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New Municipal Wage Claim
THE wages council of the National I Joint Industrial Council for road passenger transport, representing municipal operators, is expected to meet next Wednesday to consider a new......
New Ideas Wanted For Dock Roads
IF dock congestion is to be avoided, 1 fresh ideas on the layout of approach roads must be produced when the building or rebuilding of docks is being considered. Mr. R. T. Crake......
Rubber Snubber To Improve Suspension
A SIMPLE new device designed to improve suspension characteristics when employed with leaf springs, is known as the Aeon hollow rubber spring. It is, in effect, a snubber, but......
Road Plans Rejected
R ECOMMENDATIONS for road improvements submitted a year.ago to the Ministry of Transport by the Northern Regional Board for Industry have not been accepted. Sir Mark Hodgson,......
Reflectors: Order Soon? D Egulations Concerning The I%...
Iwo red reflectors to the rear of vehicles will be issued at the earliest practicable date. The Minister of Transport said last week that he was considering various comments......
"work Together"
F ELLOW members of an industry should work together as a corporate body, rather than try to manage alone, said Cllr. E. B. Robinson when he spoke last week at the annual dinner......
Compulsory Brake Tests Coming ?
T HE Government are considering the compulsory testing of brakes in connection with the proposed Road Traffic Bill. The Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of......
Nationalization Succeeded At A Cost
N ATIONALIZATION of road transport had worked—but at a cost. Capt. G. Upston, chairman of the Western Area of the Road Haulage Association, told Bristol Rotary Club last week.......
Bus Service Reductions Criticized By M.p.s
R EDUCTIONS in country bus services on the ground of economy are criticized in a motion tabled by a number of Conservative Members of Parliament in the House of Commons. The......
Record Italian Production Italian Production Of Vehicles...
a record figure last year. Altogether 2,286 buses, 7,319 vans and 21.842 lorries were made. Exports were 19 per cent. above the 1952 figures, 246 buses, 461 vans and 644 lorries......