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T HE 47-day London bus strike, which has caused the London Transport Executive an immediate loss of revenue of £2m. and has...
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ESPITE Britain's enormous and growing pro ductivity in other directions, agriculture remains one of our most important...
Interesting Claims From Japan T HROUGHOUT the world chemists and other technicians are searching and experimenting with, all...
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That two (or more) Hands are better than one. That although at the front they are always at the back. That infra-red analysis...
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F OUR of the 12 special-A-licence vehicles operated by S. Grirnshaw and Sons, Ltd., Holme Lane, Selby, were last week deleted...
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A N A-licence vehicle operated by a partnership, F. Handcock, Allendale, "Hexham, was struck off by the Northern Licensing...
• Sub-contractor F R a sub-contractor to contact a cusO tomer direct and take the traffic away from the major haulier . was...
application to amalgamate the Robinson group of excursion licences covering the main towns in East Lancashire was heard by the...
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MR. HAROLD WATKINSON, Minister of Transport, will open the Commercial Motor Show at Earls Court on September 26. MR. B. J....
epot at Queensferry AA NOTHER stage in British Road Services' long-term planning for increased operational efficiency has been...
CONSERVATIVE back-benchers are beginning a new campaign at Westminster to save rural transport services from further...
R EGULATIONS concerning direction indicators on heavy, lorries are to be applied early next year, Mr. G. R. H. Nugent,...
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out of the Austin GipsyAND IT COMES UP TOPS London motoring correspondent to the Australian publication 'Modern Motor Harold...
Page 49
MEGOTIATIONS for an increase in N pay for provincial bus employees will be resumed next Friday. The subconimittee Of the...
Berkshire, were on Tuesday granted permission to run excursions to London 'Airport after they had withdrawn objeCtions against...
A NEW compact power-steering unit for heavy Vehicles has been introduced by Bouiton Paul Aircraft, Ltd., Wolverhampton. It is a...
A LLEGATIONS that some South Wales bus companies had "feathered their nests" through fare increases gained by putting forward...
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-reopened "Imore than two years ago, no national . cheme has yet been agreed for training pprentices in the vehicle-building...
IN the Court of Appeal on .Monday, Stockton-on-Tees Corporation were held to be not liable to pay damages to the widow of a...
A NY . proposalfor . raising London -M. Transport fares will be faced with stiff Government opposition, it was announced - this...
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T HE level of employment in the bus industry is bound . to be affected in the long run by the falling-off in passenger...
FA. A HEAVY decline in general haulage in Co. Durham resulting from - hirepurchase restrictions was one of the reasons advanced...
AST Friday saw the opening at Dig beth by the Birmingham and . Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., of what is claimed to be -...
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A N appeal by J. Hart and Sorts, Ltd., Biddulph, Stoke-on-Trent, . against a decision by the West Midland Licensing Authority,...
A LTHOUGH upholding the grant of an additional A-licenc.e .vehicle to Mr. P. A. Thorne, Eastville, Bristol, the Transport...
r ON TINGENT liabilities of kJ £248,626 12s. 7d. were shown in the statement of affairs produced by Eric Earls Bamford,...
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O PERATORS of car transporters win in future need A or B licences. Until now they have run under general trade licences. The...
THE terms of the Northern Ireland Government's Transport. Bill, which have just been published, provide that the accounts of...
PA A PUBLIC sitting is scheduled to be held today by the Northern Traffic Commissioners to decide whether the road service...
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A PPLICANTS should spend more time preparing their cases and be able to answer questions about their operations, Mr. J. R....
T HE Summary of the Annual Reports . of the Traffic Commissioners for 1956-57 (Stationery Office, 3s. .6d.) revedis trends in...
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THE high cost of running and main tamning used lorries was given as the main reason for the insolvency of Sidney Michael...
A NEW bus garage at Greenland Road, Darnall, is expected to he fully operational by the end of the month. The building was...
THE application by Reader Bros., Ltd., Hull, for six A-licence vehicles has been refused by the Yorkshire Licensing Authority...
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By P. A. C. Brockington rj, . pigs like looking at themselves in a polished .aluminium surface? Does this apply to sheep and...
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rates .was introduced by the Milk Marketing Board after prolonged consultation between the Board and the Milk Carriers'...
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Pallet Made of Fabric A PALLET made. of hessian and selling at approximately a third the price of 1 - 1 conventional types has...
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THERE were 124 starters on Sunday I at Manchester's first eliminating contest in the Lorry Driver of the Year competition. The...
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A LTHOUGH intermittent drenching fk squalls disrupted proceedings in the Coventry round of the Lorry Driver of the Year...
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Group Dealing in Animal Foodstuffs and Other Commodities Makes Wide Use of Articulated Outfits and Bulk Tankers E XTENSIVE use...
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By Ashley Taylor, A.M.I.R.T.E. p ROVIDING a haulage:service for Manchester's grocery And - provi sion merchants has been the...
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By P. A. C. Brockingtou H ISTORICAL records of life in the Eastern Cotmlies in the 17th century mention the havoc that was...
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By J. Hewson, Chairman, Agricultural Hauliers' Group, Road Haulage Association ( in an interview ) Proposed Restrictions on...
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INTENSIVE development of plastics I bodywork and cabs is being undertaken by the Wincanton Transport and Engineering . Co.,...
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T HERE was once a politician who made a famous remark—or infamous according to one's point of view—about farmers being "...
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Wide Range of Specialpurpose Vehicles to be Exhibited at the Royal Show, Bristol 1TH nearly 600 stands displaying the whole of...
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7 ast Market Haulage By Ashley Taylor, A.M.I.R.T.E. W HEN Mr. Harry Hague started up in business as a produce merchant in...
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THERE was no room for strikes in the I bus industry, Mr. Raymond W. Birch, chairman of the Yorkshire Woollen District Transport...
F ARE increases instituted last September by the North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., met unusually strong passenger resistance....
CIVE private coach operators were last week refused permission to operate services between Bristol and the Royal Show ground...
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W ORKERS in the road transport industry may have noted, and should take warning from, the tendency to present them in a bad...
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Farmers Offer for Transport Over 50m. Tons of Goods a Year, But Hauliers Must Provide Suitable Facilities if They Are to...
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BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT IF the committee of investigation appointed by the Minister of Labour into 1 the "causes and...