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Lighting Report •
to Min ister A . REPORT on the lighting of vehicles, recommending revised and improved standards, is to be put before the Minister of Transport by the standing joint committee......
Industry Can Still Be Major Exporter
THIS ...country has recently lost 1 ground in several markets; I believe, however, that there is no fundamental reason why the motor industry—given a reasonable supply of......
Power-steering Daimlers For Halifax Rla1med To Be The...
power-assisted steering to go into service with a municipal undertaking in England, six Daimler C.D. 650 doubledeckers are now being run by Halifax Transport Department. The......
Repair Workers' Pay Up 3d. Per Hour
WAGES of skilled and semi-skilled W workers in the motor retail and repairing industry have been advanced by 3d. per hour, and those of other grades by 20. per hour. Juniors are......
Leyland Engine Orders.
T HE industrial units division of Leyland Motors, Ltd., has received an order for 360 direct-injection oil engines from Euclid (Great Britain), Ltd„ for installation in the......
• Private-hire Rates Up
. R ATES for the private hire of buses are to be increased, 'Stockton-onTees Transport Committee has decided. The proposed new rate before midnight is 2s. 9d. per mile, compared......
Mobile Salesmen Were Pedlars
THREE Leeds men were prosecuted J. at Bradford last week for peddling without a certificate. They were seen going from house to 'house with tablecloths and pillowcases. The......
Glasgow-edinburgh Express
IN additionto the 15-minute service /at present run between Glasgow and Edinburgh by Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., a new express service commenced last week-end. A two-hourly......
Trams For 20 Years More Trams Are Not Likely To Be Abolished
1 in Sunderland for 20 years. This opinion was expressed by the borough engineer, Mr. J. E. Lewis, when art inquiry was held into the town's development plans. The abandonment......
Alloca110n Figure Soon
1 – X A SPOKESMAN of the Ministry of Supply told "The Commercial Motor" this week that the allocation figure for commercial vehicles for the home market for 1952 was expected to......
In A Line Or Two
The retail price of the Woodhead Monroe 1-in, shock absorber has been reduced to £2 I 1 s. 8d. The Nuffield Universal t.v.o. tractor now costs £557 10s. in three-wheeled form......