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Dead March from Fitzpayne

D ESPITE the pious sentiment expressed in its preface, the Henry Spurrier Memorial Lecture delivered to the Institute of...

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An Example to be Copied

I T is curious that the West Midlands should still be • the only traffic area with a maintenance advisory committee set up...

Passing Comments

Transport to the Fore O NCE again the annual dinner of the London Division ot the Industrial Transport Association, held...

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One Hears

That no one on British roads really has any definite right of way. That no wise driver approaches blind cross-roads at speed,...

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Work Outside User Built Up to 90 Tons a Night

A TEMPORARY haulage contract which gradually developed into a regular service, involving 90 tons. of goods each night, was...

Law on Exhaust Fumes to be Tightened?

ri A PROPOSED change in the law to make it an offence to discharge " noxious substances" from vehicles is to be considered by...

OILERS IMPRESS G.P.O.: MORE TESTS PLANNED

A FTER giving a six-months' trial to 50 Morris-Commercial oil-engined vans, the Post Office have decided to extend their use of...

ROAD MAY LOSE 34m. TONS OF C.E.G.B. COAL I N

the year ended March 31, 1958, the Central Electricity Generating Board received 8im. tons of coal by road, but as the result...

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Commissioners Praise Economy Policy

S EEKING fare revisions designed to yield £12,000 a year, the Thames Valley Traction Co., Ltd., were praised on Tuesday by the...

Chancellor Needs All Road Tax Revenue

L ' hope of a reduction in the taxa lion on road transport was offered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the House of...

UNWISE COMPETITION IN CASTING TRADE

" N EW and often uninformed competi tion " in the supply of castings to the motor industry was mentioned on Tuesday by the...

MR. ROSSINGTON MAY RETURN TO B.R.S.

TN a statement issued on Tuesday, I British Road Services said they hoped that Mr. H. Rossington's health would recover...

SWANSEA ROAD IMPROVEMENTS THE East Side approach road to Swan'

sea, A483, now consists of two modern carriageways from the Earlswood roundabou on the Neath by-pass to Danygraig Bridges, a...

NEW BRITISH TYRE YARN r LAIMED to be the first

yarn ever to %---0 be produced specifically for tyre construction, Courtaulds' Tyrex was announced at a symposium in Coventry...

CHAIRMAN SEES FOR HIMSELF

A VISIT was paid last week by Sir Brian Robertson. chairman of the British Transport Commission, to the Eastern Counties...

Need for More Fish Transport Filled

THE need for more road transport at Aberdeen fish market was stressed last week by Mr. Alex M. Cordiner, chairman of the...

POLICE CHIEF PRAISES T.R.T.A. CAMPAIGN

"A SPLENDID idea" was how Mr. ri J. Lawrence, chief constable of Reading. described the "Kerb Space is Precious "'campaign of...

SMOKE: MINISTER WAITS

R EPLYING to a question in the House 1 -‘ of Commons on Tuesday_ Mr. Harold Watkinson, Minister of Transport, said he was...

NO OBSTRUCTION BY TANKERS A RECESS for tankers, so that

when r 3 . unloading they do not obstruct incoming vehicles, has been provided at a new service station of the National Benzole...

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R.H.A. Chairman Calls for Road Rail Inquiry

A N impartial public inquiry outside the field of politics should examine the functions of both road and rail on the basis of...

Men in the News

MR. S. F. Howls, manager of Alma Garages (Bristol), Ltd., has been appointed a director. The company are members of the Bristol...

RUSSIAN TYRE PLANT BUYS BRITISH

T HE Russian tyre factory at Dnepropetrovsk is to be equipped with eight test machines supplied by Heenan and Froude, Ltd.,...

Cattle Hauliers Escape Revocation

T HE Acts controlling the haulage industry were not framed or passed with the aim of harassing those engaged in the industry,...

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Four Adjournments Over Renewals "A Scandal," B.T.C. Say

A N application by a Li.verpool haulier, which had been adjourned four times and had lasted nearly a year, was described as " a...

New Haulage Group Maintains Secrecy

ri A NEW haulage group has been formed, but The Commercial Motor was informed on Tuesday that it wished for the time being to...

P.M.T.•TAKE OVER BAXTER

T HE Potteries Motor Traction Co.. Ltd.. have acquired the busiqess of Baxter (Hanley), Ltd., who own 14 buses and coaches....

8 M.P.G. ON CANE COLLECTION

C OVERING almost 23.000 miles a month, 10 Albion Reiver three-axled 10-tonners working on a 5,300-acre sugar plantation on the...

FRENCH PRODUCTION PLAN

U NIC and Willeme, two of the leading French commercial-vehicle manufacturers, have reached an agreement to co-ordinate...

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Councils Delay Fare Application

WHEN the West Riding Automobile IV Co., Ltd applied for fare increases at Leeds last week the objecting local authorities...

New Transport Companies

T. L Hughes iTerrYn), Ltd. Cap. £100. Dirs.: T. J. Hughes and P. L. Hughes. Sec.: G. A. Crook. Bailey's Coaches (Birmingham),...

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Hauliers Changed Base and User But Retain Licence

J \ LTHOUGH a Birmingham haulage company admitted that they had changed the base and normal user of three A-licensed vehicles...

Hauliers "Stabbed in the Back" by Witness

L'VIDENCE given by the production manager of Eskimo Foods, Ltd., when the company supported a haulage concern's application...

B.R.F. Renew Pressure for Highway Loan

IN their latest representations to the I Government for greater highway expenditure, the British Road Federation repeat earlier...

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New Conway Bridge Means Savings for Crosville : Mileage Will Drop

PROPOSALS for reorganizing 18 services following the completion of the new. Conway Bridge were put before the North Western...

2,500-cu.-ft. Body in Sections

A VARIANT of the method of build ing sectioned bodies in light alloy, developed by G. E. Neville and Son, Lid., Mansfield, is...

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Export Bodies for Edinburgh Buses

A FORM of construction widely used on the Continent and in the United States is to be embodied in 50 new Leyland Tiger Cub...

Guilty Plea Cheaper than Fighting Case

A CCUSED at Bournemouth, last week, J n. of using a converted bus under trade plates for an unauthorized purpose, Ernest G....

Coach Owners Ask for Revisions

T WO Durham coach operators applied to the Northern Traffic Commissioners, last week, for permission to run services from...

DECISION RESERVED ON A-LICENCE REQUEST

D ECISION was reserved by the East Midland Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. A. R. M. Ellis, when a Lincoln haulier, Mr. Albert...

CHALLENGE TO APARTHEID

F ACED with the prospect of losing £48,000 a year if the racial-segregation policy is imposed upon the carrying of bus...

TON SAVED IN BUS BODY

A SAVING of a ton has been achieved with a 37-seat steel body, with aluminium panelling, built by Watt Brothers, Woolloongabba,...

PETROL SUPPLIES UP BY 18%

D UR1NG the first_ nine months of this • year, deliveries of motor spirit, at 5,019.929 tons, represented an 18-per-cent....

BUS REBELS CENSURED

F ORMAL censure has been passed by the executive of the Transport and General Workers' Union on the leaders of London...

JOINT BUS COMMITTEE IS A SUCCFSS

T HE amalgamation of the Grimsby and Cleethorpes bus undertakings has resulted in improved services, better financial returns,...

EASTBOURNE FOR REMOVERS MEXT year's conference of the National Association

of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers will be held at Eastbqurne from May 12-13. The business sessions will be held on May 13....

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Bus Station Superintendent Gets £720: Waste, Say Operators

A LTHOUGH • the council-owned bus in. station at Consett (Co. Durham) provides stands for only 15 buses, a £720-ayear...

Ribble Stand Firm Over Trial Service

THE circular bus route covering Carlisle's Harraby Estate, which is being given a three months' trial by Ribble Motor Services....

FARMERS AND HAULIERS DISCUSS POTATO LOADS

D ISCUSSIONS are taking place between the Scottish Area of the Road Haulage Association and the National Farmers' Union of...

ROAD TO REPLACE RAIL NEXT YEAR

EE XTRA road services will be provided when the greater part of the old Midland and Great Northern Joint Line, extending for...

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New By-pass Saves • 30-minute Drive

L ORRY drivers using the Preston By-pass have found that they can cover the 84 -- Miles in 13 minutes, a saving of half an hour...

Atom Plant Plan for Buses "Premature

A PPLICATIONS by Mr. D. H. RowPl. lands, Amlwch, and Crosville Motor Services, Ltd., for express services between Anglesey and...

An Obvious Case for Costs—Maj. Eastwood

Ql-fARP criticism was made -by the 1 -- ) objectors at Bridlington, last week, when a letter was handed to Maj. F. S....

MORE SCOTTISH COACH TOURS • NEXT YEAR?

A FTER a record year of coach activity in Scotland, there are already indications that figures for 1959 will be even higher,...

BUS CLEANING COSTS CUT

RUSES operated by West Hartlepool EP Corporation are now being cleaned during the day instead of at night, because for most of...

B.IL OBJECTION WITHDRAWN

A ' objection by British Railways was withdrawn at the resumed hearing of an application by Mr. F. Turnbull, Wrelton, near...

MOTORWAY DATE WANTED

A LTHOUGH they have been assured Ct that a motorway between Sheffield and Leeds will be built as part of the national roads...

SHEFFIELD LEFT WITH FOUR TRAM SERVICES

O NLY four tram services remain at Sheffield, following the closure of the Brightside route last Saturday. It was the seventh...

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Best of Both Latest

C OMBINING the cab spaciousness and good engine accessibility of the best normal-control chaSsis with the forward vision and...

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Station for 26 Buses on Works Site

A BUS station with accommodation for 26 vehicles has been built by Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., at their works at...

Milk Hauliers "Best in the District"

S IX hauliers failed in their objections at Bridlington, last week, when L. F. Robinson. Ltd.. Whitby, asked for an additional...

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A VEHICLE FOR MOTORWAYS

N OW that at last Great Britain can boast a motorway, albeit only 8+ miles of two-lane dual carriageway— the Preston by-pass—it...

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70 m.p.h. Down a Baby Motorway

D RIVING a heavy goods vehicle at more than 70 m.p.h. down a British motorway is not as nerve racking as might at first be...

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The Original " Ernie "

I N preparing his Henry Spurrier Memorial Lecture to the Instituteof Transport, Mr. E. R. L. Fitzpayne did some deep digging....

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Employment Threatened in

\ Passenger Transport Latest Wages Award Compels Further Drastic Cuts in Services and Reduction of Night Main tenance Work A...

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Versatile Saw

P RIMARILY intended for cutting building materials, a sheet saw with a replaceable blade may be of interest to bodybuilders as...

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Gravel Pits a Stern Test for Tippers

O NE of the most gruelling tests which can be applied to a lorry is to use it for work at a gravel pit. Gravel is Britain's...

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Micrograms

Business Being Sold: The business of Somerville and Johnston, commercial vehicle. bodybuilders. Leith.' Edinburgh. is being...

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Danger Points in Motorway Code

THERE appear to be two clauses in the motorway code of conduct for drivers where full allowance has not been made for possible...

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Industricide

" IPENESS is all " used to be the watchword of the Socialists in the clays when they thought that the principle of...

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Costing Systems Can Fall Down

Recording Without a Purpose is Merely to Indulge in Unnecessary Paperwork : There Should Be a Balance Between Accuracy and...

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Proposed Bedford Cab

ilv1PROVED access to the engine for forward-control vehicles is the object of patent No. 802,178. (Vauxhall Motors. Ltd.,...