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transport„ in recent years has been a vital factor in the parallel expansion of agricultural • productivity in this country. A...
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f ares Henning S MITHFIELD men are traditionally noteworthy for their mighty thews, limited but startling vocabulary and almost...
IXT HEN the Bristol OmnibuS‘ Co., Ltd., successfully applied V to the Western Traffic Commissioners to raise fares, their case...
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. . N ET receipts of British Road Services last year rOse by £1.2m. to N ET receipts of British Road Services last year rOse...
THE Commission's road passenger activities were also successful last year. The Tilling and Scottish bus groups yielded net...
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c4 NCOMFORTABLE neighbours" was how Mr. J. R. C. Samuel Gibbon described British Road Services before the Transport Tribunal...
A N application to add two vehicles, which formerly operated under contract-A licence, to a B licence, was granted by Mr. J. A....
N O more eeonomies could be effected if efficient services were to be maintained.. The Company was now reaching the limit in...
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BY OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT T HE Minister of Transport has already had talks with the Chancellor of the Exchequer about...
R. T. H. B. WHITING has taken up th new post of London director for the Aveling-Barford Group. MR, E. K. BURTON, formerly with...
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I N deciding an appeal by McGill's Bus Service, Ltd.. the Minister of Transport has upheld the action taken by the Scottish...
Ltd., Hull, for two articulated outfits, part heard at Bridlington (The Commercial Motor, May 6) has been Withdrawn ,without...
F ACED with a growing staff shortage, London Transport Executive this week offered their 38,000 drivers and conductors a "new...
A T certain London parcels depots of / - 1.. British Road Services, the bank staff, who are not covered by the compensatory...
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T HE scramble by transport operators to share in the large steel development projects in South Wales had resulted in a "closed...
Device Contest 1 =} ULES have been mnn approV - ed by the vehicle security coittee of the. R ad Haulage Association for a...
QHOULD the salaries of supervisory and clerical employees of British Road Services be related to those of . other sections of...
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. inaugurated by Lytham St. Armes Corporation Transport on Sunday. They will use two veteran Leyland Titan. double-deck buses...
Shop Fittings Extra Vehicles QTATING that what a supporting kJ witness wanted was "a type, of taxi service," Mr. A. H. I...
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Experts Disagree on Reasonable Return on Capital Investment T RAFFIC Commissioners throughout Britain were in the midst of a...
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Strong Opposition from Local Councils Overruled by Commissioners that no single fare should be increased by more than Id. with...
F INAL decisions about the reorganization of the capital of the Ulster Transport Authority had been postponed by the Government...
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A NEWCOMER to the haulage industry, Mr. E. P. Salkeld, Staveley, was granted a B licence for a 41 - ton vehicle to carry...
T RUE Aberdeenshire hauliers who were granted transfers from contract-A . to A licence, at Aberdeen last week, immediately had...
C APABLE of a delivery rate of 600 g.p.m., a new airport-hydrant fuel dispenser, based on the Karrier Gamecock chassis, has...
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D ESPITE the 17-day strike, which cost the Undertaking £100,000 net, and the wage award at the end of the financial year, the...
IT would have been against the - interests of the travelling public to defer a decision of the Eastern Traffic -Commissioners...
TRAFFIC congestion would cause a I substantial decline in the number of passengers carried during the next financial year; said...
Thames Exhibition: An exhibition of Thames Traders will be on show at Unwins (York), Ltd.; York, from July 4 - 9. New Plant in...
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S -MITHFIELD MARKET, sprawled beneath the walls of St. Bartholomew's Hospital in the City of London, is the centre of the...
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A SELF-HEAT1NG soldering iron is manufactured by Jenolite, Ltd., 13-17 Rathbone Street, London, W.1. It is known as the...
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Continental Tours "Not to be Embarked Upon Lightly," Says Mr. Hodgson When Refusing New Licence THE contention that a wide...
T W 0 new road experiments involving traffic lights and the banning of right turns, are to be put into operation in an attempt...
U NLESS the price of new vehicles is kept within reasonable control, purchases by Barr and Wallace Arnold trust, Ltd., will...
F 'OR running an extra bus to the village of Keadby, to take people to a football match, Monkague and Geoffrey Williams,...
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of MILE :7ounts in the Construction VEHICLES G REAT advances have been made in recent years in the transport of powdered...
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SERIES of practical tests to study the behaviour of a range of fuels Cr cold-weather conditions has been by the British...
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APPLIAPPLI CATIONS, to amend existing lic e nces of Road Services CATIONS, Ltd,, Glasgow Road, Dumfries, heard in Scotland and...
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tests between . nine class leaders at York on Sunday, L. King (British Road Services) proved the local centre champion, losing...
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D RIVING a Thames van, E. Harris (S.P,D., Ltd.) lost only 14 points in the Southend round of the _.orry Driver of the Year...
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E BENEFITS T HE British flair for adapting varying—and often superficially opposed—methods of control is long established and...
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j • UDGING by what has happened subsequently, the General Election shattered the Labour party, and their leaders have been...
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QO that their road tankers may be sign written in the names of concerns to which they are hired, even , for short periods. A....
A N alleged lack of holiday facilities Pl.-resulted in a series of applications being made by three north-western operators, at...
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nd STAMINA S TEAM traction still has its adherents. Mr. J. R. Dickens, foreman fitter of T.T.B. (Haulage), Ltd., Amersham...
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at Royal Show F ARMERS are beginning to appreciate the economies, which can be achieved by • handling grain and feed materials...
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A CCEPTING that bulk haulage of certain agricultural products, along with other traffic, has come to stay, British Road...
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There's only one way to prove the I worth of a trailer axle—and that's by watching it work with big payloads over millions of...
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E XPORTS of commercial vehicles in I-4 April reached a new record level with the shipment of 13,933 units. This compares with...
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Off to A FLYING START difficulties to be fully investigated. Results in the Midlands and other parts of the •country show...
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Rnmsgate Corporation are to buy an S.D. refuse collector. Dewsbury Corporation arc to acquire a Dennis rause collector....
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A N insulated air-conditioned vehicle to carry day-old chicks has been . supplied to Birds Eye Foods, Ltd. The body was built...
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A GRICULTURE and road transport have much in common. They are two of Britain's largest industries. Yet in contrast to...