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9th May 1947
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Commercial Initiative—and the Other Kind

A MONGST the causes of our present industrial uncertainty we should never lose sight of the dangers attendant upon the loose...

Passing Comments

An Unwarranted Sally IN a lecture on the apprecia Against Pro v in eial tion of industrial design, Buses given by Mr. John...

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One Hears—

That Eastern Coachworks, Ltd., has orders for 1,900 new bodies. Of enthusiasts who would change the old adage to "There's no...

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News of the Week

• Busy DAYS FOR APPEAL TRIBUNAL T HE Appeal Tribunal will hear an appeal by Mr. H. G. Powell against a decision of the East...

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Transport Bill Passes Third Reading A MOTION by Sir David Maxwell Fyfe that the Transport Bill should he

rejected was defeated by 308 votes to 194 in the House of Commons on Monday. The Bill passed Third Reading and will now go to...

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Personal Pars

SIR GEORGE 13INNEY has been elected a director of Tilling-Stevens, Ltd. MR. J. W. BACHE has been appointed assistant sales...

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D ECISION has been given by the Appeal Tribunal in a

case in which a company enjoyed exceptional expansion during the war and was aggrieved by the action of •the South Eastern...

Lord Wootton on the Bill

(I N May 1 we were given the opportunity of meeting at luncheon the new president of the National Road Transport Federation,...

Bolton Operators Stage Parade

IN spite of the threat of nationalizaItiort, operators still had the spirit to carry on the traditions of road transport to the...

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Passenger Transport News

HIGHER FARES FOR SUMMER TOURS? O PERATORS of summer excursions and tours in Aberdeen and NorthEast Scotland applied to the...

COMBINES ATTACKED BY SCOV. OPERATOR

B US companies which objected to the proposed Highland tours organized by Northern Roadways, Ltd., Glasgow, were adopting a...

Gear Experiment Cuts Fuel Costs n NE of Leeds Corporation's buses,

\--/fitted experimentally with a singlespeed double-reduction driving axle, having a primary reduction by spiral bevel and a...

New Gantry Eas es Bus Overhauls

I ONDON TRANSPORT is now Lansing, at Chiswick Works, a new type of two-platform overhaul gantry, the invention of two members...

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ASHTON MAKES A PROFIT ON PRE-WAR FARES

By F. H. Crossley General Manager, Ashton-uncler -Lane Car poration Passenger Transport Depart merzt. ASHTOA...

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Combined Heater arid De-froster Unit

A TYPE of interior heater and wind screen de-froster, in which the water in the engine cooling system is utilized, is that...

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P.T.A. Eastbourne Conference

N Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, May 6-8, the annual conference of the Passenger Transport Association took place at...

Accent on Service in P.S.V.s 1/ , 1 his paper, " The

Future Develop' merit of the Public Service Vehicle," Mr. D. M. Sinclair M.I.A.E., M.Inst.T., general manager Birmingham and...

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Where Commonsense is Bliss

U NDER the title "Commonsense in Road Transport," a paper was read on the third day of the conference by Mr. E. L. Taylor,...

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In advocating a Degree of Stanoardization to Facilitate Forward Planning

in Bodybuilding, a Contributor Suggests Three Possible Solutions of the Problem— Can P.S.V. Output be Raised? I F quality,...

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J UST as the modern army derives its mobility and high-pressure

efficiency from the use of motors, so does the police force of this decade rely upon cars and commercial vehicles for the swift...

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Manchester Tries Driver Control for Doors

WITH the object of reducing accident VY risks, Manchester Corporation has recently joined the ranks of undertakings trying out...

"Transfer" Case to be investigated

IN upholding an appeal by the L.M.S. 1-Railway Co. against a grant to the Hulton Motor Co., Ltd., the Appeal Tribunal has...

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The Report

Stage— A Muffled Explosion! By Our. Legal Adviser T HE Report Stage on the Transport Bill may be said to have gone with a...

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Building Up RATES for BRICK HAULAGE

S.T.R. Estimates that the Total Annual Value of Brick Traffic Exceeds • i6,600,000, and Indicates Minimum Remunerative Charges...

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A Résumé of Recently Published Patent Specifications

A Four-wheeled Axle Assembly A MERICAN practice in six-wheeler .1-1 desi g n is exemplified in patent No. 584,930, which comes...