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TN the two decades during which the Road Haulage Association has been in existence, nothing can have been more fundamental to...
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TN a 99-page report, a Road Haulage Association study group has made some of the most I_ radical proposals for its...
DLANS to expand the activities of the North 1Staffordshire Hauliers Association following the Road Haulage Association national...
rrHE Government's proposals for investment incentives, which will hit the road haulage industry particularly hard, came under...
'D ESPITE a good deal of interest at the Amsterdam Show from new or fairly new models on a number of the major stands —DAF, for...
BECAUSE of the high specific gravity of the syrup which forms its regular load, the 30ton-gross Atkinson Silver Knight tractive...
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A SUM of £95.000 wholly in cash has been paid by Lovell's Shipping and Transport Group Ltd., of Bristol, for all the issued...
A HAULAGE firm fined £385 with £78 2s. costs on Tuesday at Harlow, Essex, for licensing offences was said to already owe £1,116...
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O N Friday, the Queen's Bench Divisional Court allowed an appeal by Grays Haulage Co. Ltd., of Walthamstow, against their...
FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT THE probability of US ratification of the TIR Convention within the next three months is one of...
A JOINT petition is to be made by the Traders 1-1 Road Transport Association and the Road Haulage Association against the Leeds...
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capacity has been ordered From Whessoe Ltd., to replace a stainless steel tanker. The vessel is to be mounted on a Leyland...
P UBLICATION of a maintenance manual by the Road Haulage Association is welcomed in a foreword contributed by the Minister of...
of operational research techniques as applied to transport and distribution were examined by Mr. Stafford Beer, managing...
THERE has been an increase of 59,000 radio telephone units in Great Britain since 1945. This was revealed at the ITA Forth...
rr HIS 3,170 gal. tanker for carrying bitumen has recently been supplied to Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd. by Scammell Lorries Ltd. An...
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REWARDS IN CASH, TOO T HE vehicle observer corps will be immensely strengthened by the decision of Securicor Ltd., announced on...
O NE of the Associated Fisheries Group, the Humber Warehousing Group Ltd., Grimsby, has acquired four companies as part of the...
THE eliminating round for the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition at South Ruislip will be held on Sunday, May 22. Intending...
THE name Overseas Containerport (Perry " 1 " Barr) Ltd. is being applied for as the title of the company being formed to...
T AST week the House of Lords ruled that J–d cigarettes worth £56,000 stolen from the London depot of Players Ltd., of...
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FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT. 'THE Transport Holding Company, through a series of take - overs of private hauliers,...
THE possible failure of certain insurance companies to meet their obligations under the Road Traffic Acts was causing concern,...
A SHORT, sharp Front Bench exchange about transport integration livened up the Commons last week. It started off innocently...
From our Political Correspondent Ti E volume of road haulage services in Scotland is expected to continue to grow despite the...
M OVES to combat the dangers of three-lane roads were outlined in the Commons last week by Mr. Stephen Swingler, Parliamentary...
THE Minister of Transport last week met 'chairmen of Regional Economic Planning Comcils at the Ministry. Those attending were:...
R URAL bus operators were in a jam. Costs had risen so rapidly that it was almost impossible to continue to operate rural...
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“THIS is not a case of villainy but of stupidity A so crass that I find difficulty in finding words to describe it", said Mr....
NA licence for one vehicle was granted last week to Mr. A. L. Hooper, North London, by the Metropolitan Licensing Authority,...
AN express coach carrying railway workshops ' staff between Wolverton and Newport Pagnell last February was not covered by a...
T HE North Western Traffic Commissioners, being familiar with the roads and the weekend congestion on the North Wales coast...
AN unusual situation was described in the 1-1 Yorkshire traffic court at Leeds on Wednesday when York-West Yorkshire Services,...
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N OTICE of an appeal to the Transport Tribunal was given by BRS Ltd. at Eastbourne on Tuesday when the South Eastern Licensing...
A DECISION on an application by R. I. Davies and Son Ltd., of Tredegar, to operate an express service between Brynmawr and...
A r Birmingham on Monday, A. G. Bird (Transport) Ltd., of Featherstone, Staffs, appeared before the West Midland Licensing...
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A FULL-SCALE survey with the object of rationalizing its bus and coach services on 1,400 route miles throughout the Midlands is...
From a special correspondent THE Scottish Traffic Commissioners' refusal (reported last week) of a substantive licence for...
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THE Public Transport Association has lodged a petition in Parliament against Liverpool Corporation's £.34m. inner motorway...
F OR approximately 12 months Glasgow Corporation Transport has been operating a Leyland Panther single-deck rear-engined bus on...
from an m t . E ganixation outside the BTC has been obtained by State-owned Bristol Commercial Vehicles Ltd. The order has come...
FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT p AY talks covering London busmen are to be brought forward in an effort to bring to an...
T HE first rear-engined, front-entrance bus to be taken into the Edinburgh City Transport fleet was delivered last week. It is...
PRIVATE coach operators came to the rescue of London's travelling public this week when, because of the busmen's ban on...
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A TREMENDOUS amount of the country's money could be saved by the proper employment of motorways, especially if adequate spur...
'''. A LARGE order for Metalastik Toggle Link rubber suspension has been placed by Transport Vehicles (Daimler) Ltd. for use...
A SUBSIDY equal to approximately a 4d.-inthe-£ rate was proposed in the Sunderland transport committee estimates for 1966-7...
for heavy-duty trucks and buses were received by AEC Ltd., Southall, last week. The largest contract was from Africa for 100...
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area of the Road Haulage Association:— Grimsby sub-area: Mr. C. Porter, chairman; Mr. E. Carter, Mr. S. A. Sears and Mr. C....
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BULK LOAD DISCHARGE UCCESSFULLY employed by a lead ing American operator, Schwerman Bros. of Milwaukee, for nearly three...
Regulations on Reflectors and Extensible Booms T HE Minister of Transport has laid before Parliament a number of regulations...
that are sent into the works of York Trailer Co. Ltd. will in future be submitted to an examination by York service inspectors....
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tankers FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT N EW designs of lightweight stainless steel tanker aimed at extending the use of such...
tanker industry, James Booth Aluminium Ltd., Kitts Green, Birmingham, 33, have recently reorganized their mill facilities to...
B OOKINGS for the 1966 COMMERCIAL MOTOR Fleet Management Conference are already flooding in and early booking is therefore very...
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the North British Rubber Co. Ltd. and Sto-Chem Ltd., the companies will operate under the name of Uniroyal Ltd., Uniroyal now...
have been appointed by International Harvester Company of Great Britain Ltd. as motor truck dealers in the Birmingham and...
BY HANDYMAN I Na past Wide some of the benefits arising from our new motorways were discussed, and it would appear that...
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A NEAT and effective emergency warning system which can be installed simply and cheaply on any vehicle having electric lighting...
A LEAFLET describing a device capable of warning the operator of a crane or tower wagon when he is close to overhead power...
A N endless pre-recorded-tape-playing machine which starts automatically as soon as the tape cartridge is inserted is announced...
A NEW range of oil-cooled welding transformers is announced by Hill Equipment Ltd. The range covers six different sets having...
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BY THE HAWK View Built - in Frustration N ATIONAL OPINION POLLS recently made a survey of 873 London suburb commuters for the...
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A DRIVE by the Tesco Group to open large supermarkets in the major towns up to the Scottish border called for a new northern...
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their design and construction T HE transport of liquids in bulk by motor vehicle has existed since the introduction of...
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BY P. A. C. BROCKINGTON, AM! Mech E T HE current role of the bulk-materials container that is transferred from road vehicle to...
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By J. B WILD Managing director, Harold Wood and Sons Ltd. Lack of foresight by manufacturers plus bureaucratic inertia are...
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By A. J. P. Wilding, AMIMechE, MIRTE. P RODUCTION of goods vehicles by the International Harvester Co. of Great Britain Ltd....
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21) I hasten to confirm that the national council of the Institute of Traffic Adminiqration is vitally aware of the necessity...
Institute of Traffic Administration, I must reply to the criticism levelled at us in your editorial (January 21). You ask if...
been stated in COMMERCIAL MOTOR that Harold Wood and Sons Ltd. is owned by Pickfords Ltd. I wish to make it clear that this is...
IT is with "cautious optimism" that the giant LEYLAND MOTOR CORPORATION faces the future, states its chairman, Sir William...
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R OAD transport owes much of its success to the ability to meet immediately the changing and exacting needs of trade and...
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S ITTING by the fireside on a winter's night and watching pictures transmitted from a television camera which seems to be...
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by S. Buckley Assoc Inst T A with the provision of any new service the anticipated benefits to be derived must be measured...
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By George Wilmot Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of London EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION IN TRANSPORT THE INSTITUTE OF...