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The End Product

O RGANIZATION AND METHOD are essential to the continuing success of both public and private enterprises. The very term implies...

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LET EFFICIENT COMPANIES TEST THEIR OWN VEHICLES'

WHEN the annual vehicle testing scheme is extended to cover the heavier WV vehicles at present excluded, companies which have...

Thousand-vehicle T.D.G. Take-over Bid

THE Transport Development Group L Ltd. has gone into the Commonwealth. It has made a E3m. bid for Cargo Distributors Ltd., of...

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Taking Up Endorsements

r "president of the National Conference of Road Tiansport Clearing -louses, Mr. Peter Walker, M.P., is rranging for an...

WATCHING FOR SMOKE

THE R.H.A. highways and vehicles committee has accepted the idea that Association members notify fellow members when their...

New Engine for B.M.C. Light Commercials

I T is announced today by the British Motor Corporation that all versions of the Austin and Morris car,type l0-cwt., J4 MI0...

Edbro Price Revision F OI( the first time since May, 1957,

tipping gear prices have been revised by Edbro Ltd., Bolton. Most of the new prices show only a very slight advance, and the...

Tory Spokesman Champions C-licencees

T HE rights of C-licence holders were defended by Mr. Paul Bryan, a vicechairman of the Conservative Party and M.P. for the...

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LIVESTOCK CONTAINER HAS EASYCLEAN PLASTICS FLOORING

rOLLOWING a long 1 line of horseboxes built for many show jumping personalities, Chambers Engineering, of Warmstone Works,...

MODIFIED DROPSIDE BODY AIDS PA LLET LOADING

B UILT to the specification of the operators, Heaton Ward Ltd., Holdfast Works, Western Road, Birmingham, 18, by Brade-Leigh...

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R.H.A. Meets Geddes, T.R.T.A. to Go

THE Road Haulage Association had I a day-long meetin g With the .Geddes Coma-Mace on Monday to discuss aspects of ;;-le...

LOOKING AFTER VEHICLE ELECTRICS

I g eneral, N g eral, transport managers have not been trained in electrical engineering, and any basic electrical knowledge...

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Leyland's £4m. Cuban Bus Order

O NE of the largest orders ever received by Leyland Motors Ltd. was announced this week by Mr. Donald Stokes, managing director...

NEW BUSES AND OPERATING METHODS FOR L.T.B.?

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT ODIROPOSALS to revolutionize London 1 bus operations, particularly in the rash hour, were...

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London's Proposed Single-deckers

P RE 1-1 M IN R Y drawings of the three 1 single-deckers which London Transport hopes to introduce have been obtained by The...

Bird Grant Confirmed

T HE West Midland deputy Licensing Authority Mr. R. Hall, on Tuesday considered the question of quantum referred to him by the...

B.R.S. Switch 40

A N application by British Road Services to add 40 vehicles of 195 tons on A licence, in place of contract licence, to carry...

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Part Grant for Cook Subsidiary

A HAULAGE firm that specializes in I -1 the carrying of structural steel was granted permission to replace two platform...

'C omplete

Evasion of the Act '—Mr. Hanlon A T Carlisle on Wednesday, a Long town, Cumberland, firm of timber merchants was accused by...

ROAD PREFERRED FOR STEEL TRAFFIC

A N application for a new A licence for nine vehicles was granted by the Yorkshire deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. J. H. E....

Refusal, Removal and Suspension

B ECAUSE a company, among other things, "fell into the worst category of licence operator" the Metropolitan Licensing...

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Two Large A Licences Sought HAULAGE APPLICATIONS Cl 1. ti I

n co an( T HE Scottish As and Ds contains the Iwo largest applications to be notified this week, and both are for vehicles...

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Men in the News

Mr. V. W. Pilkington, until last February technical director of Leyland Motors Ltd., has retired from the company after 38...

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Obituary

WE regret to record the deaths of Mr. vv J. E. Allen, Mr. G. Cook, Mr. P. J. E. Dahnahoy. Mr. A. Fish, Mr. E. C. Hardy, Mr. S....

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G.M.C. FOUR-STROKE DIRECT-INJECTION DIESELS

A S recorded in our issue of Decern13, 1963, the G.M.C. Truck and Coach Division of the General Motors Corporation, U.S.A., has...

ORDERS AND DELIVERIES

LEYLAND SALES UP: Leyland Motors Ltd. has reported a substantial increase in orders for passenger and commercial vehicle...

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E.R.F. Tractive Unit for Ghana

THE recently appointed E.R.F. distribu tors, Blackwood Hodge (Ghana) Ltd., are importing their first E.R.F. chassis, this...

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E.R.F. in Australia NEWS IN BRIEF E .R.F. LTD., of Sandbach,

Cheshire, has formed an associate company in Australia to assemble and distribute E.R.F. vehicles throughout Australasia, with...

ROAD AND WORKSHOP by Handyman

Electrical Equipment and Safety ANY STEP-UP in speed of vehicle repair turn-round will automatically bring with it the need to...

Prize-winner from Scotland

T HIS week's prize-winning contribution was sent in by Mr. T. Montgomery, of Portobello, Edinburgh. His idea con corns the...

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NEW EQUIPMENT

and Publications A NEW mobile radio transmitter/receiver has been put into production by Rank-Bush Murphy Electronics .Ltd....

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TRANSPORT

to the ends of the earth T HE traffic department of Associated Electrical Industries (Manchester) Ltd. does not actually...

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BIRD'S EYE VIEW

By The Hawk Back to the Bus I'm told there's a variety of interesting reasons why Leeds City Transport is experiencing a...

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STAGGERING THOUGHTS

By Frank Burravoe T HE problems of the spreading of holidays and the staggering of working hours can be likened to twins and,...

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ENTERPRISE IN DORSET

By F. K. MOSES O NLY 10 per cent of all journeys in rural areas are by public transport, according to the recently published...

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KENTREDDER EXPLAINED by A. J. P. Wilding, A.m.i.mEcH.E.

Piri HE Kentredder system used by Bere Regis has been developed by Kentredder Ltd., 32 and 33 The Parade, St. Helier, Jersey,...

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'Operators. . . should continue JANUS their opposition to the WRITES

anachronistic idea of a tunnel' () UlETLY, but effectively, the Channel Tunnel sup porters appear to have succeeded in...

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Bodies Built Mainly for Bulk

FOR LOOSE GRAIN OR BAGGED MALT nUIC.T to the special requirements of Watney, Combe Reid and Co. Ltd. by Transport Trading...

MULTI-PURPOSE TIPPERS

J u.sT delivered to Mr, W. Latham for Ramsden's of Preston are two identical tippers with bodies designed to be readily...

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Recent Observations On Eye Injury and Eye Protection

BY A DOCTOR A 30-YEAR-OLD service station attendant had an unpleasant, though by no means unique, experience. Concentrated...

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Positive Use of Overhead Costs

S. Buckley, ASSOC. INST. T. gives advice on Transport Problems T HE problems arising from fleet expansion have been considered...

FROM THE POSTBAG 14 YORKSHIRE reader asks for comment on

his vehicle replacement policy. He operates a fleet of 25 vehicles of varying capacities up to 12 tons, yet every vehicle is...

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MONEY MATTERS

1964 Outlook Set Fair . r RE was a general price advance by commercial vehicle a9d kindred shares during 1963, though peak...

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IN YOUR OPINION

Driving Licence Endorsements I FEEL I must reply to Mr. Lyon's letter, published in I The Commercial Motor of January 3, on...

NEW COMPANIES

A. J. Weaver (Hauliers) Ltd. Cap. £3,000. Dirs.: A. 3. Weaver and Miss F, Weaver, The Mill, Stone, Staffs. Sec.: Miss F....