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Licence Not Needed By Drivers , Agency Ra A Prosecution...
principal officer in a driver-hire agency failed at Perth on Monday. Allan Burnett, head of the Burnett Labour Agency, Hillhead, Kirriemuir, was found not guilty of using a......
Israel's Transport Spending Q Ince 1955, Israel Has...
total of £14m. in the development of roads and road transport, as well as £6m. for the improvement and extension of the railway system. Investment in road transport has mainly......
No Buses—no Nurses
A PLAN to provide private bus facilities for staff at three hospitals near York has been submitted to York " A " and Tadcaster Hospital Management Committee. This follows......
Mr. Starleys New Post
D EPUTY managing director of the Champion Sparking Plug Co., Ltd., Mr. H. G. Starley has succeeded Sir Francis Brake as chairman of the Interdepartmental Packaging Co-ordinating......
Bill For Children's Concession Fares
THE Public Service Vehicles (School'. children) Bill was presented in the House of Commons, on Tuesday, by Mr. N. Pannell (Cons, Kirkdale) with the support of •Mr. Ernest......
Double Barriers Dangerous
D ECIDING that double barriers for bus queues are dangerous, Nottingham Transport Committee are to remove six of seven erected. Double barriers have been found disadvantageous......
86-ft. Piles Hauled 350 Miles
A FIER travelling 350 miles by road from Tallington, Lines, two 86-ft. prestressed concrete piles have been delivered in Glasgow by A. J. Wootten, Ltd., Dteping St. James,......
Municipal Services Stay T Ra M And Trolleybus Services...
by the Colombo Municipal Council are not to be taken over yet by the Ceylon Transport Board. Mr. Vere de Mel, chairman of the Board, has stated that he and his staff have their......
Rail "piggy-back" Popular
B ECAUSE of the, increasing popularity of " piggy-back " transport of privately owned trailers by rail, Canadian National Railways have decided to put the service under the......
Driver Wins Award
A DRIVER of the Northern General -C -1 . Transport Co., Ltd., Mr. R. W. Davis, has secured the first of the B.E.T. Group's special prizes awarded to members who excel in the......
T.r.t.a. Elections
14R. B. POTTS was on Monday elected lvi chairman of the Hereford Area of the Traders' Road Transport Association. Mr. I. L. Price is vice-chairman and Mr. E. S. Wright honorary......
-application "back To Front," Say B.t.c.
nBJECTING to an A-licence applica tion by Mr. E. Edwards, Stockport, Mr. G. H. P. Beames, for the British Transport Commission, claimed at Manchester, on Tuesday, that "......
More Express Freight Trains Promised
TW 0 new marshalling yards, costing a total of Mtn., are to be built by the London Midland Region of British Railways. Mr. David Blee, the region's general manager, said on......
Fast Service Sought
rA A NEW semi-express bus service between Bradford and Keighley will be Operated by the West Yorkshire Road Car Co., Ltd., if approval is given by the Yorkshire Traffic......