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19th January 1962
19th January 1962
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Alloy Reminder

T O regard aluminium as a material that can be employed as a substitute for steel or wood can be misleading. In the past this...

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John Alf

dor . R EFLECTIONS calculated to uplift morale strengthen purpose are appropriate to this tirn( year. I therefore intend to...

They've Never Heard of Road Haulage !

m ANUFACTURERS quickly voiced their alarm and disappointment when the Postmaster-General announced a curtailment of the Post...

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Flowers Freight Guilty

Judgment Given in Test Case T 4' Bow Street Magistrate, Mr. K. P. Barraclough, giving his judgment in the Flowers Freight Co.,...

Parcels by Private Car

WITH the compulsory cessation of the V , Post Office parcels service because of the current " work-to-rule " campaign, the...

Industry Attemp to Keep Shackle. on Bristol?

From our Political Corresponden A N attack on part of the Trans 1 - 1 Bill can be expected from the m manufacturing industry...

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Load " Was Not Indivisible"

Haulier's Appeal Dismissed With Costs T HE Queen's Bench Divisional Court on Monday dismissed with costs an appeal by Sunter...

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Men in the News

Mr. T. C. Morrison will be manager in charge of production and service for Telehoist, Ltd. (Scotland), whose formation is...

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Task Completed

t. G. CHARLESWORTI - 1, who in February, 1960, was seconded from Road Research Laboratory for two s to become the head of the...

Obituary

E regret to record the death of Mr. F. A. G. Banner, Mr. F. C. Bishop, P. J. Floyd and Mr. W. Henson. r. Banner, who was 53,...

No Early Ruling on Permissible Loads

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT T HE thorny question of permissible loads is now, I understand, under close scrutiny at the...

Seven-vehicle S witch Granted

"A GOOD case," said Mr. D. I. R. Muir, the Metropolitan Licensing Authority, when granting a seven-vehicle contract switch to B...

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Large Plastics Tipper Body

A PLASTICS tipper body for the carriage of h corrosive chemical fertilizer has recently completed by Homalloy, Ltd., Preston....

Telehoist in Scotland

A FACTORY is to be built for Tele.1 - 1 hoist,. Ltd., of Cheltenham, in the Blairlinn industrial area of Cumbernauld new town,...

TV Bus Operation at Leeds

TELEVISION cameras will shortly be aiding the Leeds Transport Department and by the end of January will be in action in the...

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:rnrose Conversions for Ley lands Cheaper

W retail prices became effective on January 11 for Primrose twin-steer ersions for Leyland Comet and r Comet models. The...

All-steel Landing Gear from Boden

Weightand Cost-saving Advantages NAANY semi-trailer landing gears use a IVI high percentage of aluminium alloy in their...

Progress Pointers by Ricardo Engineer

FORECAST that engines operating tr higher speeds will eventually be with overhead camshafts was made Er. B. W. Millington of...

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Continental "Coach Camptng" Grant •

Despite Strong Ob j ect ions A NEW type of holiday for young people, embracing travel by coach from this country and camping...

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Lorry-driver Contest: Big Changes

EPPING changes are to be made in e vehicle classifications in the Lorry r of the Year competition. This le evident from a...

7us Pay Trouble coming to the Boil

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT THOUGH the Government wages lause is nearing its end, pay trouble bus industry is only just...

Welsh Fares Bid Held Up

B ECAUSE applications put forward by four Welsh bus companies to increase the prices of season and weekly tickets were not set...

No Low-loader for Pickfords

A N application by B.R.S. (Pickfords), Ltd., Stockton-on-Tees, to add a lowloading articulated vehicle to their existing A...

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The Place of Gas Turbines

r- I N Tuesday, Dr. J. H. Weaving, chief gas turbine engineer of the Austin Motor Co., Ltd., gave a lecture entitled " Small...

How London Transport Do I

A PAPER entitled "Re-conditioning of High Speed Automotive Engines" was presented by Mr. I. W. Wicks, works manager (road...

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"Only Three People in the Dark"

application by Happiway Tours Vlanchester), Ltd., was adjourned e Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners eds last week after the...

"Competitors' Rates Too High"

HER BR. and Road Services aledonian) rates and the special of rural customers were advanced apporting witness in an application...

Not Deputy L.A. for

South East A DEPUTY Licensing Authority has r - k been appointed for the South Eastern Traffic Area. He is Mr. Athelstan...

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Some Pointers to German Design Thinking

W HEN in Germany, recently. 1 took the opportunity of visiting the various Daimler-Benz production plants in Gaggenau, Mannheim...

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Transportopia

k NE of the first books to be published this year is. an paccount by Professor W. H. G. Armytage of the various plans for a...

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PETROL, DIESEL

_JECTRIC ? D ESPITE the phenomenal progress in electronic techniques in recent years, it is unlikely that scientists will...

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Licences for Snow Clearance?

N OT only has the weather caused confusion on the roads, but there appears to be a certain amount of confusion in the...

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PINTA in TANKA

N O one either in transport or in mi or will tell you how long they a will be before every " pinta " in 1 is collected and...

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Benefits and Snags of Bonuses

C OMMENT was made in this series recently on the problem of personnel selection, and a reader now asks for advice on the...