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15th May 1959
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A Single Thought

T WO well-trained minds thought alike on the subject of double-deck buses at this week's conference of the Public Transport...

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B.R.S. Penitent

F "people can seriously believe that British Road Services regard themselves as entitled to move vehicles from their authorized...

Passing Comments

A Double Achievement TWO transport personalities are closely concerned with I the changeover from trolleybuses to motorbuses...

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A or B Vehicle May Draw Contract-A Trailer

T HERE is nothing to prevent an A or B licensed vehicle drawing a trailer licensed under contract A, provided the normal user...

Tipper Application Draws 109 Objectors

A N application by M.T.S. (Yorkshire), Ltd., Leeds, for a new B licence for 100 31-ton tippers to be acquired, which is to be...

Mirrors—Equipment, Not Construction

TIII E Queen's Bench Divisional Court .ast week decided that driving mirrors were part of the equipment of a motor van and not...

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Disregard of the Law Must be

Penalized : Lorry Withdrawn T HE inter-change of drivers between one associated company and another amounts to a disregard for...

One-customer 'A' Holder Not Public Carrier?

A HAULIER offering facilities to one 1-1 customer only was not a public carrier and should ndt . be granted an A licence. The...

Oakleys Under New Management

A T a public inquiry last week, Mr. D. I. Muir, Metropolitan Licensing • Authority, heard from Mr. P. J. W. Wells, for Oakleys...

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Involuntary Change of Normal User Justified ?

COMMODITIES were of little account when considering a change of normal user; it was the districts served which mattered....

Operators Resist New Conditions

THE North Western Traffic Commis'. sioners were told at Blackpool, on Tuesday, that they were going beyond their powers in...

Men in the News • 'MR. F. R. CoWELL has

joined the board of Cranes (Dereham), • Ma. P. G. GIBBENS, London Transport . central road services general manager, retires...

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Government Inquiry Into Rural Services

THERE is to be an inquiry into rural transport and uneconomic routes, said the Minister of Transport last week. " In the light...

Delivery Vans and Child Deaths

A NATIONAL inquiry into the rising number of child deaths caused by delivery vans and mobile shops and methods of preventing...

Five-vehicle Licence Appeal Adjourned

A FTER listening to evidence for a day and a half the Transport Tribunal, in London, last week adjourned, until a date to be...

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" Pirates " Scooping Camp Cream?

A BUS feeder service between Finningley R.A.F. Camp and Doncaster railway station, recommended by the Yorkshire Traffic...

3% More "C" Vehicles: 6°/

2• 0 More Operators B RITAIN'S C-licence fleet increased by 3 per cent. between March, 1958. and March, 1959. The number r..1...

MORE GOODS VEHICLES: FEWER BUSES AND COACHES

T HE number of goods vehicles registered on March 31, 1958, was 1,280,699, compared with 1,245,621 a year earlier and 1,162,416...

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New Fares Application by North Western

r i ECISION on the application for fare increases, to the North Western Traffic Commissioners, by the North Western Road Ca r ....

A Licence Withdrawn by Mr. James

A CASE in which a haulier was said to have sold his lorry to another man who, in turn, claimed that he was actin g only as a...

Weight Raised: K. and B. Motors to Appear?

A NOTHER case concernin g an increase in unladen , was adjourned by Mr. J. A.T. Hanlon, Northern Licensin g Authority,....

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"B" to "A" Transfer. For Return Loads..

A ONE-VEHICLE B licence with son1 - 1ditions allowing the carriage of-goods for five companies. in Liverpool and district could...

Micrograms . . .

York in Sheffield: Phillips Motor Services (Sheffield). Ltd.. 443 HandsWorth Road, Sheffield, 9, have been appointed Sheffield...

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I N I Soz a hundred men, armed with musket and

cutlass, guarded London's first commercial docks. Today the tidal reaches of• the Thames, 69 miles from the Estuary to...

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S.U.T. Win Three Prizes in Nice Rally

A N A.E.C. Reliance coach with Plaxton body of' the Panorama class, operated by Sheffield United Tours, Ltd., received the...

Charge for Police Escorts ?

N EW legislation giving local authorities power to charge for police escorts required to conduct abnormally wide or long loads...

Haulier Surrenders Four Vehicles A T an inquiry before Mr. D.

I. Muir, Metropolitan Licensing Authority, last week, held under Section 10 (3) of the Road and Rail Traffic Act, 1933, Mr. A....

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23 Refrigerated Vans for Poland

A MONG the exhibits on the Leyland Motors stand at the Poznan International Fair (June 7-21) will be a Super Comet chassis with...

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Six-wheeler Conversion to Cut Height Refused

A PROPOSAL to increase the tonna g e of a B-licensed vehicle by conversion from a fourto a six-wheeler came before the Scottish...

Yorkshire Traction . Traffic Down 7 - 1% A PERMANENT loss of a

substantia l . number of former re g ular passen g ers was reported last week to the • shareholders of the .Yorkshire Traction...

Big - Cement Silo Used in

1: Bridge Project 1_,TAVING contracted to suPply all the cement 1 're q uired, on the South Queensferry side, for buildin g...

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Close Finish at York

O NLY 2+. marks separated the champion of the day from the runner-up in the, deciding heat at the York round of the Lorry...

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Drawbar Hitch

WITH the object of enabling tractors using the Scammell system to tow four-wheeled trailers, North Cheshire Motors, Ltd.,...

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BRU,

with VELVET.. GLoyEs:- . ltkinson Six-wheeled Dumper with Cummins il Engine has Ample 'Power for . Rough vork and Good Fuel...

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REFINEMENT n Costing Methods

By Alan Smith, F.R.S.A. I N the first part of this description of the work of the Pointer group of companies, centred on...

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Opinions and Queries

Are Modern Tyres Much Better? ' T OUR correspondent, J. E. G. Brewster, writing in your issue dated April 17, doubts whether...

Double White Lines are Dangerous

I DISAGREE that double white lines will contribute to I safety, as averred in The Commercial Motor last week. They will...

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Big Crush-loaders and 95-seat Double-deckers to Cut Costs

I MAGINATIVE ideas to promote efficiency in passenger transport were put forward in two papers presented this week to the...

Special Buses to Raise and Computers Efficiency

ESPITE the diminution of profits on remunerative town and inter urban services caused by a progressive reduction in miles per...

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95-seater the Double-decker qf the Future

A DESIGN for a 35-ft. 95-seater with a horizontal rear engine was outlined by Mr. Clayton as the double-decker of the future....

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Does Tyre Rotation Pay ?

F OLLOWING the article on tyre costs which appeared in The Commercial Motor on April 17, I have received an inquiry for...

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Dead Horse

Political Commentary By JANUS • T RUE to form, the Transport Tribunal had something unexpected up their sleeve for the written...