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Modern Systems are Essential to Make Proper Use of Specialised Cleansing Vehicles p ROGRESS in the evolution of specialised...
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O FFERS of contract-hire units for sale by the -British Transport Commission have become a farce. Inquiry by The Commercial...
Unit Prices Dropping? T HERE seems to have been a slight drop in the prices of transport units. According to information...
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That some operators appear to have the idea that springs never tire. That many an engine is consequently running inefficiently...
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L 1ST 6 of transport units, comprising 536 lots, was published on Wednesday. Tenders for " vehicle-only " units must be...
- PLIDGMENT was reserved by the J Transport Arbitration Tribunal last week at the conclusion of the hearing of a compensation...
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at the specific request of 20 persons. In fact, only seven of those 20 people submitted tenders and of these, four were...
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MR. S. J. BURN has been appointed maintenance superintendent of the transport, electrical and heating section of Hendon Borough...
B IRMINGHAM Corporation face expulsion from the employers' side of the National Joint Industrial Council, having negotiated a...
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F , ACED with an increase of about £300,000a year in costs consequent on recent wage rises, the Ulster Transport Authority and...
CONTINUE MEGOTIATIONS are still in progress ` 4 1 regarding an increase in rates for the road haulage of lime. The Road...
T HE first motor show ever to be held in Japan was recently staged in Tokyo. Including the makers of equipment, 211...
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" DROVIDING there are no further substantial increases in the cost of salaries, wages and materials, or other unforeseen...
Mr. A. Skill, St. Peter's Street, Radford, Nottingham, a licence for a Nottingham-Manchester express service for Servicemen on...
Page 65
T HE transport of meat is in such a state of flux that we don't know what is going to happen," said the Scottish Deputy...
A NEW vehicle for the bulk transport of flour was demonstrated recently by Leyland Motors, Ltd., at the works of Henry Simon,...
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delivery work was bein g lost by British Railways because of unsatisfactory service, it was stated before the Yorkshire...
than cars and motorcycles, rose from 10,996 in February to 16,864 in March. The biggest single increase was in "other goods'...
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A S reported last week, Robert Wynn and Sons, Ltd., Newport, have been largely successful in their application to the South...
-THE new Euston Square booking I office of London Coastal Coaches, Ltd., came into operation last week. A site 40 yd. by 30 yd....
fiORE than 50 Smith's N.C.B. electric al vehicles have been supplied during the past three years to Bolands, Ltd., Dublin, the...
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the 6th International Coach Rally at Montreux, Switzerland, last week. First pike - was taken by a 1948 Scania Vabis •...
A 1948 Scania Vabis Coach Won Main Event in Montreux Rally Sweden and Germany Tied for Second Place by Andrew Seacombe None...
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A SENSE of humour may have governed the choice of the name United Carriers, Ltd., for the company planned to succeed the Meat...
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By Andrew Seacombe Steps Taken by the Government and the Port of London Authority are Causing London's Boroughs to Send Their...
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Southend and South Shields— Southend Concentrating on 25-cu.-yd. Oil-engined Refuse Collectors to Reduce Costs South Shields...
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Refuse Collectors for Mechanical and Manual Loading, Gullyand Cesspool-emptiers and Electric Orderly Trucks to Figure in Range...
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By H. Scott-Hall, M.I.Mech.E., M.I.R.T.E. M UNICIPAL transport activities are varied but not extensive. Only the larger towns...
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Sue a Driver? The Law on Negligence and Relationship Between Master and Servant Illuminated by Court Award by Our Legal...
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Part I Ambulance Efficiency 0 NE of the features of British life is the way in which great public services come into existence...
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Mr. R. G. Crowther and Mr. Henry Walker are Concerned in Purchases from B.R.S. 'TWO leaders of the Road Haulage 1Association...
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TWIN rams, mounted in a front - of1 body position, and a stabilizer which is attached to the body by twin slide-bars, are...
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I FOUND the article concerning the operation of A vehicles on Continental tours (issue May 21) most interesting, but one point...
A N attractive articulated demonstraTh tion van, to the order of Philips lectrical, Ltd., has been completed at lie works of...
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" The Commercial Motor" Costs Expert Shows How to Modify Rates When Operational Activities are Extended Outside the Immediate...
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A TRANSMISSION system employ in g two automatic clutches, a tor q ue converter and a two-speed g ear, is disclosed in patent...