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13th October 1961
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Changing World

O NE of the many paradoxes of life is the truth of the phrase: "To stand still is to go back." The business that is content to...

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Arthi .onald Butt

y ou can learn quite a lot about a man during threequarters of an hour's desultory chat in his office, still more if you meet...

Bird's Eye View

If It's Speed You're After . . By The Hawk T D V. W. Pilkington. Leyland technical director, my thanks for this lovely...

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R.H. Wages Rise Granted From January 1 Next

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT IN a surprise move, Mr. John Hare, the Minister of Labour, signed an order on Monday granting...

S.U.T. Win The 36-ft. Race

QHEFFIELD UNITED TOURS, LTD., have won the race to place in service the first public service vehicle taking advantage of the...

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Dublin Dockers Accept Containers at Last

nUBLIN'S force of dockers voted last week in favour of the Labour Court's proposals for ending their ban on container traffic...

Sub-contractor Delays Lost Markets in Glasgow, Says Haulier AN operator

who started a service r't between London and Glasgow with a sin g le vehicle 14 months a g o and added another in March of this...

London Bus Pay Claim Presented

A T a two-hour meetin g with London Transport Executive representatives, leaders of London's busmen last week presented their...

Jaguar Buy Guy Motors G UY vehicles will still continue in

%-/existence. It was announced on Tuesday that Jaguar Cars, Ltd., had purchased Guy Motors, Ltd. A joint statement by the...

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Men in the News

Lieut. Cdr. J. W. Thornycroft and Mr. R. Thornyeroft have been elected honorary members of the British Transport Vehicle...

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Contract-to-B Switch r or Interchangeability

T O make his vehicles interchangeable and to cope with seasonal demands for coal, lime and fertilizer, Mr. G. Jones applied for...

Dock Delays—R.H.A. Blames Labour

I ABOUR is blamed by the Road LA Haulage Association as the chief cause of dock delays. In their memorandum to the Rochdale...

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Labour Still Flat Out For Renationalization

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT A CLAIM that the whole system of licensing road transport vehicles was in urgent need of a...

Perkins Alternative For Commer Vehicles

A T the same time as the introduction of their new Walk-Thru 14-, 2and 3-ton models (sec page 348), Commer Cars, Ltd., have...

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Double-drive Third-axle Conversion

A DOUBLE-DRIVE third-axle conver sion was announced last week by the York Trailer Co.. Ltd. This company is an established...

Leyland Plans for Scottish Show

INCLUDED in the Leyland exhibits at I the Scottish Motor Show opening at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, on November 10 will be one of...

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4,000-Gal. Tanker Weighs Under 20 tons Gross

"A QUART in a pint pot" is always the target of commercial-vehicle operator and designer alike. This has been fully borne in...

Micrograms

Simms in Southampton: Mr. John Ayres, managing director of Simms Motor Units, Ltd., opened the company's new premises at...

Orders and Deliveries

MORE FOR SCOTLAND: Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., have ordered a further 16 A.E.C. Reliance single-decker chassis. BATTERIES FOR...

Siddle C. Cook, Ltd., Guilty, say Magistrates

v NARESBOROUGH, Yorkshire, INmagistrates last week found Siddle C. Cook, Ltd., of Consett, Co. Durham, guilty on four counts of...

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Lightweight, Collapsible Container I T was announced in our issue

of August 11 that BonaHack and Sons. Ltd., of Basildon, Essex, had developed a light alloy five-ton goods container which, when...

Vehicle Lighting Changes in New Regulations

THE Road Vehicles Lighting (Amend". ment) Regulations, 1961, which come into operation on October 19, permit the ambulances and...

The Problem of Long, Flexible Loads

L ONG lengths of fabricated steel work La now being carried from the Motherwell area by James McKelvie and Co. (RM. and P.),...

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Arnside Contractors Win Appeal

A N appeal by E. Nelson and Sons, I - 1 haulage contractors, of Arnside, Westmorland, against the refusal of the Northern...

Sheffield Haulier Wins Tribunal Fight

A N appeal by Wilfred Harrison (Transport), Ltd., a Tinsley, Sheffield, haulage contractor, against the Yorkshire Licensing...

Haulier's Rene wal Battle Lost

THE Transport Tribunal in London last week dismissed a Wolverhampton haulage contractor's appeal against a West Midlands...

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Heavy Traffic Should Be Diverted Police Chief

'THROUGH lorry traffic was being diverted from the city centres on the 1 Continent with considerable success, and there was no...

Contract A Licence Revoked

A CONTRACT A licence for two 1 - _ vehicles belonging to Double Ess Transport, Ltd., Pudscy, was revoked as from November 13 by...

Sodium Lighting Recommended for London

A MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT rn. statement says that the Minister, Mr. Ernest Marples, welcomes the recommendations in the final...

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in Almost Perfect Transport Market

by A Special Correspondent 0 NE would have thought, from some of the newspaper comments and the saloon bar conversations at...

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Accessibility is Key-note With Latest Range Of Commer Models

A L L new models are naturally interesting, but the latest Commer If-ton to 3-ton range is particularly so because of the...

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Comprehensive Specification

but Small Appetite by John F. Moon, A.M.I.R.T.E. P ARTICULARLY good fuel economy, good driving conditions and a low unladen...

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Anti-theft Devices

'EQUIPMENT to reduce the chance of .1-4 thefts of or from vehicles has been introduced by Joseph Lucas, Ltd., Birmingham, 19....

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SAFETY VALVE

COMMENTARY by JANUS W ITH perhaps one or two exceptions, the resoluti3ns set down for discussion at next week's conference of...

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Material Factor

'by NormanH. Tilsley 0 PPOSITION to the Arnold Transport (Rochester), Ltd., application was pressed to the very limit by the...

B Licence More Appropriate

rOLLOWING the Appeal Court's I judgments in the Merchandise and Arnold Transport appeals, the West Midland Licensing Authority,...

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Non-stop Gritters Keep Roads Clear

INTENSIVE methods need to be 'employed to keep traffic moving on Scandinavian roads during the winter months, the Municipality...

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No Subsidies for Mr. Amos

"1 BELIEVE we shall do better without subsidies than with them; and I certainly the nation as a whole will benefit," claimed...

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Tippers and Armoured Vans

TIPPERS dominate the scene in the I West Midlands this week and, in particular, a spate of new B-licence applications for work...

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Selling a Service

Economic Operation and Efficient Maintenance Can Ensure Low Costs Per Mile, but Increased Revenue is Dependent Both on the...