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T HE Minister of Labour has signed the Order authorizing an increase in wages for nearly 130,000 road haulage employees. The...
THE Transport Development Group I has bought the old-established Lancashire haulage concern, Smith's of Eccles Ltd., Urrnston,...
W/HEN Mr. T. E. Peacock of Avey VY Lane, Waltham Abbey, Essex, Was convicted recently at Arnpthill Magistrates Court, Bedford....
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FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT IT seems certain that, after its vesting I day on January 1, the Transport Holding Company...
'THE discussion of the E.E.C. draft transport policy by the Council of Ministers, which was due to have been held last Friday,...
FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT W HEN increased speed limits were introduced for goods vehicles we could expect fewer...
WALSALL Magistrates were unani mous last week in deciding that vehicles left all night in the street provided an unreasonable...
and maintenance men put in their two-point claim for higher pay and shorter hours to the London Transport Executive last week....
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DRESIDING at the 36th annual general meeting of East Yorkshire Motor Services Ltd., Mr. John Spencer Wills, chairman of the...
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HE Transport Tribunal last week reserved its decision in the appeal of H. .1: Hadfield and Sons Ltd., of Ashton under Lyne,...
adviser of the chemical division of the Distillers Co. Ltd., made his last appearance in a traffic court, prior to his...
of Rugeley, Staffs, against the decision of the West Midland Traffic Cainrnissioners in refusing to grant three additional...
by the Metropolitan Licensing Authority, Mr. D. I. R. Muir, last week to substitute a different vehicle under an A licence...
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A TRIBUNAL JUDGMENT IS APPLAUDED A • N attempt by the Transport Tribunal to turn the licensing clock back thirty...
ground that he could carry unspecified return loads thereby being able to keep his rates down, the Tribunal said that Mr....
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THIS week contract A and C licence transfer requests appear •to be unusually heavy. The largest of them is in the Western...
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THE importance of educating young people to enable them to take their places as engineers in the road transport industry was...
membership subscriptions and entrance fees of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers is to be overhauled. News of this...
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T O REDUCE ROLLING of the vehicle when cornering or running on a steep camber is the object of patent No. 901,957. The scheme...
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A JACK attachment which enables one man easily and safely to remove or refit a spring on a chassis has been introduced by...
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IT is an interesting fact that certain bus companies seem 1 to attract particular attention from enthusiasts over and above...
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I N appearance well-tailored, in manner direct, by profession originally an accountant—that is Sir Reginald Holmes Wilson,...
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L ABEL it how you will, 1962 will surely be regarded by transport people as a pretty remarkable vintage, especially in later...
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Peat Industry Transformatior Essential link-up for Bord na Mona scheme provided by modern fleet. Large-scale mechanization...
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By A. A. TOWNSIN, A.M.I.Iviech.E. T HE combination of chassis and bodywork produced in different countries is undoubtedly...
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N O serious opposition is likely to be" . made to the proposal from the honorary officers of the constituent bodies that the...
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Efficient maintenance is a major factor in operation of commercial vehicles, although factual information is not the sole...