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18th February 1955
18th February 1955
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Control by Compromise

T HE time has arrived when serious thought must be given to the )ossibility of setting up haultge companies in which the...

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First in the Field Again

R OAD tests of commercial vehicles were pioneered many years ago by The Commercial Motor and have since been adopted by many...

Passing Comments

A Permanent Engineering Centre S AID to be Britain's only permanent engineering exhibition is the Birmingham Exchange and...

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One Hears

Of sharply divided American opinion on the ibject of toll roads. That Britain might be wise to study American actions to them...

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New Peace Movement in Transport

Conservative and Labour Support for Joint Haulage Companies BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT N EW efforts are being made in an...

Meat Operators Refused 24 Vans

WHEN, last Friday, the Western YV Licensing Authority resumed hearing the application of Transport (Bristol), Ltd., for a...

" Premature " Talk on Disposal

TALK of stopping denationalization I was premature, said Mr. James Barrie, national chairman of the Road Haulage Association,...

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Bus Operators in Serious Plight

CED with increased costs from the • ecent pay award of more than ,000 a year, Maidstone and District or Services, Ltd., and...

Another 36 B.R.S. Lorries Sold

THE Northern and Western Licensing I Authorities have issued special A licences in respect of another 36 lorries taken over...

Colour-Bar Strike Threatened

D RIVERS and conductors employed by West Bromwich Transport Department have threatened to stage a one-day token strike...

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Men in the News

SIR JAMES REID YOUNG bas joined the board of Borg-Warner, Ltd. MR. G. H. SPEAR has joined Telehoist, Ltd., as export sales...

Road Plans "Too Indefinite"

THE Government's extended road I programme is too general and the arrangements to implement it are too indefinite to give any...

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Effort to Revive H.G.V. Test: Wider Publicity for Parties?

FFORTS are being made by the British School of Motoring to have ' the heavy goods vehicle driving test reinstated as from...

Buses to Replace Overhead Railway ?

E XTRA bus services may be provided if the Liverpool overhead railway ceases. The company operating the railway cannot afford...

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Higher Return Fares: Hebble to Abolish Workmen's Tickets

pERMISSION. was given to Bristol . Tramways and Carriage Co., Ltd., last week, to increase return fares on country routes....

Big Indian Orders

for Leyland Q RDERS worth over £500,000 were received by Leyland Motors. Ltd.. from the Indian sub-continent last week, during...

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New Rules for 'owed Combines ?

ECIAL safety regulations are to be ailed for by North Cotswold Safety 'mince to govern the carriage of implements on the roads....

Four P.S.V. Appeals Dismissed

A PPEALS by four operators have recently been rejected with costs by the Minister of Transport. One of' them, made by Jowett...

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Makers May Carry for Customers

T HE Western Licensing Authority on Monday granted a B licence to a Bristol company of furniture makers, J. Whiting and Son,...

Special A Licence Refused

T HE South Wales Licensing Authority has refused to grant to Messrs. S. Protheroe and Son, I Victoria Avenue. Porthcawl, Glam.,...

Meat Carriers Seek Expansion

WHEN John Findlay and Co. (ConIT tractors), Ltd., Dundee, applied to the Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority last week to add a...

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Tractor May be Used on Road

DLEY magistrates have dismissed charge against the owner of a sty track-laying tractor that it was on the public road...

Drivers Earning Less with Hauliers?

A N allegation that denationalization had caused drivers' earning less money with private-enterprise concerns than with British...

Big Companies to Maintain Suez Base

A s part of the plans to take over and maintain the Suez Canal base after the withdrawal of the British Forces, a new...

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"It's Grand to be Back in a Family"

Users, Hauliers and Employees in Eastern Counties Welcome Dena tionalizat ion : Value of Efficient Drivers Emphasized By P. A....

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Mechanical Discharge Saves 2s. 8d. an Hour

C tons of coal can be .unloaded within 10 minutes by means of iaI equipment built on a Bedford 3e oil-engined chassis by...

icons Trade Ambassador"

tIKINGLY styled, a new exhibition van has )een put into commission by Trico-Folberth, Great West Road, Brentford. Since 1948....

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EW SMALL OIL TINES

with 2.2-litre Oil Economical and tam: 33 m.p,g.. ; 92-mile Test T . .HE highlight of my test of the Morrls-Commercial 14on van...

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ran or Platform Lorry

VAN body which can easily he 6. dismantled and packed into a crate been produced by Jones Bros. )achbuilders). Ltd., Old Oak...

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Opinions and Queries

In Praise of T.M.C. Panels I FEEL it an obligation to reply again to the vigorous I comments of C. A. Leigh, in your issue...

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tical Commentary

A Pair of Micawbers By JANUS T is in the interests of the country that more capital should be put into transport." This...

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Ready-mixed Concrete Delivered Direct

SPECIAL 2-cu.-yd. body for the :arriage of ready-mixed concrete )een mounted on a Bedford 5-ton -wheelbase chassis by Edbro-B,...

Mobile Workshops for Gold Coast

JR mobile workshops have been jilt by Wadham Bros., Ltd., Waterlie, Hants, for the Texaco Oil Co. are based on...

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Scots Hauliers Tighten Their Hold

Road Services (Caledonian), Ltd., Buy Another Nine Vehicles : £80,000 Paid for Manchester Unit p MATE enterprise in Scottish...

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Lost Time Raises Rates

"The Commercial Motor" Costs Expert Examines How Long the Loading and Unloading of Dyferent Types of Goods Occupies and flow to...

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An Axle for Front-wheel Drive

QOME front-wheel-drive arrange ments have a reduction gear fitted on the outside of the hub, but the extra space needed...