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A NOTHER aspect of the bad public image of themselves that hauliers project (" The Commercial Motor" drew attention to it last...
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T HEWest Midland Licensing. Authority, Mr. John Else, in a written decision issued last Tuesday, granted an unopposed...
• planning to fight for a large share of atiV new freight business which will appear if Britain 'enters the Common Market....
Marshalsea Bros., Ltd,, has facilities for servicing all types of commercial vehicle, including a 24-hour breakdown recovery...
'FIVE Albion Clydesdale tractive units I and nine B.T.C. Four-in-Line semitrailers with 12-ton-capacity bodies built by...
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r - k ing motel acornmodation for 50 persons, parking facilities, a restaurant, freight offices, a filling station and repair...
caused on Wednesday to the production schedules of F. Perkins, Ltd. The company on that day celebrated the production of its...
first six months of this year was among goods vehicle drivers and passengers; the number killed and injured r135;s. by 12 per...
MO company operating large vehicles I can run them satisfactorily unless they have got premises to which they can he brought...
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has been reached by Yale Express System, Inc., and 17 major airlines serving New York City. The contract, which became...
a one-day token strike in West London on Monday and more than 200 staged a similar strike at Avonmouth on Tuesday. These...
B MUSH RAILWAYS and a number of road hauliers objected when Horreil Transport, Ltd., of Kingsteignton, Devon, applied to the...
have been given an increase in pay and a shorter working week. The Minister of Labour has endorsed a Wages Council...
From our Industrial Correspondent Y offering to give one-fifth compensation in shorter working time and four-fifths in money to...
New Fares Should Bring Extra £630,000 L AST Tuesday Liverpool Corporation were granted permission to increase their bus fares...
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won the 1962 National MA/. Cricket Competition for the Castro! Shield, heating the Northern General Transport Company in the...
A A MONG the most interesting doubledeckers due to appear at the Commercial Motor Show, will be a special version of the...
A FORWARD-ENTRANCE 30-ft.1 - 1. long 69-seat version of the Route master double-decker will enter experimental service on some...
and Light Railway Society of London went for a tour of Glasgow last Saturday by two special tramcars. Two Coronation Mk. 1...
QUBSTANTIALLY reduced profit from trolleybuses, combined with an increased deficit on motorbuses, has resulted in a £58,014...
alloy bus, RM.664, known as "The White Lady," has been switched this week to route 17 (North FinchleyCamberwell Green). This...
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THE Scottish Licensing Authority, Mr. W. F. Quin, agreed with a submission made on behalf of objectors that the liquidator of...
. A -GENERAL dealer, Mr. C. A. PA Meredith of Rainham, Essex, was granted a B licence by the Metropolitan Licensing Authority,...
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A T a hearing of the North Western PI Traffic Commissioners held in Manchester last Thursday and Friday, a group of Blackburn...
B Y far the largest application to be notified this week comes from the Yorkshire Area, where Cutts and Fletcher, Ltd., of...
CINES totalling .£46 were imposed on 1 Andy's Transport, 'Ltd., a Banbury haulage company with 40 lorries, and three of their...
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T HERE is likely to be an interesting public sitting to be held soon before the South Eastern Traffic Commissioners concerning,...
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of the Smith's Delivery Vehicle Group. Mrs. Heyman joined the company as sales manaL'er in 1950, after a career in journalism,...
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A DEVICE intended to eliminate the rt effects of brake torque reaction in the suspension of rear axles is to be shown by Henry...
F OUR Bedford fire appliances, all with H.C.B. Engineering Co. bodywork, are to be shown at the 1962 Chief Fire Officers'...
commercial vehicles and cars produced by the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., has been extended from six months to 12 months with a...
at the Commercial Motor Show will be a half-scale working model of the company's new series 30D double-drive tandem bogie....
FOR CAR DELIVERIES: The Carter Engineering Co., Ltd., Tamworth. Staffordshire, now have orders worth £210,000 for their...
T HE next three issues of The Commercial Motor will he devoted to covering the many aspects of the Commercial Motor Show which...
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THFRE were fewer registrations of conimcrcial vehicles in April (22,385) than in the preceding month (24,621). Registrations in...
T HE Jelecz, Poland, commercial v eh icl es plant, operated jointly by the Polish and Czech motor industries (see The Comm -dal...
the issued capital of Lodge Plugs, Ltd., earlier this year, the directors of S. Smith and Sons (England), Ltd., announce their...
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Earls Court will be officially opened on September 21 by Sir William McFadzean. who is chairman of the Export Council for...
' ATENT No. 893,404 refers to semitrailers having two axles at the rear and deals with a method of steering the leading one....
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rA. A SPARE-WHEEL carrier incorporating worth and wheel gearing to raise and lower the wheel has been developed by Bifort...
riLASS-FIBRE materials for the rein forcement of polyester resin systems are dealt with in a British Standards , pecification...
( -HEM IC ALLY impregnated paper, intended for wrapping ferrous-Metal and aluminium parts and to prevent corrosion is now...
TWO models of rechargeable fl.ash I lights, known as Super 200 and Galaxy, have been introduced by Gulton Industries (Britain),...
A FULLY-AUTOMATIC drain valve I - 1 for use on air lines has been introduced by Nuquip, Ltd. Known as the D.8-000,• it can deal...
THE booklet published by the R.A.C. I listing petrol stations which stay open all night has now been completely revised. The...
PA A NEW range of tyres for light vans and trucks has been introduced by the India Tyre and Rubber Co.. Ltd. This new Light...
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A NEW bus chassis which is to be offered to operators in this country marks the return of Dodge Brothers (Britain), Ltd., to...
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Alvis Stalwart Amphibious Load Carrier at Show F OLLOVVING the announcement that the British Ministry of Defence have placed an...
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A COMPLETELY new forward control 2-ton goods chassis marks the entry of Leyland Motors, Ltd., into the lightweight...
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UIGFILIGHTS among the Park Royal exhibits at the Commercial Motor Show are bodywork for the recently announced A.E.C. Renown...
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at rear of new Stepless-floor Daimler T HE prototype of an intriguing development of the Daimler Fleetline rear-engined...
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1 -- X A NEW coach body for A.E.C. NEW or Leyland Leopard 36-ft.long chassis, and a new version of the Crusader model for the...
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A MONC, the nine exhibits on the stand of R. A. Dyson and Co., Ltd., at the Commercial Motor Show, will he 30-ton low-loading...
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A SWEEPING programme of rationalization has been applied by Seddon Diesel Vehicles, Ltd., to their range of goods vehicles,...
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IN addition to other new models, which I will be announced later, Show exhibits of The Austin Motor Co.,. Ltd., will include a...
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H ow came it that Gordon Dawson, director of engineering of F. Perkins, Ltd., took his degree at the University of Aberdeen? I...
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by JANUS This little piggy went to markei; This little piggy stayed at home. \y ll.1. Britain join the Common Market?...
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A COMPANY who are very, justly proud of a unique "record are F. Perkins, Ltd., the Peterborough diesel engine manufacturers. On...
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Ignorance of the variation in cost per mile is the cause of much unprofitable operation of small vans R EQUESTS to this office...