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Page 1
Page 77
A N urgent and serious problem and, in fact, an unenviable situation, now face the Government in connection with the latest...
Page 78
T HERE may be variations in the law pertaining to hire-purchase as between England and Scotland. Certainly, at least some...
The City Wakes Up IT is interesting to note that London's Lord Mayor's Show I is to take place on Saturday, November 9, in the...
Page 79
Of special Norvic shoes for motor drivers. That at least some drivers would like to be in other eople's shoes—but not always...
Page 80
WHAT is possibly the li g ht-van oil VV en g ine of the future has been announced in a g ricultural form by F Perkins, Ltd.,...
Page 81
I F 10 hauliers carried regular loads on behalf of Robert Liddle, Ltd., Carlisle, to a rocket-motor testing site in Cumberland,...
F INES totalling £292 were imposed by Hull Stipendiary Magistrate, last week, on McVeigh Transport, Ltd., Hull and Grimsby. The...
Page 82
MR. G. W. POWELL has been elected a director of the Esso Petroleum Co., Ltd. Ma. J. R Aaitarr has been appointed an additional...
A N application by 0. B. Transport. Ltd., Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, for a re-hearing of a case in which the North Western...
Page 99
XPLAINING how he kept a vehicle 1--a fully occupied on journeys to and from Coventry, a haulier told the Yorkshire Deputy...
uAULIERS who failed to comply with any of the provisions of the Motor Vehicles (Authorization of Special Types) Order could not...
A FTER hearin g that the g oodwill of a two-vehicle haula g e business had been sold for £5, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern...
Page 100
A SYSTEM of concessionary fares, which has been operated by SunderI -1 land Corporation for 22 ye.ars, was criticized by the...
Page 101
T " quarrel between Manchester Corporation and A. Mayne and Son. Ltd.. as to who should provide a new throu g h service to link...
ra A DECISION by the Metropolitan Traffic Commissioners that Premier Travel, Ltd., Cambridge, should not be allowed picking-up...
rA A COAL delivery scheme run by the Trades Union Congress was described to the Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr.. J....
Page 102
Lingwell Transport, Ltd„ Leeds, to add a bogie trailer to their A licence was opposed by British Railways . at Leeds, last...
been given the tools—the charges scheme and modernization plan. If they had the courage to use them boldly, their future held...
Page 103
A N appeal by the Stockland Garage, Ltd., Erdington. against a decision by the West Midland Traffic Cornmissioners, has been...
F OLLOWING two serious accidents in Nottingham in which overhanging jibs penetrated the upper decks of buses, Nottingham Road...
T HE story of a Coventry woman' F experiences when she booked a 10day coach tour in Switzerland with a concern which did not...
Page 104
W HEN Edinburgh Valuation Appeal Court last week rejected the appeal by Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., to have the £5,250 rating of...
I N order to undertake deliveries from the new depot of Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd, at Ecclesfield, Tuffnells, Ltd., Sheffield,...
S UGGESTIONS that the Transport and General Workers' Union had turned about by backing both the provincial and London busmen's...
Luxury Coaches (Reading), Ltd., for permission to operate week-end summer express services from Reading and Bracknell to...
Page 105
DECAUSE of the widespread decline in the number of people using public transport, the question of rural services was causing...
A DRIVER formerly employed by I - 1 British Road Services described at Aldershot, last week, how he and four men planned how...
A DJOURN1NG an application by R. drA Rogers, Ltd., South Shields, for the transfer of their eight C-licence vehicles to B...
Page 106
2 STANDS Where—WhenHow Much T HE 41st Scottish Motor Exhibition . opens today at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, and closes on November...
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and trial in the demonstration park are the following goods and passenger models:— Two A.E.C. Reliance passenger models. one...
Page 114
Manufacturers Welcome Services Type Test: Severe Trial of Engines E NGINE failures and troubles caused by design faults and...
Page 119
How Road Vehicles are Supplying Oil to Important Industrial Development Schemes D URING recent years, Britain has become...
Page 122
Linking of Fleets Will Provide Country-wide Network to Compete On Level Terms With B.R.S. and the Railways By G. Duncan...
Page 128
1 OUCH Integration With the Scottish Omnibus Group Has Ensured Continuance of Full Services in Face of Rising Costs By Ashley...
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By Peter Head B ECAUSE of the romantic nature of the terrain covered, the services of David MacBrayne, Ltd., are • eIl known...
Page 133
Albion Caledonian Eight-wheeler has Low Chassis Weight to Allow 17-ton Payloads with Light-weight Bodies By John F. Moon,...
Page 141
Advances on All Fronts S EVERAL new technical developments aimed at improving vehicle efficiency or easing the task of the...
Page 147
- NEVELOPED to provide load capacities .of between 'those of the Warrior fourvheeled models having a gross weight ating of 12...
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LIABLE FOR THEFT'. T HEFTS from lorry loads range from mere petty pilfering during loading, unloading or in transit, to...
Page 151
E QUIPPED with M.C.W. bodies having driver controlled front entrances, 15 30-ft, by 8-ft. doubledeckers have been operated by...
Page 152
Novel Suspension Systems Used by Some Manufacturers: New Under s floor-engined Passenger Vehicles and I-ton Van By John F....
Page 171
2o front-wheeldrive 1-ton van. This vehicle, which has been in production for three years and is available with either petrol...
Page 175
in Edinburgh, the chairman, Mr. Hubert Hull, was heard to remark (as reported in The Commercial Motor last week) that lack of...
Page 176
r OMPULSORY inspection of vehicks was hoped to begin next year, Mr. Harold Watkinson, Minister of Transport, told the House of...
Page 179
Where Is the Ideal Parcels Van? WOULD like to refer to your leader entitled " Business Goes Begging" in your issue of...
Page 180
NAANY years ago the residents of and IVA visitors to Campbeltown, on, the Kintyre peninsula, were served by the Clyde steamers,...
Jovial Giant By Th4 Hawk THAT massive, jovial figure, Mr. Arthur Thompson, who physically and in every other way fills the...
Page 183
L AST week, a post mortem of the recent conference of hauliers showed what was lost for lack of a guiding theme, which might...
Page 184
WHAT WILL IT COST TO RUN? With Such a Large Variety of Models from Which to Choose, Purchasers Should Beware of Buying a...
Page 188
centrifugal clutches is that at the critical speed, engagement can be sufficient to cause wear by rubbing but not enough to...