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14th February 1969
14th February 1969
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Some trailers are assembled )3Tson trailers are built.

)yson are trailer engineers. Not ler manufacturers you notice. 'railer engineers. 'here's a difference. And it's not just...

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ommercial otor

If we had a hat we'd throw it in the air to signify our relief at the commonsense caution shown by the Ministry of Transport...

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The week

Britain questions value of strict new international rules on medical checks for drivers from our Geneva correspondent •...

RHA names industrial relations officer

• The Road Haulage Association has appointed a full-time industrial relations officer (foreshadowed in CM December 6) to sort...

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Accountant to head Freight Integration Council

• The senior partner in the firm of Binder, Hamlyn and Co., chartered accountants, Mr. A. G. B. Burney, has been named by the...

Packham sold for f185,000 France tightens

traffic rules • Miles Druce and Co. Ltd., a leading firm of steel stockholders and distributors, has acquired A. Packham and...

Bid for Burnholme and Forder

• Negotiations are continuing between Standard Realty Investors' Corporation, of the United States, and Burnholme and Forder...

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rexham lining scheme

'rider the name of the Wrexham and hire Group Transport Training Asson some 20 hauliers in this area have tly got together in a...

2m US contract Lancer Boss • • •

ncer Boss Ltd., the forklift and side-s r truck manufacturer, this week signed: tract with Allis-Chalmers of Americas will...

th tolls inquiry

iublic inquiry is to be held into objecpinst the proposed increases in the :oad Bridge tolls. The inquiry, before ::. Anderson...

idon pers start

I February 10 the Tipping Group, r London started operations, the cornhaving selected from a list of 168 ints, 48 members...

Transport research is a 'neglected art'

• Transport functions had been performed in isolation from marketing considerations too often in the past. Under the control...

Premiums halved in new cover plan

• General and Commercial Motor Insurance Company—a broker oriented company and a member of the Vehicle and General...

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Marshall's special Lutons

• To meet critical sizes and loading requirements, Marshall has developed for the John Lewis Partnership a special Luton body...

Courses and conferences

Materials handling • "Materials handling today" is the title of a one-day symposium being held jointly by the Institute of...

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eed for new philosophy in sting electrical equipment

ul Brockington roups of enthusiastic p.s.v. and road 3ort engineers performed a series of ations of electronic control...

lad operations manager for BSC

Hugh McPartlan has been appointed road operations manager for the British Steel Corporation's central transport department. Mr....

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Four TUC nominees to NBC turned down

TOO CLOSE TO INDUSTRY,' SAYS MR MARSH from our Industrial correspondent • Four union leaders nominated by the TUC for...

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larshall to build

)1 . London Transport erek Moses kn important break-through for Marof Cambridge (Engineering) Ltd. is the of an order from the...

Evan Evans sells out

• It was announced last week that Barr and Wallace Arnold Trust, of Leeds, had purchased the Evan Evans group of coach...

• • Bus grants • • ▪ puzzle • • •

• Bus operators wishing to apply for • • standard bus grants or rural bus subsi • dies have complained to CM that...

Younger bus fleet for Newcastle

• Delivery to Newcastle City Transport next year of 30 Leyland Atlantean double-deckers with 33ft Alexander front-entrance...

Bid for Provincial Traction

• The Wiles Group Ltd. have made a formal offer for the Provincial Traction Co. Ltd., whose subsidiaries include the...

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Hiring

municipal Threat to small hauliers buses • In the summer municipal bus undertakings could raise a large amount of revenue...

Vehicle authorized for daywork

• In order to assist with urgent daywork Cleary Contractors Ltd., Solihull, appeared successfully before the West Midland...

B licence suspended

-• Cook Contractors Ltd., of Galashiels, had one vehicle removed from its B licence for four months under Section 178 in...

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Specialised equipment

Leyland/Albion distributors are specially equipped to maintain and repair Leyland/Albion trucks. Leyland trucks are precise...

Transport advice

You will get advice from men who really understand the business. Truck operation is not a simple business. There's a lot to...

Factory-trained personnel

Leyland automotive training is considered in many countries to be just about the best training you can get. Britain's no...

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Your Distributor. . .

Don't just think of him as a name on the bottom of an advertisement or an address on a list. He's only there for one...

Genuine Leyland/Albion spares

Fit them. Always. It's no good adding a weak link to a strong chain. Leylands and Albions are built for reliability — each...

24-Hour emergency service

Let's face it — it can happen. And it needn't even be your driver's fault. There he is, driving steadily along, then some...

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norance no excuse, says LA

1. Haulage, of Eyemouth, was repriby the Scottish LA, Mr. A. B. Birnie, urgh on Monday for breach of regularolving the...

North Western Co. drops school fares

• The North Western Traffic Commissioners in a written decision have granted the North Western Road Car Co. Ltd. permission...

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' Phantom driver'

• The Transport Tribunal in a written judgment has given reasons for its dismissal of the appeal by Barnett and Graham Ltd....

Housewife applies for tipper

• The North Western LA, Mr. C. R. Hodgson, adjourned an application by Mrs. J. Litherland of Lymm for a new B licence in...

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7ort-term grants r M62 work

North Western LA, Mr. C. R. Hodgson, public inquiry in Manchester on Monhear a number of applications for :rm B licences for...

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Kismet mobile brake tester

• Heavy Transport (ECC) Ltd., of Par, Cornwall, a subsidiary of the English China Clay Group, has recently taken delivery of...

' Power transfer' aids part-load economy in new GM turbine engines

• A patented means of connecting compressor and power-turbine shafts to reduce fuel consumption at part-load, where the gas...

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IVO new

Jay trailers ID more new models have been added Quay trailer range. The 3020 flat-plat0-ton g.c.w. unit employs 201n. deep ted...

Advance trailers from Primrose

• A new range of semi-trailers, named Advance, for payloads from 3 tons to 26 tons is to be introduced shortly by Primrose...

Larger tank for Transits

• A larger capacity fuel tank, which increases operating range by over 50 per cent, has been introduced as a regular...

toad and workshop

4anpower, maintenance !nd the MoT (31) by Handyman It's an easy mistake to set one's hts too high when advertising for ff:...

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Scania LBS110

38-ton --gross a rtic ONE of the more important models to be introduced by a European manufacturer in 1968 was the Scania 110...

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Bird's eye view

d question: why is the Transport ers' Club not represented on the ort Managers' Licence Committee? I the immediate answer is...

?S—any buyers?

iatcher had a rather startling answer question. What would she do with she became Minister of Transport d me some buyers!"...

* Duple president

The news that Duple is well advanced with plans to transfer all coach manufacture from Hendon to Blackpool and substantially to...

* Tycoon haulier

The more I hear about haulage and hauliers, the more I am fascinated by the industry's * Pioneer collection I suppose all...

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MIN THAT LOAD

WITH the introduction of fresh legislation and increasing vigilance on its enforcement, vehicle operators will be impelled to...

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Container Transport

A CHEQUE for over £53,000 changed hands on Monday on the snow-covered circulating area of the Birmingham Containerbase at...

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othing barred no the NFC

Elm powers granted to the National ht Corporation in section 2 of the Tort Act 1968 are so wide-ranging it is inconceivable...

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Janus comments

Dummy run IN those self-confident days when the Transport Bill was still at an early stage of its passage through Parliament...

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toad-rail integration: the )utch formula

Transport Act, 1968, will fail in its lose if more goods are not carried by The Freightliner network is increasing even though...

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One hears a great deal about the development of the

Freightliner netk. In view of Government policy on borne traffic have you any figures show the development of the French gourou...

0 . I was interested by the report in CM

concerning the new London Transport "satellite" standee buses. One of the failings of these buses is the absence of handrails...

a In your Know the Law series, December 20, reference was

made to the duties of p.s. v. drivers under the provisions of the Public Service Vehicles (Conduct of Drivers, Conductors and...

a Because of occasional vehicle short

ages in other areas, hauliers sometimes get asked to undertake essentially "local" jobs far from their base. Are they entitled...

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No case for GCE transport examination

IT IS always easy to let enthusiasm for an idea get out of hand so that the original concept becomes distorted. Last week I...

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n\ff Tyres THERE appears to be a tendency these days to create standards to which drivers and their vehicles must comply. It...