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19th March 1965
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Sixty Plus

MHIS issue, the 3,109th, marks the 60th anniversary of The Commercial Motor, issue number one having been published on March...

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Motorway By-pass for Carlisle

T HE proposed route for the seven-mile Carlisle by-pass section of the Birmingham-Carlisle motorway (Mb) has been published as...

BRS Get Big NOB Brick Haulage Contract

U NDER a contract which came into effect at the beginning of this month, British Road Services Ltd. is to deal with the total...

HEAVY-VEHICLE TESTS TO BE TRIED AT HENDON

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THE Ministry of Transport is to spend 120,00411 on the experimental testing of 1 heavy goods...

Old-fashioned T U C Plan says Mr. Butt

E Trades Union Congress had nothing from past experience of transport nationalization. This was stated by Mr. A. R. Butt,...

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Alex Kitson Urges Co-op' to Rationalize its Transport

rHE suggestion that the Co-operative movement should examine the possioility of rationalizing neighbouring translort services,...

New Livestock Transport Scheme

NEW door-to-door service for the -1 delivery of Irish livestock in Great ritain was announced this week by the ational Farmers'...

TDG £3•79m. PROFIT

G ROUP profit,, before tax, of the Transport Development Group for 1964 was £3,792,636, compared with £2,768,567 in 1963. A...

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'Equalize Braking for Artic Stability'

THE ultimate answer—already pracec1. able—to making articulated outfits stable was to equalize the braking effort on all axles...

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BRS Expansion is Not Enough says Union Chairman

THE C licence had been allowed to "run riot" and if nothing was done ibout it the economy of the country vould suffer greatly....

Road Transport Enables Coal to Compete

oT President Talks About Transport Management 110DERN road transport tankers, WI operated by the National Coal oard, were...

Taskers for BRS

A N order from British Road Services Ltd. for 200 Single-one platform semi-trailers designed to take a load of 16 tons has been...

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Only the Best for BRS?

S UM, trim and fighting fit. That is how the Transport Minister, Mr. Tom Fraser, would obviously like the nationalized road...

Fog system not Adequate says Minister

F URTHER examination of the simple, manually operated fog warning system for the MI had shown that this would not be an...

Estimate for M1 Repairs

T HE rate of expenditure on MI repairs in 1964-5 and 1965-6 would be £865 per lane-mile of repairs for the concrete section,...

Tighter Regulations on Roadworthiness

M EMBERS pressed in the Commons this week for a scheme to ensure that vehicles involved in serious accidents should not be...

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Committee on bus dispute meets on April 5

By our Industrial Correspondent rrHE Committee of Inquiry set up by the Minister of Labour, Mr. Ray Gunter, under the...

Tax Rebate—£6m.

From Our Political Correspondent DEPAYMENT of Mr. Callaghan's 6d. a-gallon extra fuel tax to the stage sus operators will...

THREE SCHEMES FOR HIGHER GLASGOW FARES

Edinburgh Faces £508,000 Deficit G LASGOW must raise £1m. and 1 .--1 Edinburgh faces a record deficit of £508,000 at the end of...

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Fare-paying Passengers in Cars in Rural-trial Plan

D ETAILS of a scheme to turn private cars into p.s.v., complete with licence and vehicle examination, in order that they may...

London Transport Backs Down Over Disputed Clause

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT T HE dispute over the London busmen's recent pay-and-hours agreement was resolved last week...

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Mr. J. A. Manly (Continental Ferry Trailers, Barking) has been

re-elected chairman of the international road transport group of the Road Haulage Association for the ensuing year, and Mr. C....

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Appeal of 'Unorthodox' Operator Allowed

T ' appeal of H. M. Sutcliffe Ltd.. Littleborough, against the refusal of the North Western Licensing Authority to grant a...

Marathon Address In Transporter Appeal

roTOTOR VEHICLE COLLECTIONS LVI LTD., and B. J. Henry Ltd., appealed before the Tribunal on Tuesday and Wednesday against the...

Regan Bros. Ask for More

A N application by Regan Bros. (Hault1 age) Ltd., London, El, to add six articulated vehicles together with refrigerated...

EVIDENCE OF NEED NOT SUFFICIENT T HE appeal by D. R.

Munson to the Transport Tribunal against the refusal of the Eastern deputy Licensing Authority to grant an additional A licence...

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Objectors Were Taken For a Ride—Counsel

n ESP1TE a strict declaration hat they would restrict work under their normal user to no more than 5 per cent, Refrigerated...

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Railways to Leave Negotiating Machinery?

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT UMOURS that British Railways may be pulling out of the Road Rail Negotiating Committee machinery...

TWO LARGE A-LICENCE APPLICATIONS SUCCEED AND A 'B' BID FAILS

TWd 0 large A-licence applications were ealt with quickly by the new North Western Authority, Mr. C. R. Hodgson, at Manchester...

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DUPLE BID OFF

B ECAUSE of failure to reach agreement on the proposed terms, the bid by Caravans International Ltd. to acquire the issued...

Gold Medal for Hope Safety Device

THE Hope anti-jack-knife device for artics was awarded a gold medal— top award in the vehicle safety class— at the 14th annual...

Clayton saysTriple-diaphragms are Well-proved

By A. J. P. Wilding, A 1 Meek E T O swer criticisms that triplediaphragm brake chambers have a short life and to show that...

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Three-boss Piston Could Benefit Diesels

T HE five-bearing three-boss piston was obviously applicable to diesel engines. claimed Mr. C. D. Brewer of the Ford Motor Co....

REES JEFFREYS STUDENTSHIP

PPLICATIONS are invited for a 1 - 1 Rees Jeffreys Studentship, tenable at the London School of Economics, to enable a suitable...

IN BRIEF Perkins fglm. Factory : The new £4m. diesel

engine factory of F. Perkins Ltd., at Eastfield. Peterborough, is now in production as an extension to the main plant. Road...

CONVEYOR IN THE FLOOR

A N electrically operated conveyor is fitted in a trough in the floor of this Bedford TK 5-tonner, which has a 3-ft. chassis...

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ROAD AND WORKSHOP by HANDYMAN

The GV9 Universal Joints THE days are long past when the road wheels were turned by oddities in the form of couplings or...

LOW-LOADER WITH REMOVABLE GOOSE-NECK

U TSE of a removable goose-neck is said to speed front-end %–ti loading and unloading of this low-loader semi-trailer recently...

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NEW EQUIPMENT

and Publications Power Vacuum Cleaner 1-1 A HIGH-SPEED power vacuum cleaner, the Advance Roamer, claimed to be capable of...

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TECHNITOPICS

By P.A. C. BROCK1NGTON, A Ng I Meet' E AIR RESISTANCE DISCUSS goods vehicles with the average C-licensee or haulier, and I'll...

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Meet TOM FRASER the man

B ORN into socialism, reared in socialism, matured in socialism— that, in briefest terms, is a summary of Tom Fraser's life up...

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The Annals Of

By G. MacKenzie Junner, M I MechE, M I RT E, Mlnst Met T HIS week marks the Diamond Jubilee of "The Commercial Motor "—a most...

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Tough Freightmaster starts regular service for British exporters to Afghanistan (And proves the worth of your York Trailer)

Here's the supreme test of Freightmaster's toughness and stamina. Loaded to capacity with £36,000 worth of precision...

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BIRD'S EYE VIEW

By The Hawk Public Still Pays "If railways are carrying goods to any points at a loss (and it is believed that in some cases...

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LEFT ABOUT TURN

C OMPOSERS of grand opera no longer concern themselves exclusively with powerful but simple passions played out against a...

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TETE A QUEUE

"Early for Bluebells, Mrs. Johnson ?" The stout lady in the salad hat didn't answer. She had turned with a loud sigh to glare...

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Changes In Vehicle Capacities

By A. G. DAVIES, FAPHI,MIPC W ITHOUT doubt the main sales market now is for compression-type vehicles, the bodies for the bulk...

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Past, Present and Future

F OR 60 years—and appropriate to its title—" The Commercial Motor" has placed continuing emphasis on the economic and allied...

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IN YOUR OPINION

Dimmed Headlights Campaign WE thought you might be interested in the following " information for publication in your journal....

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THE COMMON ROOM

The Changing Coal Industry SINCE 1957, coal has ceased to be the complete base of the country's ener g y. Before that date the...