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C-licence Fleets Up 12.8 Per Cent.
D URING the 12 months to March last, the number of C-licence vehicles rOse by 12.8 per cent. Two months ago there were 691,328 traders'. vehicles, compared with 612,709 in......
Applications To Raise Fares Begin
E 1GHT applications have been made . 1 -4 to the Northern Licensing Authority for sanction to increase fares. Mr. James. Dickinson, of Hexham, is seeking to raise the return......
Hauliers And 1947 Act
A LL the business sessions at the Road Haulage Association's annual conference, to bc held at Scarborough from September 20-22, will take place at the Olympia: The headquarters......
16 More Transfers
S IXTEEN more haulage undertakings have been acquired by the Road Haulage Executive. The following 11 transfers took place front May 2127: A. Bradshaw (Unit E.466).......
Petrol Price Not High?
I N a statement last Saturday, Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd, M.P.. who was at one time in charge of the Petroleum Warfare Department, said that an immediate protest should be lodged......
Cardiff Dispute On P.a.y.e. System
B ECAUSE a special report on Cardiff Corporation transport undertaking Would cause "a good deal of public anxiety" and " upset public opinion unnecessarily," the transport......
French Coach Ban Relaxed
B ECAUSE of protests by coach operators and intervention by Members of Parliament, the French Ministry of Transport has relaxed its ban (reported in "The Commercial Motor" on......
Road-combers
A MAGNETIC device for picking up riiron and steel from the road is being made in the U.S.A. One State using the device picks up 12 lb. of metal per mile and reckons that the......