreading; that...

Standardized Bus Design Urged

C ONSTRUCTION of larger busn, standardization of design to reduce vehicle cost and facilitate maintenance, establishment of...

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, Rates for Carrying Packed Aircraft

Result of an Agreement • _Reached at a Meeting of • Representatives of the Air Ministry and of Roadtransport Operators T HE...

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Austerity Articul ated 40-seater

for public service H ITHERTO it has been illegal to operate articulated passenger vehicles on the road. Readers will remember...

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EPOCH-MARKING RALLY

f PRODUCER-GAS FORCES Two Events of Major Importance in A Motion by the Duke of Montrose as Proposed by Lord Leathers, was was...

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THE VALUE OF TRACTOR VERSATILITY

Wheeled and Track-laying Machines for Arable, Orchard and Woodland Work Give Outstandingly Good Service to a Sussex Concern...

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DIFFICULTIES of CLASSIFYING GOODS for ROAD TRANSPORT A Logical Method

of Reducing the Number of Classes to a Minimum but Still Retaining the Disadvantage that All Goods Must be Listed and Placed in...

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Hope for the Best, But Prepare for the Worst

By " Tantalus " Trenchant Views on the Feeble Efforts Which Have Been Made to Develop the Use of Fuels Alternative to Petrol...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES COLLABORATION BETWEEN "INDEPENDENTS" AND OTHERS? INDUSTRIALISTS in

general and ancillary users in particular will have read with interest the statement of the secretary of the Standing Joint...

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A Friction-type Servo Steering Gear

A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications CERVO steering gear forms the sub. ject of patent No. 543,682, which...