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Page 45
A S an ideal, the plan put forward -by the Road Haulage Association's national chairman Mr. A. R. Butt for recommending...
Page 46
A NEW version of the 6.5-litre 0,400 1 - "L Power-Plus engine designed to give longer life has been announced by Leyland Motors...
THE Southampton haulage and storage concern, Victory Transport Ltd., made a gross profit before tax of £50,293 in the year...
BY S. BUCKLEY R ATE adjustments to compensate for the consequences of vehicle plating are being suggested by some operators,...
RRESPECTIVE of the outcome of the efforts towards achieving a Royal Charter, the institute of Road Transport Engineers is...
ir - ILD friendships were renewed and memories revived at a gathering last 'i' week of 100 British Road Services officers Who...
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FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT A REDUCTION in maximum hours for drivers employed in international haulage seems likely in the...
A NEW branch of B.R.S. Parcels Ltd. as been opened at Smithpool Road, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, replacing the out-of-date...
A NEW multi-purpose transporter to carry up to three. cars has been developed by Carrirnore Six-Wheelers Ltd., and the first...
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Maintenance: Petrol or Diesel: Changing Load Patterns: Vehicle Design A FORECAST of future trends in the transport service...
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THE first meeting of the newly formed car transporter group ok the Road Haulage Association tobk place yesterday (Thursday)....
Fender (Swansea) Ltd. has been purchased by Pickfords Ltd. Mr. G. J. Skelton and Mr. C. P. Gormley have been appointed to the...
IN the Commons on Wednesday, Mr. Tom Fraser, the Transport Minister, told M.P.s that while regional transport plans were being...
TRANSPORT legislation appears to have been given a back seat among the priorities in the Labour Party's first programme for 13...
1VIEETINGS were held in London on IVI Wednesday to discuss the necessary special resolutions in connection with the proposed...
Page 50
From our Industrial Correspondent LONDO LONDON TRANSPORT is runnin g new trouble with its busmen over the winter timetables,...
1 - 1 A SPECIAL lane for buses, running a g ainst the flow of traffic, is planned as part of a revised one-way traffic scheme...
r I NE of the first acts of the newly formed Yorkshire Travel Association, at its inau g ural meeting at York Guildhall on...
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TRAFFIC congestion in Finchley Road and central London largely nullified the advantage gained by motorway running on London...
A SECOND chance to look at some of the Commercial Motor Show exhibits and, more to the point, an opportunity to take them on to...
THE first 40 of 300 91-paSsenger single ' deckers for Copenhagen Tramways entered service on November 1. They have been built...
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A STAFFORDSHIRE haulage firm was given permission to keep in use its most modern vehicles when it appealed, to the Transport...
ri ERE were four evils common among some hauliers—,bad maintenance, overloading, the working of excessive hours and excessive...
A N application by Siddle C. Cook Ltd., of Consett, Co. Durham, for six artics to be added to the company's A licence was...
N application by the Wessex Construction and Plant Hire Co. Ltd., Havant, for 12 vehicles on B licence was granted by the South...
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NAEMBERS of the public appeared as 11 ' 1 witnesses to support applications for extended tours, made at a hearing in, Bristol...
A SIDCUP, Kent, haulier holding a B licence confining the operations of two vehicles to a radius of 11 miles admitted to the...
in the North West were warned by Maj.-Gen. A. F. J. Elmslie, chairman of the North Western Traffic Commissioners, at the start...
IN Glasgow last week Thomas McGawn, I of Ayr, was successful in an application for conversion of 13 vehicles from Contract A to...
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Back and pose some questions for Geddes H ATTER BROS., of West Thurrock—the tanker operators who, through their local Member...
T ERE is nothing to prevent the holder of a road service licence from handing in his licence, or abandoning it, as it is...
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Commissioners refused applications by Daniel Jones for licences allowing them to operate the services to Pendine, and one of...
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pRi RITAIN is producing twice as many LP scientists as engineers, whereas the direct opposite is needed. So declared...
B ASED on its well-established_ twospeed axles, Eaton Axles Ltd. has now introduced a three-speed, two-axle bogie. The three...
"works trailer" and "works truck" is contained in the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations...
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Overheating Through Poorly Matched Tyres F IRE is known as a good servant but a bad master and the same can be said about its...
T HE winner of our prize this week is Mr. P. Sykes, of Heald Green, Cheadle, Cheshire. His idea is designed to assist any...
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Rolls-Royce would develop all-aluminium V8 petrol engine for lorries and buses if demand were sufficient H AS the high-speed,...
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and Publications Engine Analysing Range N ow being manufactured in Britain by the Blackhawk Division of Applied Power...
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BY R. D. CATER nVER the past few months there has been a lot of talk about the need to improve the braking characteristics of...
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I T may seem surprising that only now have hauliers as a body decided to tackle the subject of demurrage. Waiting time has...
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S OME 37 years ago (May 24, 1927) The Commercial Motor published the first of its well-known municipal bus fleet analyses, now...
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By A. J. P. WILDING A.M.I.Mech.E. I N direct contrast with the current optimism and activity in the British commercial...
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D ESIGNW1SE. to use an Americanism, public service vehicles, and especially luxury express service vehicles, have undergone a...
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THERE is a growing belief that the pessimistic view, in some 1 quarters about the future of the road passenger transport...
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Reminiscences The biggest gaffe and the biggest "cheek" in his life were among the reminiscences poured out by John Spencer...
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I N 1953 there were 81,407 public service vehicles in this country. By last year the number was reduced to 77,592. Concurrently...
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Well Done Dunlop! U NFAILINGLY the results of DUNLOP RUBBER COMPANY are eagerly awaited not only by the motor cornponent...
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Safer Adios,. Please MR. HOPE, who wrote a letter on articulation and "1 brakin g , is an operator to be admired for his...