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U.s. Supports • Berlin Show
A MERICAN support is being given, it is understood, to the. Berlin Motor Show which will take place in the Funkturm in the British sector, from May 27—June 4. The show is being......
Public Boycotting Scarborough Tours
r' °ACHES on excursions to Scar borough have to set down their passengers at Weaponness Valley Road park, 30 minutes' walk from the sea. Although there is a bus service between......
German Competition Feared
G ERMAN hauliers arc for the first time since the war engaging in international road transport_ Kiihne und Nagel, a Hamburg haulage company, has started a regular service to......
New Plant Drenches Leyl Ands
W EATHERPROOFING of vehicles will be tested in new plant in the Leyland works which reproduces heavy rain. It Consists of a girder framing into which a vehicle can be driven.......
Fuel Order Amended
INDER the Motor Fuel (Control) (Amendment) Order, 1950, which came into operation on May 8, heavy oil, as well as commercial petrol, may be furnished against X, Y. F, W and G......
Tribunal On Tour
T HE Appeal Tribunal will be sitting in the Crown Court, Chester Castle, on May 16 and 17. On the first day, the first case to be heard will be an appeal by Messrs. Harrison......
Exhibition Of Plastics
N EW applications of Celanese plastic materials are to be shown at an exhibition organized by British Celanese, Ltd., at Celanese House, Hanover Square, London, W.I. from May 8......
Free Guide To Performance Ropies Of "what British Vehicles
Can Do," the analysis of the performance of 100 goods and passenger vehicles published in the April 28 issue of "The Commercial Motor," will be sent free of charge to any......
Wider Buses On Test E'ight Central London Bus Routes
are to be operated next week with 8-ft.-wide buses. This is to be a largescale test to judge the suitability of this type in heavy traffic.......
Companies V. Corporation To Avoid Jeopardizing Their...
services, the Northern General Transport Co.,, Ltd., and' Sunderland District Omnibus Co. have refused to ,withdraw their objections to the Sunderland Corporation, Parliamentary......
Overweight Lorry: R.h.e. Fined
COR using a goods vehicle taxed at 1 £35 when, in fact, it had been modified and had been increased by 8 cwt. in unladen weight since registration, the Road Haulage Executive......
Ford Drive In Brazil Thames Vans And Lorries Are To
be 1 nssembled by the Ford Motor Co. Exports Inc., Sao Paulo. Hitherto, complete vehicles have been exported to Brazil, but assembly in that country will allow 40 per cent.......
Union And Summer Services
/ -1 A HINT that the Transport and General Workers' Union proposes to make an onslaught on operators of seasonal services, is contained in the Union's official organ. "This is......