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:tblicly-owned Corporation set up by the Transport Act 1962) -ofit L17,570,000 in 1965 Purposeful Management and Direction...
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easier, quicker-to-build vehicle bodies that make more profit for you Impalco-Rib--better wear, better looks, less...
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I T is now becoming apparent that the Minister of Transport's pre-election announcement that she would set up a National...
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A TOTAL of 54,185 goods vehicles were stopped and checked by the Ministry of Transport's traffic examiners during the two-week...
S PEAKING at a luncheon of the American Chamber of Commerce in London last week the Minister of Transport, Mrs. Barbara Castle,...
THE new Road Haulage Wages Regulation RH(84) came into effect on Wednesday. The principal changes are a reduction to a 41-hour...
DRODUCTION of commercial vehicles at the 11 Ford factories at Langley, Bucks, and Southampton was nearly 25 per cent higher...
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FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT T HE Road Haulage Association could be the next to run into head-on conflict with the...
THE Forth Road Bridge will complete its first £1m. in takings this month. However, despite the 2s. 6d. toll paid by 55 out of...
T HE Worshipful Company of Carmen's Viva Shield (awarded annually for the most notable contribution to the advancement of road...
New TMC Area Another area of the Transport Managers' Club has been formed (Notts and Derbys) which has now enrolled some 50...
THE 5-ton Austin FJ K100 illustrated here, recently supplied by the Glasgow distributors, Carlaw Cars Ltd., to the Ayrshire...
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Continued expansion of road services FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT A TOTHER handsome profit was earned by the Transport...
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T HE Birmingham branch of the RHA is to fight a move to ban night parking of lorries and commercial vehicles in the city...
A l extension of the reward scheme for information on vehicle thefts initiated by the Road Haulage Association some time ago...
UURTHER rises of 8s. a week in the pay of bakery van transport drivers and salesmen have been recommended by the Prices and...
D URING May some 805 goods vehicles were checked by Ministry of Transport officers in checking drivers contravening hours and...
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E HOPE the development work we have done in the THC will not be destroyed by legislation based on the forthcoming Transport...
THE DON Safety Trophy, Britain's first "award specifically for contribution to increased vehicle safety and presented by Small...
T HE Minister of Transport is planning regulations to deal with maximum noise levels for motor vehicles. Announcing this in the...
A STUDY of various forms of "rapid transit", including a monorail system, was announced on Tuesday by Mrs. Barbara Castle,...
From P. A. C. Brockington, Munich, Tuesday A CCORDING to Mr. H. B. Kulofe, of Stuttgart, author of a FISITA paper on air...
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A MONOPOLY condition exists in the supply of electrical wiring harnesses for motor vehicles but it does not operate against...
THE benefits of free membership of the BMC Drivers' Club, available for the past decade for all drivers of Austin and Morris...
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TT was alleged by an objector at Birmingham on Monday that although an applicant seeking to operate excursions and tours to...
O BJECTORS to licence applications had no legitimate argument when they said that if additions were made to the conditions of a...
application for an express service and excursions and tours heard at Birmingham last week emphasized the continuing popularity...
A , Perth on Tuesday, the Scottish deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. L. A. Wells, revoked the licences of the four vehicles run...
A DECISION by the Metropolitan deputy Traffic Commissioner has been upheld by the Minister despite appeals which were heard at...
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A CONTRACT A renewal and three new Contract A bids were refused by the Western Licensing Authority last week. The three new...
IHAVE discussed tipper rates with a number of West Country quarry managers recently and some of them are quite incensed by what...
1 -IN June 20 the appeal of the MidNo.." Southern Tipping Group Ltd. against the refusal by the South-Eastern deputy LA, Mr. A....
M EANWHILE the bids by a large number of East and West Midland hauliers, mostly tipper operators, seeking to carry tippable...
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A N order for another 26 Daimler Roadliner rear engined, single-deck bus chassis has been placed by Potteries Motor Traction...
FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT T EADERS of the Transport and General J — e Workers' union told Mr. Ray Gunter, Minister of...
FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT TONDON busmen will get a 6.6 per cent pay increase from June 26. The award, recommended by...
GLASGOW CORPORATION has given approval in principle to the talks necessary for consideration of the Scottish Bus Group...
A DECISION on Sunderland Corporation's plan to introduce one-man buses and a flat fare for all journeys in the town was...
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A FURTHER wages increase for company busmen, as recommended by the National Board for Prices and Incomes, would have "serious...
r E failure of the Government to relieve ile bus industry "from the penal rate of fuel tax" could mean the axing of a number of...
ERE has been a good response to Britain's first regional transport survey, says an interim report. The survey is by the...
A SIX-MAN study group on transport problems, of the York and East Yorkshire Architectural Society, has proposed that nearly...
YOUNGSTERS riding on Derby Corporation buses who do not offer their seats to adults will in future be reminded of their...
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ERF Demonstration O N Wednesday, at the FVRDE, Chobham, a demonstration of the ERF spring-powered parking-brake system was...
A NEW design of general-purpose freight container, with a base frame which provides location and fixing points for...
A RANGE of semi-trailers introduced by Crane Fruehauf Trailers Ltd. is designed to accommodate 20 ft.-, 30 ft.and 40 ft.-long...
F we do not set our house in order 1 now, we may face industrial extinction." This warning was given on Friday by the Leyland...
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R just over two weeks now, the Goods Vehicle Inspection Service of the Traders Road Transport Association has been in...
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BY R. D. CATER, A ni inst e E TN the early 1930s Dorman Ricardo engines, made by W. H. Dorman and Co. Ltd., Stafford, were...
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M ODIFICATIONS are being included in the York Trailer Co. Ltd. singleaxle Freightmaster vans and flat semitrailers that enable...
Part 13—The Limiting Valve Ui ER another heading I covered the regulating valve and how it protected the main system from any...
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R ECRUITMENT from outside under the present Government has helped to build up—or so one has been given to understand—a...
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J UST over a year ago ERF Ltd. started work on a system of spring-powered braking to dispense with the need for a mechanically...
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Widi AT are heat spotting and crazing when related to brake rums and how serious are they to the operator in terms of...
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A NEW dockside tractor has been designed by Alexander Stephen and Sons, of Linthouse, Glasgow, for use in loading and unloading...
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IRU TO AWARD PRIZES A a contribution to the world-wide problem of road safety, the IRU is planning to award prizes for...
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Too Much Optional Equipment AFTER STUDYING in great detail several specifications of current American commercial vehicles I am...
WE SEEK the co-operation of your readers for information, anecdotes and any comments they may have on the grave problem of...
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Exit S UNDAY provided a splendid swansong for Kent County Council's organization of the Maidstone LDOY eliminator, with...
OXFORD ROUND C OMPETITORS at Oxford must anxiously scan the programme each year to see if the name Absolom is in their...
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rr HERE'S no doubt about it: transport managers who know what they are about can get a great deal of useful publicity and...
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iew BY THE HAWK A Tour de Force for TRTA First to Join T HE first Ford operator to join the recently announced Ford "24 Club"...
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5-CWT. VAN W HEN, in November last year, the Rootes Group announced the van version of the Hillman Imp, (it was described in...
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y AST week in this series a start was made in considering the La conditions under which a trader or industrialist might benefit...
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LECTURER TRAINING IN ROAD TRANSPORT HOW? O RGANIZERS of road transport educational courses have little doubt that the training...