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10th January 1958
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Bogys to be Laid

E VEN after 27 years of licensing of road passenger transport, many members of the public still harbour wild delusions about...

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Passing Comments

Misconception Increases Speed Offences A REPORT from the Automobile Association refers to a considerable increase during...

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One Hears

Of one man travelling during the early hours of Christmas day who had a whole train to himself. That the modernization of the...

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Excessive Smoke: "What Does Law Require?"

WHAT does the law mean when it VI' says that vehicle owners must take reasonable care to ensure that their vehicles do not emit...

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Llandudno Coach Traffic Gained "By a Trick" says Applicant

A CALL for a "properly licensed through service from Leeds and Knottingley to Llandudno was made at 'Leeds, on Monday, by...

N.J.I.C. Meet on " 30 " Work

THE National Joint Industrial Council 1 for the road haulage industry met on Wednesday afternoon to consider the consequences...

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Men in the News

MR. H. C. 13s1GEhrr has retired from the board of the A.P.V. Co., Ltd. MR. I. C. DEAN has succeeded MR. J. S. VESEY BROWN as a...

New Effort to Set Up Rates Structure

I -1 A NEW attempt to set up a national rates structure was initiated on Tuesday by the rates sub-committee of the...

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E100,000 Fare Increase Sought by Nottingham E.Y.M.S. Grant

F OLLOWING the East Midland Traffic Commissioners refusal to grant a general 3a. minimum fare, Nottingham Transport Department....

Company Admit Improper Steel Haulage

IRREGULAR haulage of between 200 I and 300 tons of steel during October was admitted at Widlington, last week, by a company...

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Shippers' Application Backed by Hauliers

D ESPITE supporting evidence from two hauliers, Wingate and Johnston, Ltd., shipping and forwatding agents, Liverpool, were...

No Evidence to Justify A Licence

W HEN Mr. J. Law, Coldstream, applied to Mr. W. F. Quin, Scottish Licensing Authority, on Monday, for an A licence for a...

New Derby-Nottingham

Service Granted IMPROVEMENTS to both road and rail I services connecting Nottingham and Derby may result in a general traffic...

Case Rejected : "Weakest Ever

W ITHOUT calling on the objectors, the railways and British Road Services, Mr. W. F. Quin, Scottish Licensing Authority, on...

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W ORK on the Ross spur motorway. an entirely new 20-mile

road designed to open up a faster and better route for traffic between the Midlands and South Wales, will start in the spring....

PPEAR1NG at Nottingham Bank ruptcy Court, last week, a former

haulier revealed that when he was in business he earned up to £300 a week, whereas his present wage was £10. He was John Henry...

Three Makers Raise Exports

I—. XPORTS of Vauxhall cars and Bed ford commercial vehicles rose by a third in 1957, making it a record year for overseas...

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L.T.E. Appeal for Better Service

A WARNING about the London Transport Executive's falling passenger traffic and an appeal to the staff to do everything...

Agreement With B.T.C. Not Enough for Grant

A 'agreement with the British Transport Commission that they would not object to a haulier's application was not the only thing...

Genuine Shortage of Tippers—Mr. Quin

CONFLICTING statements appeared to l•-• be made from time to time about the shortage or otherwise of tippers in Scotland, the...

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Nottingham Bus Fight: Decision Reserved

A FTER a four-day hearing, the East Midland Traffic Commissioners last week reserved decision on an application by Nottingham...

Demand for Flour in Bulk Increasing

S INCE an A-licence vehicle for bulk flour transport was granted last year to Lawtry, Ltd., Helperthorpe, the demand for this...

" B.T .C. to Blame for Bus Withdrawal Plan " G RAVE disquiet" had been caused at

Westminster by the British Transport Commission's decision to discontinue subsidizing Hebblc Motor Services, Ltd., following...

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Driver's Wages Unfair, Court Decides

iN an award announced by the Industrial Court in London last week, the Court agreed that wages paid to Mr. Robert J. Duncan,...

Micrograms . . .

Single-decker Loan: Glasgow Transport Committee have agreed to lend Plymouth Transport Department a single-deck bus for a...

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Bus Operator Must Share His "Golden Apple

A VAST atomic-energy project at In. Hinkley Point, Somerset, will be a "golden apple" for Mr. K. B. Haybittel, a bus operator...

"Hit and Miss" Methods in Tours?

1 - 11.JRING the hearing of an application 1- 1 on Monday for four extended tours from London by Wallace Arnold (Tours), Ltd.,...

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LOADS ANYWHERE

Clearing House Stick to the R.H.A. Code and Find That It Pays Dividends to Give the Haulier a Square Deal By Tony Hatton T...

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Mechanical Elephant Unloads 20-ton Logs

A NEW machine has been produced by R. G. Le Tourneau. Inc., in the U.S.A., for unloading logs of up to some 20 tons from a...

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Tipper Tyre Cost at 1 . 14 d.

Per Mile How High Wycombe Operators Save £530 Each Year Per Vehicle By Using Metallic Tyre Equipment: A.E.C. Vehicles Selected...

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Keep Down Motorway Signs

THE news that a committee has been set up by the Minister 1 of Transport, under the chairmanship of Sir Colin Anderson, to...

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Oxygen Carried to Accident Scene

A NEW ambulance body carrying the latest oxygen resuscitation equipment has been built by Wadham Bros., Ltd., Waterlooville, on...

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New Air Suspension for Tankers

E XPERIMENTS with pneumatic suspension systems on bulk-liquid transporters are being carried out by Thompson Bros. (Bilston),...

Rochdale Buys More M.C.W. Bodies

PA. A REPEAT order from Rochdale Transport Department for 11 doubledeck 61-seat bodies has been satisfied by Metropolitan...

New Transport Companies

Crown Treereffing Co. (Haulage). Ltd. Cart. GOO. Dirs.: Leonard A. Selleek. 20 Kynaston Close. Harrow Weald, and George E....

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Allison Stays

D ID Mr. Hubert Hull, president of the Transport Tribunal, read "Is Licensing Losing its Teeth?" in Tire Commercial Motor on...

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Shadow Boxing

L ABOUR M.P.s, I suggested last week, were a target of that part of the hauliers' corning publicity campaign that was political...