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12th October 1956
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Rule by Steam-hammer

Lebanese Government Ban Oilers Because Operators Do Not Maintain Them Properly W HAT has happened in Lebanon could n o t occur...

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A Limited Good Character

p OSSESSION of a driving licence is not merely a passport to the use of a vehicle on the highway if the holder be challenged by...

Passing Comments

Aspects of Life in the U.S.A. CERTAIN sections of the youth of this country have, at times, been subjected to fairly severe...

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Another Meeting on "20" Liniit Soon

A NOTHER meeting between the employers, represented by the Road Haulage Association and British Road Services, and the unions...

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British Drivers Triumph in International Competition

FROM GILBERT LESAGE A CLEAN sweep was made by England's two representatives in the first international lorry drivers'...

Government Repay U.T.A. £2.3m. 'Loan

T HE Northern 'Ireland Government have repaid bank advances of £2.3m. made to the Ulster Transport Authority. The sums were due...

Test Case on Tax Allowances

LIAULIERS who bought transport 1 units from the British Transport Commission are being advised to guard against the...

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Men in the News MR. B. C. Goomvirr, works manager of Harold Andrews Sheepbridge, Ltd., has been appointed sales manager.

MR. V. W. DALE, director and secretary of the British Electrical Development Association, is to retire for health reasons as...

Ruling on Brakes on Six-wheelers

I N the Queen's Bench Divisional Court last week it was decided that it was illegal if the hand brake of a twin-steered...

Six Leyland , 30-ft. Double-deckers

S IX 30- ft. - long, 8-ft.-wide Titan double-decker bus chassis are now offered by Leyland Motors, Ltd. They are...

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Users Complain : Official Inquiry

putting forward an entirely new principle that there should be a new negotiating body between fare-paying passengers and...

"Motorways Will Not Cut Accidents"

T HE argument that new motor roads would solve the accident problem was described by Mr. H. Watkinson, Minister of Transport,...

High Safety in Dual-circuit Brakes

A CONVINCING demonstration of Inthe safety afforded by dual-circuit braking was given on Tuesday by Clayton Dewandre Co., Ltd.,...

Joint Services Treated as One Through Route

A PPLICATION by Stockport poration to increase revenue by varying their fare structure, on which decision has been reserved...

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Objection to Take-over Fails

THEY would require a great deal .I. more evidence from Crosville Motor Services, Ltd., to justify refusing the licence, Mr. F....

Workers' Fares to be Abolished

NTOTICE is to be served by the chairman of the Northern Traffic Commissioners, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, on Stockton-on-Tees...

MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITIES Dorking Town Council are to buy a sweeper. Millom. Rural Diszriet Council are to pthenase a Land-Rover.

Plymouth Corporation arc advised to order 21 Leyland buses. Sunderland Corporation seek to obtain Main double-deckers. Barrow...

City Expects £200,000 Fall in Estimates A HINT that Birmingham Transport

Department might have to take new action to combat falling receipts, was given last week by the general manager, Mr. W. H....

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12-seater as P.S.V. : User and Hirer Fined

A QUESTION whether a Utilecon I2-seater, used by a party of workers at the Austin Motor Co., Ltd., to travel to and from the...

Figures for Export Trade

F ULL statistics concerning the output and exports of the motor industry last year are contained in "The Motor Industry of...

Mr. James Attacks Car Travellers

cAR travellers who shared the cost of petrol were criticized by Mr. W. P. James, chairman of the West Midland Traffic...

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French Makers Cutting Weight

R UNNING concurrently with the Paris Salon, an exhibition showing the uses of aluminium in commercial vehicles has been...

Special A Lorry Unfit for Trunk Use

D IFFICULTIES arising because a vehicle purchased from the British Transport Commission on a special A licence was said to be...

New Transport

CD mpanies Paraffin Distributing Co., Ltd, Cap. £6,000. Dir.; J. I. Fitzsimmons, Kinsale, Deysrirook Lane, West Derby,...

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Service Cuts Follow Court Case

F OLLOWING a court case concerning a Halifax bus driver who was accused of careless driving, Halifax Transport Department is to...

Micrograms . .

Simms Expansion: Simms Motiar Units, Ltd., have taken over the Industrial Fan and Heater Co., Ltd., Birmingham. Triplex...

B.R.S. Lorries Surplus on Tees-side

WHEN Messrs. Appleby and Dowling VW South Bank Road, ivliddlesbrough applied to the Northern LicensinE Authority last week to...

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More Vehicles for B.R.S. Companies

THREE British Transport Commis]. sion companies have had 716 vehicles and 368 trailers transferred to them in the Yorkshire and...

1,071,700 Lorries GG OODS vehicles increased by 69,100 in the year'to

February 28 last. At that date there were 1,071,700 goods vehicles licensed, compared with 1,002,600 a year earlier. They...

Period Returns on Excursions Unlikely

THE authorization of period returns on excursions and tours was exceptional and was not likely to be extended, said Mr. F....

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CLOSE THE BACK DOOR

t o Haulage Says a Special Correspondent The Transport Tribunal • Should have Second Thoughts on the Allison Appeal Decision...

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New Douglas . Cross-country Range

A RANGE of medium-duty multi-wheel-drive vehicles has been introduced by Douglas Equipment, Ltd., Cheltenham. It comprises a 4...

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New Depot Designed for 250 Vehicles

Impressive Maintenance Centre to Meet Planned Future Needs of Expanding Paper-delivery Fleet A NEW depot has been built by...

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'Strong Opposition to More Coaches from Liverpool

T HE North Western Traffic Commissioners last week continued, at Liverpool, the hearing of applications by Liverpool excursion...

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Lost Cause?

R EAD1NG between the lines of an article by Mr. Frank IX Coyle in the October issue of the Transport and General orkers'...

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Vigorous Tren in France

Commercial Vehicle Output Up: Weight Reduced, and Suspension and Braking Si improved: 11 Countries Represented at Show :...

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R.H.A. Carry On the Fight

(2111 , 1E misunderstanding may well be Opinions and SOME Queries by the article by " Janus " in your issue of September 28,...

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Men Who Rule Transport

BY A POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT W 1TH the completion of disposal, it is hoped that much of the political acrimony will be removed...

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Mixed Feelings on Denationalization

Return of U.T.A .'s Road Goods Services to Private Enterprise would Create Severe Problems : Passenger Transport being...

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Vital Statistics

L ACK of statistics about the road haulage industry is a regular cause for complaint. There are no published figures on...

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IDLENESS Costs Money

Losses Caused by Delay in Servicing Vehicles : Is Preventive Maintenance Worth While? Solving the Problems of the Carrier A T...

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German Six-wheeled Coaches for America

A Sreported in The Commercial Motor on September 21, Continental Trailways Bus System, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A., have ordered...

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A Controlled Differential Gear

A DIFFERENTIAL gear that will not permit full slip of one of the road wheels is shown in patent No, 754,237 (J. Lyeth, Jr.,...