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14th October 1966
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Haulage and the Institute

IS week, for the first time in 47 years, a private r haulier has been installed as president of the Institute of Transport....

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Out of the frying pan

loT president warns of inexpert chefs' in transport it will be on landing—or even if still in Monday by Mr. R. H. Farmer in his...

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Factory—shop test by Freightliner containers

A TRANSPORT test has been launched by Lever Brothers and Associates Ltd and SPD Ltd., using specially designed containers and...

UK PALLET POOL PROBE A STEERING group recently set up

by the ' Government to study the practicability of a UK pallet pool is at present conducting a comprehensive investigation into...

How do we look to you?

TO provide, a basis for the shaping of the RH future publicity policy, a London reseal company has been asked to investigate...

End of Grimsby fish trains

NEGOTIATIONS have been comple between the Fish Merchants' Associat and British Road Services which will mean end of the Grimsby...

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Brakes the operators' cross?

VOUR cross is a darned great big one," 1. Mr. J. D. Billington of British Road Services, chairman of the panel of experts,...

Maintenance problem exaggerated, says TRTA chief

T HE whole question of the maintenance standards of goods vehicles had been exaggerated quite out of all proportion to the size...

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Tories will fight 'monstrous' Freight Authority plan

Peter Walker sees Barbara Castle as 'Madame Guillotine' threatening the transport system MR S. Barbara Castle's plan for a...

November 15 is D-day on drivers' hours

Minister admits turning her back on Beeching plan's logic FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDEA T HE road freight and passenger...

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Identification at the press of a button

AN automatic vehicle identification system known as SAVIS is to be introduced shortly by Storno Ltd.. of Camberley. Jointly...

Road schemes survey

A NATIONAL survey of about 100 urgent road schemes required to speed up industrial raffle is being undertaken by a road...

, ENNINE WAY FOR M62 VORK starts soon on one of

the most difficult " parts of the Lancashire-Yorkshire motoray (M62)—the six-mile Pennine section from Iindy Hill near the...

,cottish transport course

'HE University of Glasgow Department of ' Extra-mural Education in collaboration with e Institute of Transport has organized...

People

William Dobbie, a Dundee man, has been recommended for the post of deputy general manager of Aberdeen Transport Department. He...

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LIVERPOOL PLUMPS FOR SINGLE-DECKERS

A BIG switch to high-capacity dualentrance single-decker buses is planned by Liverpool City Transport, where an existing order...

Pwhelli camp battle continues

THE hearing (adjourned from July 29) of further applications for additional period return and express carriage facilities from...

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BRISTOLS FOR SOUTHDOWN AND W. HARTLEPOOL

A N important contract received by Bristol Commercial Vehicles Ltd. is for 40 RESL rear-underfloor-engined bus chassis for...

Duple Viceroys popular

ORDERS worth more than £900,000 received by Duple Motor Bodies Ltd. following the Commercial Motor Show. include a large...

920,000 drop in passengers

RURNLEY, Colne and Nelson joint transport undertaking carried 920,562 fewer passengers in the year ended March 31, 1966—a drop...

Staff shortage alters bus routes

CENTRAL SMT Co. Ltd., a Scottish Omni bus Group company, has announced reorganization of routes in its area of Central Scotland...

Barbara tackles transport technology in USA

M RS. Barbara Castle, Minister of Transport, flew from London Airport on Monday, accompanied by her chief scientific adviser,...

Now it's 'Leyland and Mercedes only' for Ceylon

T HE Ceylon Transport Board has decided to standardize its fleet of buses. All future purchases will be confined to Mercedes...

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'WHAT IS A

SUBSIDIARY?' ASKS • COUNSEL rili E Road Traffic Act and the Companies ct defined "subsidiary" differently, Mr. R. Yorke...

Tribunal turns down appeal

S IMONSTONE TRANSPORT LTD., of Burnley, Lancs., had its appeal against the decision of the North Western deputy Licensing...

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CM exhibit in Tribunal step-frame case

W HAT is a step-frame trailer? This was a question before the Transport Tribunal last week. The case, in which the Tribunal...

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Renewal postponed—as penalty

A BRISTOL haulage contractor who had prohibition orders issued against him in respect of some of his vehicles had since taken...

Objectors withdraw

A N application by C. and J. (Agencies) • Ltd., Bristol, to add four vehicles to their B licence was granted at Bristol last...

No objection—so 'weak' claim succeeds

THE Metropolitan LA last week issued awritten decision granting an application for the variation of a B licence by Van Oppen...

'Bread from our mouths' protest fails

A NEWCASTLE upon Tyne firm of engineering contractors was last we granted five B licences by the Northe Licensing Authority,...

Depot appeal fails

MR. J. PALLFTT, who appealed against 1 ' arefusal of Leicestershire County Cour to grant him planning permission to set 14...

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BR query licence classification

RRITISH RAILWAYS BOARD submitted to the West Midland deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. R. A. Hall, at Birmingham last week, that...

leciprocity for Ulster?

'y Ian Sherriff, miTA 'T'S a great day for the Irish—well, almost. This week the Ministry of Transport timated that the...

Italian aid for British hauliers

THE Italian road haulage association (FAM) has issued a reminder regarding assistance which foreign carriers can obtain from...

Failed to pay £370 fines

JOSEPH STAPLETON, of Wainfleet (Lincs.), was fined £5 with endorsement of licence at Spilsby Magistrates' Court for using a...

DRIVERS' HOURS IN BELGIUM

IltRITISH hauliers operating in Belgium have been requested to note that the following working conditions apply to foreign...

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BMC TURBOCHARGING PAYS OFF

AL THOUGH the BMC 5.1-litre turbocharged diesel did not make its anticipated debut at Earls Court—to take its place with the...

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Wembley HQ for Training Board?

r E Road Transport Training Board should have its headquarters in London but, to keep costs down, preferably not in central...

Varied products from new Steel Barrel group factory

'TRAILERS and semi-trailers, tippers, I. dumpers, special bodies in steel and alloy, hydraulic gear, power-operated loaders,...

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AC-Delco champion fork truck driver

ADRIAN MURPHY last week became the 1966 Fork Truck Driver of the Year. After coming second in his class, Adrian, who works for...

Million dollar container contract

A US CONTRACT worth nearly Sim. ha been received by Cravens Homalloy Ltd for 350 Sea-Trailers for Integrated Containe Services...

Some problems of tyre control

O NCE the major part of a general haulage fleet has changed over from tramp to trunk services, and the onedriver-one-vehicle...

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EXPORTS MADE EASY

The 1966 Export Services Exhibition reviewed by John Darker, AMBIM T HE second Export Services Exhibition at Olympia this week...

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Big capacity, short loading time

uOLLOWING the successful operation of a 6,000-loaf bulk bread transporter on a BMC 7-ton chassis, W. C. Robertson (Carlisle)...

Dock facelift speeds lorry flow

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT D ESIGNED to make dock congestion a thing of the past, the lorry traffic procedure built in to...

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NEW EQUIPMENT

and publications 'Safety pins' L ATEST product to come from Britax (London) Ltd. is termed the "safety pin of the packaging...

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Bird's Eye View

BY THE HAWK Modest Estimate T HE 500 road hauliers and other interested parties who attended last week's open meetin g of the...

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BRIGHTON FRONT

W HAT Mrs. Barbara Castle gives with one hand she sometimes appears to take away with the other. There was reassurance for road...

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Show Stealer by Berliet in Paris

A LMOST all the interest at the Paris Show this year is restricted to the stands of French manufacturers. Berliet and Unic have...

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'The only way... • Equipping a vehicle with anti-locking brakes

all round would be the only way of obtaining automatic brake distribution according to load O N a recent visit to Fr. Kotz and...

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Productivity in transport

D ESPITE the lavish Press space accorded to industrial relations and productivity questions in recent months, much of it...

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In Your Opinion

lobs mystery VHERE DO all the good transport jobs go—or perhaps not so iuch where but HOW do they go? My husband, a transport...

diculous charges

-IAVE just got around to reading the issue of COMMERCIAL )TOR of September 23 and must tell you how impressed I was h the...

Association promoters WE WISH to refer to the issue of

COMMERCIAL MOTOR of August 26 and to page 72 under the heading "New Companies." This is inaccurate in that it gives the name of...

Type Approval YOUR REPORT of the recent maintenance meeting in

Bristol (COMMERCIAL MOTOR October 7) gives an unfortunate and inaccurate picture of my views on Type Approval and the...

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TRAINING BOARDS THE FIRST STEPS

Part two M ANY and complex are the problems confronting the newly appointed board responsible for industrial training in the...

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As an operator getting 200,000 miles from heavy vehicles without

major engine overhaul, I'm dead against turbocharging on the score that it reduces reliability and service life. What is the...

ri What is the address of the menufacturer of Sisu lorries?

A The address is: Oy Suomen Autoteollisnus AB., Helsinki, Finland.

Q I am a C-licence operator with a fleet consisting of

four attics, two threewheelers, four rigids, three tippers and two 5 cwt. vans. Is it an economic proposition to carry on with...

n What proportion of goods vehicles are operated by private enterprise as compared with those owned by nationalized undertakings?

A Any figure given in reply to such a question as this needs some qualification. Thus there is a high proportion of the 1.3m....

Q What is the total annual UK market for buses and

coaches, divided into two classifications: municipal undertakings; private and nationalized undertakings? A It is difficult to...

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New Companies

Summit Transport Ltd. Cap.: £100. Subs. : J. Herbert and T. A. Herbert, 156 Strand. WC2. Sec.: T, A. Herbert. Neitrip Ltd....

Victory Transport's expansion

IN order to cope with the expansion opportunities the directors of Victory Transport have decided to raise more capital....

PRACTICAL EXERCISES IN ROAD TRANSPORT EDUCATION

T HE written examination with a number of questions to be answered in a certain time has always held pride of place as the ■...