MOTOR VOLUME 121 N. at2.1 JUNE 11, 1965 A Fair Weight T HE lull is over. A Fraser foray to outstrip the Marples blitz will...

The next seven days, June It-i?. • Sun, Newcastle round, Lorry DTiver Competition at Dukesway, Team Valley Trading Estate,...

From our Industrial Correspondent -r EADERS of the Transport and General .1.d workers' Union are to give evidence to Mr....

FROM OUR POLITIC AL CORRESPONDENT nFFICIAL bodies representing the 1 ---froad transport industry are considering whether to...

of the LDOY competition will be held this year on Saturday, July 10. The manceuvring tests will he carried out at the Royal...

CT. ALBANS SAND AND GRAVEL CO. LTD. has acquired C. and A. Webb, haulage contractors, of Woolwich. Webb operates six vehicles...

tries Ltd., is used as a structural insulant for containers now being manufactured by ConCargo of Totton. SoutAampton. The core...

Vehicles to be withdrawn from quarries not paying acceptable rates BY P. A. C. BROCK1NGTON .1 - A A RESOLUTION was passed...

Now part or the Hoveringham Group, Asham Quarry Ltd. have informed a visiting RHA member that they will conform to the rates...

Describing negotiations of the Cheddar Valley Group of hauliers with Battscomhe, EEC and other quarries, Mr. Heal, representing...

If the call came to withdraw vehicles from service could small hauliers keep going for a sufficient period to benefit from the...

liaison committee and central organization for the dissemination of up-to-date and accurate information on the working problems...

ri regular users or the Dartford Tunnel the tunnel at tolls of Is, or more. Pre will start operating on July 4. From that paid...

B RISTOL Airport will shortly offer customs clearance for imported containerized goods arriving by road from the Continent....

S COTTISH Conservative MPs have persuaded two Government Ministers to investigate what they call "savage" increases in charges...

port Development Group for the whole share capital of J. A. Erving and Co. Ltd., of Liverpool, has been extended to July 6. By...

THE possibility of co-operation between operators who have vehicle steam cleaning or washing facilities and those who have not...

A NNOUNCED today is yet another IA version of the Bedford CA 15/17 cwt. van, this time fitted with the new Perkins 4.108...

in brackets rekr to test of CA 15 cwt. van with Perkins 4.99 engine. tested by 'CM' on February 2. 1962). Fuel consumption...

HAULAGE BY McVEIGH ? T HE accompanying drawing is the first to show in any detail the design of the refrigerated van with...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT D EVOLUTIONARY changes in the handling of goods at Britain's docks were forecast by Sir...

A FTER testin g prototypes in service the Stockholm municipal transport authority has placed a £24m. order with the Leyland...

From our Industrial Correspondent gURPRISE, surprise l In what must be Is-) the shortest set of ne g otiations in recent years...

venture V V in Leeds has failed, the whole flow of traffic in the centre of the city has improved since the new one-way system...

Bank Holidays: The . Government has announced that the Spring and late Summer Bank Holidays will he May 29 and August 28 in...

an appeal by Bedford County Council against joint decisions of the East Midland and Eastern Traffic Commissioners g rantin g to...

to Salisbury, with connections for the West Country (" The Commercial Motor ", January' 29) commenced operation last week. The...

A NEW tape player unit has been developed by Reditunc Ltd., of Croydon, for use aboard buses and coaches. The new unit is...

Vehicles Ltd., has formed a company, Horace Heyman (Overseas Services) Ltd., concerned With joint industrial projects between...

by Sir John Langford-Holt (Tory. Shrewsbury) in the Commons last week to give general directions to the air corporations to...

A/TR. FRASER refused last week to M introduce legislation to prohibit the practice of soliciting lifts from vehicles on...

"THIRTEEN of the 109 people killed I. on the roads at Easter were in goods vehicles—mostly passengers. Mr. Tom Fraser, the...

of the Exchequer, emphasized last week that the increased hire purchase deposit did not apply to commercial vehicles. "These...

GEDDES REPORT MAY BE ANOTHER SETBACK FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT I T is now being argued strongly in politics that the...

the Scottish 1-1 deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. L. A. Wells, refused an application for a new A licence by Atlas Express Ltd....

of Weston, Newark, Notts, have been granted an A licence by .the East Midlands Licensing Authority at Nottingham for the...

T HERE was a lively exchange between I counsel for the objectors and Mr. J. Mercer, representing Regan Bros. (Haulage) Ltd. at...

which was to have been heard by the Western Licensing Authority at Falmouth on Wednesday did not take place. The company had...

A N application for three 4 - ton tippers on B licence to carry excavation materials, shale and imported filling materials for...

A COACH operator, Mr, Victor Gutierrez. of St. Mary's Terrace, Paddington, failed to appear before the Metropolitan Traffic...

FROM A SPF.C1AL CORRESPONDENT E report of the Geddes Committee, set up just under two years ago by Mr. I Ernest Marples to...

F R 4.000-gal. stainless-steel road I tankers for the conveyance of petroleum spirits and other. low-flash materials have...

CASEBOOK By JOHN DARKER Much Ado About Very Little TN consonance with their much less active objection policy British...

T DISCUSSED in a recent Casebook I (" The Commercial Motor", May 28) the Tribunal's normal reluctance to call or hear...

expertise will count TH E recent appeal of Sludge Disposals Ltd and others against the grant of a B licence to Effluents...

TiOl E Tribunal's decision in the appeal f Gorrie-Greyhurst Ltd. ("The Commercial Motor ", May 14) against the refusal of a B...

Requests in Nine Areas NORTHERN APPLICATIONS (June 2. 1965) F. and E. Robinson (Stockton-on-Tees) Lid., Stockton, new A lie,,...

r E Steel Barrel Group has announced that the Steel Barrel Co. Vtd., Phoenix Works, Uxbridge, is to be closed down. Outstanding...

13 Y agreement between the boards of the two companies, the Rover Co, Ltd. is to make offers for the 'whole issued capital of...

New Hoffmann Office: The Hoffmann Manufacturing Co. Ltd. has opened a newtechnical sales office with ear-parking facilities at...

BY THE TECHNICAL EDITOR 7"1.1E announcement by the Minister of Transport last week of his plans for the extension of annual...

W WITH the increased popularity , of vehicles incorporating selfloading and unloading equipment for the disposal of waste and...

CAPACITY of a new double-drive rear bogie (left) produced for the Scammell Constructor is 30 tons. The model has been designed...

Speeding-up Cleaning V EHICLE time out of service for maintenance reasons invariably Will include some portion spent in...

S EEN. here are two heavy recovery outfits recently put into service in the Midlands and the West. The upper vehicle is oWned...

and Publications Automotive Refinishing T HOSE concerned with vehicle refinishing should fi nd much of interest in a new...

By P. A. C. BROCKINGTON, AMIMechE Compression Ratios The time may come when petrol engines operate at a higher compression...

(Below) In surroundings like this the Townsman comes into its own, b. space is restricted and turn about with the least...

By The Hawk Although it was shining when this happy photograph was taken, the sun was notably absent—in fact the rain "fell...

C OMPLET1NG the papers read at the UITP XXXV1th International Congress in Tel Aviv (see The Commercial Motor, May 28) were two...

E VEN when there appears to be no case to argue there is seldom any lack of advocates. The railway unions, once their fears on...

over the Alps to Nice BY DICK ROSS who also took the pictures 'TWO weeks ago 1 accepted an invitation to accompany about 1 ....

Management and Control (2) L AST week in this series a start was made on summarizing briefly some of the papers presented to...

The editor is always pleased to receive letters on all aspects of the road transport industry. Contributors must include their...

Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of London ECONOMIC TERMS AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO TRANSPORT 5. PUBLIC FINANCE THE...

Wheel Speed Haulage Co. Ltd. Cap. 53.000. Dire.: W, 3. Gliddon and I. C. GlidclOn, SYcarnore House. Carbis Bay, St. Ives....