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Batteries Lighter And Longer-lived
T HE Commercial Motor Show will mark the introduction of several new heavy-duty batteries of various makes. They will represent the result of extensive research and development......
Irish Call For Tax Cut
T HE Minister of Labour has been sent a plea by Bangor Borough Council to the effect that a reduction in the fuel tax was vital to the economy of Northern Ireland and would......
Jubilee Bus Procession Rrhe Silver Jubilee Of The Omnibus L
Society will coincide with the Commercial Motor Show, and it is proposed to arrange a celebration in the form of a small procession of vehicles of varlet:is ages from Earls......
Have Second Thoughts On Tender
H AVING refused a tender of £525 by Wright and Co. (King's Cross), Ltd., London, N.1, for contract-hire unit 2312 in List 5, the British Transport Commission have changed their......
Serious View Of Insecure Loads
A WARNING that the Bench would have to take more serious notice of cases where drivers were summoned for driving vehicles with insecure loads was given by the chairman of......
Old Buses: Men Strike T Hree Buses Which Were Added To
1 the fleet of Stepps depot of W. Alexander and Sons, Ltd., last Friday, caused more than 250 drivers and conductors to strike. The drivers objected that the vehicles were......
"mass Attacks" By Examiners Alleged
D ° you usually make mass attacks on transport?" This question was put to a Ministry of Transport vehicle examiner, Mr. J. B. King, by Mr. T. H. Campbell Wardlaw before......
£20 Fine For Slack Steering 1-1 . A Fine Of £20., With...
was imposed on R. Whitehead (Chilwell), Ltd., Viaduct Works, Giltbrook, at Derby, last week, for permitting the use of a lorry with inefficient steering gear. It was stated that......
Appeals By Leeds?
A PPEALS by Leeds Corporation against the Yorkshire Licensing Authority's decisions concerning the corporation's projected bus service from the city centre to the Swarcliffe......
Sunderland's Last Tram Tete Tram Service In Sunderland...
down on October 1. On the same day, the Hylton Road tram sheds will be officialLy opened as a bus depot.......