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Ford's Record Sales For 1953 •
F OR the first time in the company's history, the total value of group sales last year exceeded £100,000,000, Sir Rowland Smith, chairman of the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., stated in......
Minister To Open Handling Show The Fourth Mechanical...
and Convention will be opened by Mr. Duncan Sandys, Minister of Supply, on June 9. It is to be held at Olympia, London, and will close on June 19. Eleven papers will be......
Fares To Rise With Wages?
THE recent wage increase to busmen is the reason given by the Eastern National Omnibus Co., Ltd., for an application to the Eastern Licensing Authority for permission to raise......
Big Profit Al Hartlepool
QINCE Hartlepool Corporation began 1--) to run their own buses last year they have made sufficient, in addition to covering their expenses, to contribute £3,500 to the rates and......
New Lightweight Body
A N all - alloy lightweight 41-scat body priced at £2,150 will be announced by Strachans Successors, Ltd., Wales Farm Road, London, W.3, in a few weeks' time. It will be known......
London Transport Inquiry
T HE committee inquiring into London Transport • are making good progress, but the Minister of Transport does not think he will receive their report until towards the end of the......
Germany Restricting Road Haulage
A BILL to curtail the expansion of long-distance heavy goods traffic by road in Germany was approved by the Federal Cabinet last week. It will impose heavy additional taxation......
Mobile Laboratory For Road Materials
A MOBILE :trailer laboratory for rt testing the qualities of materials intended for roadmaking has been put into service by Monmouthshire Highways Department. When commercial......
The Next Issue
B ECAUSE of the incidence of Good Friday, the next issue of The Commercial Motor will be published on Saturday, April 17.......