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Need for Agricultural Contractors

W ITH the return of almost general prosperity and conditions more favourable to farming, the need for the agricultural...

Keep on the Right Side of the Law

W HAT an immense machinery a tiny button may put into operation ! We have in mind the police aganization. A mile an hour too...

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Passing Comments Another Regulation HE Minister of Transport

Dealing with Loading has been urged by the Suggested Eastern Licensing Authority to introduce a regulation prescribing that...

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One Hears

• The more fragile the load the better the road. That Eaton bodywork should be good for mobile restaurants.: That "One Hears"...

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NEWS of the WEEK

The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport, at whatever Points arising, as a carriage is by the...

Road Traffic Held at High Rate

HE fact that, in crder to test its genuineness, he •quoted a particularly high rate for a certain class of traffic; and still...

LONG-DISTANCE WORK FORBIDDEN.

Sir William Hart, North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, has refused an A licence to Messrs. M. Wolstenholme and Sons, of...

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SCARCITY OF CATTLE FLOATS.

That great inconvenience was caused to farmers in the north-east of Scotland in consequence of the shortage of cattle floats,...

Operators Anxious Over Baillie Report T TUESDAY'S meeting of the transI

port section of Bradford Chamber of Trade passed a resolution expressing the view that the Proposed Central Board on wages...

Cotton Spinners Want Road Transport

THE railway companies' application I for increased freight charges was discussed at a meeting of the general committee of the...

Topham Case Concluded - r -IAT the basis of the railway com

panies' objection was that, where facilities existed, no toad applicant should he allowed to expand, despite an improvement in...

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AMERICAN GRIP ON INDIAN MARKET.

In the year ended March 31, 1937, 1,217 lorries, vans and buses, of a value of Rs: 33.1 lakhs, were imported into India from...

Double Conditions Raise Protest .

T HERE is a feeling among carriers that the North-Western Area is the only one in which a double type of condition is imposed....

Railways Oppose Railhead Service

A HAULAGE firm's application for tik permission to replace a trailer by a motor for the transport of rail-borne goods was...

Does New Business Represent Change?

A T Liverpool, last week, Mr. Eric Errington, M.P., replied to a submission by Mr. G. H. P. Bearnes, on behalf of the railways,...

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FIRST FIRE-ENGINE WITH HYDRAULIC TRANSMISSION.

Although the authorities at Birmingham have, for some time past, successfully operated fire tenders equipped with hydraulic...

DEFENDANT ADMONISHED IN TEST CASE.

Judgment was given in a test case by Sheriff Malcolm, at Dundee, last Friday, when Murray Lornie Thomas, motof agent and...

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TRANSPORT OF OWN GOODS IN "A" VEHICLE ALLEGED.

A case which occupied the Louth magistrates some considerable time, last week, was that in which the East Midland Licensing...

Changed Business : Licence Refused

A ' applicant at Chester, last week, was refused a renewal of his A licence on the ground that he had changed the nature of...

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TRADERS URGED TO CONSIDER WAGES PROBLEM.

Consideration to the Baillie report was given, last week, by the traffic section of lyottingham Chamber of Commerce. It was...

AUSTRALIA BUYING MANY FORDSON TRACTORS.

The largest order ever received at one time for Fordson tractors to be exported to Australia has recently been completed at the...

Spreading the Gospel of Mechanized Farming

O r- I N THURSDAY of last week the Ford Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Boreham, near Chelmsford, was inaugurated at a...

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Goods Operators

WATCH YOUR STEP! R ATE-CUTTING is the root evil of all the troubles of the haulage industry. It has implemented the...

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Royal Show Novelties at a Glance

B ELOW we present a brief review of some of the novelties spotted by a special representative at the Royal Show at...

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Trailer or Semi-trailer at Will

I N conjunction with Taskers of Andover (1932), Ltd.,. John I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd., has recently supplied two special...

TOTTENHAM PLEASED WITH ITS NEW REFUSE-COLLECTORS

O N Monday, Tottenham Borough Council staged an official inspection of its new system of dustless refuse collection which has...

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What the I.C.C. Did Not Do !

The Road Transport Meeting of the International Chamber . of Commerce Reduced to a Farce and Valuable Time Wasted By jam'...

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Germany Knows How To Tackle the Traffic Problem

A Progressive Outlook Characterizes Treatment of a Growing Problem. High-speed Coach Travel on New Motor Roads U NDOUBTEDLY one...

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Striking Condemnation of Ulster Board

A Northern Ireland Haulage Association Reveals Shocking Details of the -Alleged Inhuman ,Treatment Meted Out to Operators of...

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WHAT ROAD 1 To "TH]

ANSPORT OWES ROYAL" By H. Scott Hall, M.I.A.E., M.I.T.A. I T is a fact beyond question that the Royal Agricultural Show is...

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New Utility Tender for British Market

High-performance Chassis, with Independent Front Suspension, Lends' Itself Well as Foundation of Attractive Pontiac Tender W...

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What the Associations Are Doing

MINISTRY TO MAKE THE ROADS SAFE. The Ministry of Transport proposes to make all roads safe. Every defect capable of remedy...

Flaws in Baillie Report Exposed

IF the Baillie Committee's recom mendations on wages and conditions be accepted, the three independent members recommended for...

Three ARO. Sub-areas Hear S.T.R.

WHEN Mr. G. Lester, hon. secretary . W of the Gloucester Sub-area of A.R.O., was shown, a short while ago, one of our circulars...

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EMPLOYERS' CONFERENCE TO MEET AGAIN.

A.R.O. has been in touch with the other interests which collaborated in the foundation of the Employers' Conference, with a...

C-LICENCE MEMBERS SUBMIT TO WAGES CONTROL.

A.R.O. ancillary users' hoard decided, last week, in favour of C-licensees beir s ig treated on the same basis ,as 'hauliers in...

Road Transport Topics in Parliament

By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent TRAFFIC COMMISSIONERS' TENURE OF .OFFICE. I N the House of Lords on Tuesday the...

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Is "The Royal" Worth While?

T ' HE optimistic the subject note which was e subject of our comment at the Royal Show, last year, is even more pronounced...

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END TO UNOFFICIAL STRIKES?

I T is to be hoped that, as an outcome of the conference of the Transport and General Workers Union, at Torquay, this week, -...

LEEDS APPEAL ON WORKMEN'S FARES

A PPEALS by Leeds Corporation concerning the issue at workmen's cheap tickets on privately owned bus services came before Mr....

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TICKET CONDITIONS CAUSE BIG LOSS

CONDITIONS imposed by the North '....Western Traffic Commissioners on Ribble Motor Services, Ltd:,concerning the availabilityof...

WHEN IS A BUS DRIVER EMPLOYED?

A FINE point of law was involved in ,a case before Stornoway Sheriff Court. John Mitchell was charged with employing Malcolm...

Ventilation and Driver Comfort

Studied in New Leylands 100 New Titan 56-seaters for London Transport Have Novel Features VENTILATION and the comfort of V...

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New Garner Range in Production

Many Practical Features in the Latest Garner Models which Range from 2-24-ton to 5-6-ton Capacity. Prices and Wheelbases of All...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES CLEARING HOUSES AND CUT RATES. [50781 Since Mr. Ashton Davies has evaded replying to mr-letter, I am not very...

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Scotland Becoming Tractor-minded

Despite Difficulties, Scottish Farmers are to an Increasing Extent Adopting Mechanization to Cut Loss S COTIAND has not been a...

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Independent Suspension for Buses

F ROM Norway comes, in patent No. 4643,595 (void), an interesting design of independent suspension as applied to a bus chassis,...