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p UBLIC confidence in the ability of the British Transport Commission to provide the quality of service which trade and...
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T HE proposed amendments to the regulations concerning pedestriae crossings are now before Parliament. Their main purport is to...
Progress is Often NAOTORMIG along a quiet Made by Roundabout " I Sussex by-road during a Routes recznt fine week-end, a mem ber...
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That 0.P.P.A. stands for opposition to oppression. That Taskers is a good name for trailers built for almost any task. That...
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1 — k A FURTHER increase in. pay for road haulage workers has been proposed. It is similar to that recently authorized in R.H....
Accounts show that the gross receipts of British Road Services amounted to £62.473,177. compared with expenditure of...
£4m. was lost for the following reasons: The increase in haulage rates of 71 per cent., made in May, 1950, was only just...
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WIN■1■ to Loss of Elm. abnormal. Not only had vehicles acquired called for excessive initial maintenance, but those taken over...
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Ma. R. I. PINDER has succeeded MR. H. C. TErr as general sales manager of the Esso Petroleum Co.. Ltd. Mr. Tett has become a...
O PPOSITION to the British Transport Commission's south-west area scheme for passenger transport is likely to come from many...
C HALRMEN of two major bus companies reported lower revenues at their annual general meetings last week. Mr. J. S. Wills,...
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P UBLICATION of the memorandum of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce on the integration of road, rail and...
T HE Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority has again refused to grant Messrs. H. Wragg and Sons, New Whittington, near...
A SCATHING at It a c k on the National Bus Workers' Union was delivered in the House of Commons last week by Mr. Alfred Robens....
S UBSTANTIAL orders for Leyland goods vehicles have been placed by the Road Haulage Executive. They comprise 200 Octopus...
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w E regret to announce the death of SIR THEODORE THOMAS, CB.E., M.Inst.T., MR. FREDERICK R. ALDHOUS, M.B.E., and Ma. J. D....
T HIS year's Smithfield Show, to be held at Earls Court from December 3-7, will contain a larger display of tractors and...
THE new Aintree garage of Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., was opened last week by Mr. F. Williamson, 0.B.E., North-western...
N Ew ' simplified regulations . governing the use and marking of pedestrian crossings will come into operation on October 31,...
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AST' week, the South-Eastern -a Licensing Authority granted new ire scales to two operators—Eastourne Corporation and Fast Kent...
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A PART from the equipment usually to be found in the research department of a big oil company, some of the finest apparatus I...
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By L. J. COTTON, M.I.R.T.E. Because of reflection or absorption of sound by surrounding objects, noise measurement is one of...
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G REATER economy in heavy haulage is made possible by the introduction of two new series of tractive units by the G.M.C. truck...
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L AST week the Oil Engine Division of Rolls-Royce, Ltd., came into the open by showing in London an example of its new range of...
The main feature of the Flexseat is a Spencer-Moulton Flexitor unit used to support the seat. This unit consists of a shaft,...
T HE Flexseat is the latest model to be added to the range of commercial vehicle seats manufactured by A. W. Chapman, Ltd.,...
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E CONOMICAL operation of a fleet of heavy-duty oilengined tractors plus a revolutionary " highball " clearing method, enabled...
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A LIGHT four-wheel-drive crosscountry chassis has been developed by Douglas Equipment, Ltd., Cheltenham, based on the Commer...
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By 0 pe Alfred Woolf, Fren B.A. a Continual Threat of Political Intervention, port Faces the Future Determined to Remain :e...
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the " reversible " design of Strachans (Successors), Ltd., Wales Farm Road, North Acton, London, W.3. The first example of the...
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Pronouncements by Two Socialist Pamphleteers Indicate that they do not Regard Nationalization as the Panacea for Future Ills :...
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T HE Leasehold Property (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1951, which came into force on June 24, confers protection on persons who...
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Ingenious Tractor. trailer Design Makes for Speedy Loading and Safe Transport A DOUBLE-DECK trailer unit, capable of carrying...
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As there is no Standard Method of Cost Recording, Comparisons between Different Operators' Figures do not Present a True...
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A SUSPENSION system which automatically adjusts itself to the applied load is the subject of patent No. 653,258; which comes...