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ViewBY THE HAWK rd the Trailer can be seen from the illustration above, the National Dairy Council is holding a dairy festival and the attractive y stand (here seen outside London's Royal Exchange) ,e visiting various parts of the country until July 31. It is, e it or not, based on two 33ft.-long York Freightmaster semis—you can just recognize the side panels of one if you look illy.
e Dairy Council, with what must be one of the world's 3st coined words, call them ... Moomobiles.
randed Shepherd
B WILSON, a founder member of the Fife and District Tipper )perators Association, often finds himself in unusual ions. His most recent was in Copenhagen. Bob was with a of operators from the mid-Scottish Area of the RHA. He had terded his companions to the departure gate and then turned into the air terminal. On returning a few minutes later he old by a charming air hostess that his aircraft was under orders the control tower and that he could not board. Despite stations Bob had to wave farewell to his party. A later aircraft .ed down with Bob at Glasgow Airport—his car was at N ick, 30 miles away. A hefty price to pay for whatever it was vas buying: We are assured that it was not a Blae Bing, nor e arranging a contract at the right price.
3ss H2?
a Scottish LDOY competition recently a horse and float successfully manoeuvred the width judging test, deposited te of milk and repeated the manoeuvre on return. A case for tss H2?
at that Gnat
1E little-uns go into the attack on the transport front. That mms to be the gist of it according to the latest reports.
rst, 7,000 London taxicabs are reported as likely to be off treets next Tuesday because of what the cabbies consider r competition from minicabs.
is all well for "the establishment" at Walton-on-the-Naze. irt has it that 40 to 50 children, many under 10 years of age, collecting holiday makers' luggage from the local railway m in their handbarrows.
314.7 regular drivers are complaining that the activities of this id-coming generation is costing them £4 a day. So the cry up there ought to be a law to stop it.
aother job for the Prices and Incomes Board?
Surprise, Surprise, Surprise
THE Scottish Licensing Authority held a public inquiry in Edinburgh last Friday which in some respects turned out to be a surprise party. Three operators appeared before Mr. Birnie in connection with offences under Section 178.
When asked by the LA: "Were you surprised to receive these GV9s?" each in turn answered: "I most certainly was, sir".
New Markets?
TEAVING no stone unturned towards the goal of higher productivity, Aubrey Jones and his merry, if tired, men might do worse than examine the spectacular increase in escapologyjailbreaking to you.
With this week's additions the "running" total to date of prisoners absconded is 242. And all this productivity presumably has been achieved on basic rates with no "deemed" overtime.
The economics, for any coach operators looking for new markets, are that open prisons should provide a good "stand"— 96 potential passengers to date or another 71 from hostels.
Back loads are a bit of a problem though!
Spares by Radio
T CONTINUE to learn with interest of successful introductions 1 of mobile radio. Geoff Easingwood, a well known Wigston Tipper operator, fitted a small van with radio to save time when collecting spares in Leicester for his fleet. Hearing of this, other operators afflicted with a nagging "spares" headache asked to join the milkround, and I gather that the participants are well pleased with this enterprising co-operative arrangement.
Postal Posers
TWO letters recently arrived at Scammell's Watford headquarters from Poland. One was addressed: "Albion ChieftainScammell Traktor Trailer Model Ch 7TR." The other: "If you've got a load to move get a Scammell
England". The second one arrived in only five days!