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17th January 1969
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Building a base

The greatly increased number of Section 178 licensing inquiries in the past two or three years, at which operators'...

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ShOWti Me-

and merger talks are in the air by Tony Wilding Brussels, Tuesday • Once again a major European Show opens with talks of...

BRS seeks 'substantially' higher rates

from a special correspondent British Road Services Ltd. is understood to be presenting customers with well-supported claims for...

Five more o-m-o Green Lines

• London Transport stated last week that five more single-deck Green Line coach routes are to be converted to one-man operation...

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Go-ahead for ferry plan

• The plan to build a £2m passengervehicle ferry for the Stranraer-Larne service (CM last week) has been approved by the...

British Coach Rally

• The 1969 British Coach Rally will be held, as usual at Brighton, on Saturday and Sunday, April 19 and 20. The road section...

Did Mrs Castle know?

• Was Mrs. Barbara Castle quoting the Ministry of Transport study "Transport for Industry" when, as Minister, she had attempted...

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Swedish brake specialist calls for simpler systems

• A strong plea for standardization and simplification of commercial-vehicle braking systems was made by Mr. Carl Johnsson, of...

Hydrostatic for heavies?

• The forecast that hydrostatic infinity-variable or hydrokinetic torque-converter transmissions would be increasingly employed...

Date for Davis trial

• The trial of Solly Davis, a director of Charles Poulter Ltd., and 28 others— mostly lorry drivers—was arranged for February 3...

Geoffrey Owen to assist Lord Stokes

• Mr. Geoffrey Owen has been appointed special assistant to Lord Stokes, chairman and managing director of British Leyland....

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Rail closure builds up Border textile haulage

• Closure of the Edinburgh-HawickCarlisle rail link which was made on January 6 will result in a number of applications for new...

Reliant-Bond merger planned

• The Reliant Motor Co. Ltd. and Bond Cars Ltd. announce that negotiations are in an advanced stage for the acquisition of Bond...

Small tankers for Guernsey

• Hands Trailers Ltd. has supplied a new Guernsey company, Sarnia Oil Ltd., with small articulated road tankers for...

Winter warning

• Mr. Richard Marsh has issued the following cautionary warning: "The new term has now been started in most of our schools and,...

Leyland £37.9m profit

• The British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd. has announced a pre-tax profit for the 14 months ended September 30 1968 of...

New depot at Croydon

• A new depot capable of carrying out preMinistry of Transport tests on up to six vehicles per day was opened by Mr. A. T....

Motorway crashes

• It is expected that many drivers will face charges of dangerous or careless driving following the recent multiple accidents...

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A community passport for Market haulage

• A new step forward was taken on January 1 in setting up the common transport policy when the first quota of Community...

Racers by road

• A new racing car transporter has been specially built for the Alan Mann Racing Organisation by the Tiverton Body and...

BoT Rootes job swap

• Under the Government's scheme to promote exchanges between civil servants and management executives in industry, an exchange...

New Leeds cold store

• Frigoscandia Contracting Ltd., King's Lynn, Norfolk, has been appointed main contractor for the erection of a 180,000 cu.ft....

Appleyard bid for Fraser Westfield

• An offer on behalf of the Appleyard Group of Companies Ltd. for the Ordinary share capital of the Fraser Westfield Motor...

Half year rise for Atkinson

• Group revenue before tax of Atkinson Lorries ;Holdings) Ltd. rose from £147,000 to £198,000 in the half-year ended September...

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'Task force' aid for hauliers

• Mrs. Barbara Castle's Ministry of Employment and Productivity is to offer the services of its newly formed "task force" of...

Container Transport

by Roger Howell Metro Mule—a new bulk half-weight container EXTENSIVE proving tests have now been completed on the new bulk...

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Mercedes standard city bus

By Derek Moses • Production has begun of the Mercedes-Benz 0 305 standard city bus and the first production model is to be seen...

Integrating flatfare buses

• Changes affecting London's flat-fare buses, including the Central Area Red Arrows, will come into effect on January 22....

Rises for maintenance men

• About 16,000 maintenance workers in the company bus garages are to receive a 2 per cent wage increase under a productivity...

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Call for staggered hours

• The Government could give a lead in assistance to the road passenger transport industry by introducing staggered hours, said...

Extra seats for satellites

A London Transport spokesman has informed CM that as a result of representations from local MPs. additional seats will be...

Another o-m-o bonus

• The TGWU is to press for a new 10s a week bonus for the introduction of oneman buses among municipal services. A working...

Standee buses invade Hens

• Autofare services in five Hertfordshire towns employing standee buses are to be introduced next month, announced London...

Glasgow opts out

• Glasgow Corporation transport committee decided on Monday that it should opt out of the Federation of Municipal Passenger...

Hooligan safeguard 'inadequate'

• London Transport bus crews at Chalk Farm and Norwood garages decided on Monday to reject an offer of extra protection from...

Profit becomes loss

• It is estimated that for the current financial year, the transport undertaking of Newcastle uop Tyne will show a loss of...

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Hanson goes to the Divisional Court

• Lord Parker (Lord Chief Justice), Lord Justice Winn and Mr. Justice James, sitting in the Queen's Bench Divisional . Court on...

Forty witnesses not needed

• After the objectors had seen the coachload of 40 witnesses brought to court by Smith Tours (Wigan) Ltd. in Manchester on...

High Court judgment reserved

• Mr. Justice Talbot. sitting in chambers in the High Court on Tuesday, reserved his judgment in an application by Car...

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No need for more removers, says Tribunal

• The appeal by Alan Walton, of Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, against a decision of the Northern LA was dismissed by the...

Policy witness called to PI

• In order that a director of two associated companies making applications for new licences could attend to clarify the policy...

Scottish Co-ops warned

• A warning was given in Glasgow last week by Mr. A. B. Birnie, Scottish LA, that maintenance must be to the highest possible...

Refusal with regret

• Andrew Watson (Haulage) Ltd., appeared at Glasgow on January 7 to resume an application rejected on July 2 1968 and taken...

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Over to the professionals

• Because the company wished to abdicate its reponsibilities as operators of Clicensed transport, Jefferson Smurfit (Packaging)...

G rant deferred

• F. Baldry, of Hereford, was granted a new A licence for six vehicles in Birmingham last week, subject to the surrender of his...

Six fined 142 for hours offences

• Following silent checks carried out by Ministry of Transport examiners in September last year, six drivers were fined a total...

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George Neville single-axle tipping trailer

• An important variation of the George Neville frameless tipping trailer, shown at Earls Court and described in the September...

Propane cooling for palletized pies

• The longitudinals and outriggers of a Brockhouse 16+-ton semi-trailer chassis were used as a sub-frame for a lightweight...

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SBG appointments

J. G. Methven was appointed an executive director of the Scottish Bus Group at the first meeting of the Scottish Transport...

Mr. Alan Thomson: .

a letter from the TGWU In your issue dated December 20, page 32, you published an article under the heading "Frank Cousins'...

F. Broomfield of Barton Transport Ltd. has been elected chairman

of the Road Operators' Safety Council with effect from January 1. Mr. Broomfield, who represents the Passenger Vehicle...

Road and workshop

Manpower, maintenance and the MoT (27) by Handyman • All too often a driver has to unload one commodity and then dash off to...

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* Confidential consultation

Early last year it was revealed that the West Cumberland Farmers Trading Society Ltd., Britain's largest farming co-operative...

* Gallic grouping

Mergers and rumours of mergers drift across the European commercial vehicle scene, some of them almost provoking international...

* Impressive result

We hear little of SAVIEM in Britain because no vehicles of that name are exported to the UK—so I was understandably sur prised...

* Mulberries

Situated on the Orne and the local canal, the Blainville factory is on the site of what used to be the Caen shipyards, shut...

* More help

Although commercial and fleet members of the AA cannot take advantage of the Association's new one-in-three vehicle insurance...

* Abnormal load

Only • rarely can it occur that vehicle distributors are asked to design for the carriage of an abnormal indivisible load on a...

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EVERY YEAR increasing numbers of road haulage firms are forced

to consider the vital matter of premises. Fleet expansion, bringing with it the need for improved maintenance facilities, is...

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The 'construction and use'

of unit building by Roger Howell WHEN purchasing vehicles most operators look for simplicity of design and adaptability to...

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BUILDING REGULATIONS AND TOWN PLANNING

—a guide for the transport operator THE Building Regulations 1965 made by the Minister of Public Building and Works under Part...

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Some manufacturers

Atcost Ltd., The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Precast concrete portal frames, maximum height 30ft to eaves and maximum span...

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PUBLIC MONOPOLY AND PRIVATE HIRE

LAST NOVEMBER, the Passenger Vehicle Operators Association challenged the proposed new powers for London Transport outlined in...

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Janus comments

Home thoughts from abroad HAULIERS have almost run out of breath in their complaints that the image of their industry has been...

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Work measurement in vehicle :maintenance

THE top management of BRS will not have been pleased to read Report No. 90 of the Prices and Incomes Board: "Pay of Vehicle...

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Management matters

continued BRS reckoned that they were suffering a staff shortage of 212 men on an estimated establishment of 2811 men in...

24-hour and emergency service

THE following additional entries to the Commercial Motor Guide to 24-Hour and Emergency Service should be added to the bulk of...

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r i I am interested in joining the Institute of Traffic

Administration. Can you give me details of this body, particularly those relating to examination requirements? A The Institute...

Q We operate a 1960 BMC seven-tonner which tows a

Crane draw-bar trailer. We have been trying to find out whether there should be safety chains between the drawing unit and...

Q Some months ago your technical staff referred to a

Japanese-made jack screw with roller bearing nut Who are the UK agents? A You are referring to the NSK multi purpose...

• I operate a small fleet of semi-trailers and when

carrying a certain type of roller mounted pallet, unloading would be greatly facilitated if the front of the trailer could be...

C t I seem to recall the CM has published a

summary of the Transport Act 1968 but cannot locate the issue concerned. Could you advise me, please? A A summary of the main...

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Problems for the own-account operator

by George Wilmot Liniversity of London. The Road Haulage Association arrangements for management courses, as outlined last...

Lighting

BY LES OLDRIDGE, DURING the next few weeks I propose to deal with the law concerning lights on motor vehicles. This subject is...

NEW COMPANIES

Trans-Ocean Marketing and Transport Lid. Cap.: £100. Subs: Muriel Goldstein, and B. Goldstein, both of 70 Finsbury Pavement....