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Higher E.y.m.s. Fares Refused
A N application by East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd., for permission o revise certain fares which would - ealize £61,000 extra revenue a year, as been refused by the Yorkshire......
Letter Of Excuse: "flat Impertinence"
w/HEN a Tonyrefail lorry driver, Curvven IsIwyn Croad, did not Appear at Raglan magistrates' court, last week, on a speeding charge, his employers wrote to say it was because......
N.f.t.f. Oppose "mud" Clause
A PETITION against the following clause in the Newport Corporation Bill has been lodged by the National Road Transport Federation: "Any person who being the owner of or being in......
Level Crossings Cause Loss?
D ELAYS in operating the gates of level crossings in Hull may be partly responsible for losses incurred by the municipal bus undertaking. This opinion was expressed at a meeting......
Swedes See Rootes Plant
T HE site of the new Commer factory at Dunstable, a Elm. project expected to be put into commission by the end of the year, was visited last week by the party of Rootes Swedish......
Heater For Oil Tanker
r counteract the solidification of hard oils carried in their road tankers, Clyde Oil Extraction Ltd., King George V Dock, Glasgow, SW.!, have installed an experimental heating......
Haulage Firm Split Up
T HE Carluke haulage firm of Messrs. Adamson and Sons has been dissolved and the assets divided among the partners—Mr. G. S. Adamson, Mr. A. A. Adamson and Mr. R. Adamson. Mr.......
Exeter Pays 127,500 Tax
F UEL tax cost Exeter Transport Department £27,500 in 1953-54, compared with 18,500 in 1947-48. Unless the duty is relieved, the transport undertaking will be a burden on the......
Leyland Gain Big Yugoslav Order
IN the face of acute competition from 1 German manufacturers, Leyland Motors, Ltd., have gained an order from Kompressor, Belgrade, for 25 forward-control dump trucks with......
German Buses For Turkey
A GERMAN manufacturer has obtained a contract to install Istanbul's first trolleybus system which, The Commercial Motor understands, will replace the city's existing trams. The......
R.h.a. Conference Date
T " annual conference of the Road Haulage Association will be held at Weston-super-Mare from October 12-15. Dinner-dances will be held by the South Yorkshire Area at Sheffield......