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O of November 27, 1962, the Minister of Transport, Mr. Ernest Marples, told the House of Commons that "detailed surveys of...
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FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT r - rHE Bow Group of Conservatives have I submitted a further memorandum to the Geddes...
. 1-1 A WARNING of strike action unless the conditions of long-distance road haulage drivers were improved was given by the...
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FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT F AR-REACHING changes in the . pattern of deliveries to London's fruit and vegetable...
THE goods vehicle brake tests which, as reported in The Commercial Motor, March 6, are to be carried out by the Road Research...
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FOLLOWING the announcement early I in January that a new company, British Road Ferry Services Ltd, had been registered with a...
tons per hour provided by a single au g er can prove too slow at some delivery points, the lower part of the lar g er...
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A s forecast some months ago, the Road Haulage Association and Traders Road Transport Association have now started a joint...
-1 — X A CALL for a series of meetings between dock representatives, road and rail transport authorities, and others...
haulage industry had to put up with was the irresponsible person who wrote in the Press of such things as black smoke,...
QOME recent opinion surveys showed that any further spread of nationalization would be highly unpopular even amongst something...
THE highways committee of the Traders Road Transport Association is to make an inquiry, into the need for new and improved...
F AR too many people had completely missed the full implications of the Beeching Report, said Mr. H. C. Johnson, chairman of...
A PPLICATIONS are now being invited for the Rees Jeffreys Studentship at the London School of Economics, University of London,...
P AY'vfENTS of about £40.000 a year will be made to bus operators for the provision of additional services in the areas...
B Y the end of 1967 all signs on Britain's most important roads will be in line with the recommendations of the Worboys...
IF motor-vehicle duty had risen during the past 30 years in the Same proportions as the retail price index, the current rate...
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FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT IN its latest proposals for monopolies, mergers and restrictive practices, the Government has...
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T HE 10 dual-purpose single-deckers for Ribble Motor Services Ltd., foreshadowed in The Commercial Motor of July 5, 1963, have...
CORAS IOMPAIR EIREANN has recently introduced the first of a batch of 13 new luxury coaches, mounted on Leyland Leopard 36-ft....
THE revision of long distance schedules and services by United Automobile Services Ltd., forecast in The Commercial Motor on...
THE transport committee of Cardiff City Council has authorized the fitting of a Ruston air-cooled six-cylinder diesel engine...
has set up a transport and communications committee which will deal with all aspects of transport relevant to Scotland's...
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public transport, said Mr. C. T. Humpidge, general manager of Sheffield Corporation Transport, on Tuesday; he thought that the...
A A DEMONSTRATION run in a Bristol RE 36-ft. coach was staged for the technical Press by Bristol Commercial Vehicles Ltd. this...
C.I.E. Fares Up: On Monday a 411. minimum fare was introduced on Coras lornpair Eireann buses in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway...
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have been given by the Northern Licensing Authority, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, who has refused applications for A licence variations...
'THE Transport Tribunal, sitting in London, has upheld the appeal by Arthur T. Booth (Manchester) Ltd. against the revocation...
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PA A S a result of a decision by the Transport Tribunal in London last week, Cleansing Services (Southern Counties) Ltd. of...
A N application by McKelvie and Co. (Manchester) Ltd. for 37 vehicles, including 27 articulated, on A licence was resumed in...
T THERE are two substantial applications notified in this week's As and Ds; both are for new B licences, and both seek the...
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TH E importance of economic rates in the presentation of an application was raised in Glasgow on Friday when McKelvie and Co....
A PAPER was presented yesterday evening in London to The Institute of Road Transport Engineers by Mr. D. W. Badger, Development...
A N application by Young (Flitwick) Development Ltd., of Leighton Buzzard, for six vehicles on a new B licence, was refused by...
on trial with the Cummins Engine Co. in Western U.S.A. as boosters for the double-bottom-semi plus drawbar trailer combination,...
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T HE London County Council's ambulance exhibition, which was to have closed earlier this week, is now being kept open by...
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ILLUSTRATED below is the first of a I batch of three mobile filling stations which European Petroleum Distributors Ltd. intends...
It Pays to Take Precautions THERE IS a tendency in goods vehicle repair to treat each item of unscheduled repair as a separate...
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and Publications Streamlined Mirrors T WO sizes of mirror have been added to the 1500 range of commercial-vehicle models made...
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By The Hawk Too Demanding ? Seems rather nice having an Act all to yourself stipulating that you payno rates. The Transport...
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Ir YMOUTHS weather luck with the weaer last year was not repeated this year. With uch an early date for the round—the site is...
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W HEN 1 discussed the changing pattern of transport catering with Mr. K. Hall, chairman of Motor Lodge Developments Ltd., a...
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N ON-SWISS exhibitors provide all the interest at this year's Geneva Motor Show, which remains open until 7 p.m. on Sunday....
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B ANDITS, posing as policemen, hi-jack £26,000 tobacco load near Market Harborough. Lorry driver offered £2,000 to " lose "...
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Tit work of the Interstate Commerce umission was the subject of last week's article. I would like to continue on this same...
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Operator P W HAT promises to he the liveliest inquiry into a proposed railway closure yet to take place is due to be staged at...
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Sliding-canopy van for special equipment QUPPIJED to the S.E. Gas Board by P.-. ) L. F. Dove (C.V.) Ltd., an unusual vehicle...
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N Y idea that the road haulage licensing system can be satisfactorily replaced by instituting control over rate-cutting has...
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T HE cost of operating articulated vehicles has been dealt with on several occasions in this series, not only in relation to...
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TW Ordinary stock of POTTERIES MOTOR TRACON (in which British Electric Traction Company has a controlling interest) is quoted...
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Handbrake Efficiency n URING the past few weeks, some of your correspond ents have expressed views regarding methods of...