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1st August 1969
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The new professional

It will be a year or two before operators can accurately assess the effects of the new heavy goods vehicle driving licence. As...

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Hours cuts from March1 but not tachographs

OPERATORS LICENSING STARTS ON SAME DATE • Statutory maximum driving hours for goods vehicle and p.s.v. drivers are to be...

Luton and sell to NBC?

by Derek Moses • At least two municipal transport undertakings may be sold to the National Bus Company if talks at present...

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New SMMT president to open CM'S Fleet Management Conference

• The newly elected president of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Mr. Douglas Richards, has consented to perform...

Scania-Metro link to challenge British bus market?

• On Wednesday Metro-Cammell Weymann Ltd. announced that it is negotiating with Scania-Vabis, the Swedish truck and bus...

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TITB sets standards for rant-earning driver training

• Recommendations for the training of goods vehicle drivers, prepared as a result of joint consultation with the road haulage...

Overnight parks

• Calling for a proper programme co-ordinating lorry parks, overnight driver accommodation and catering facilities, the August...

Dinopackers solve time problem

• Powell Duffryn Engineering Ltd, Cambrian House, Maindy, Cardiff, has recently delivered the first of five Di nopacke r...

Two new by-passes

• Mr. Robert Brown, Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, opened the Syston Western by-pass in...

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Driver shortage may upset new Common Market rules

• Implementation of new working con ditions for road transport workers in the Common Market, due to commence in October, may...

Grants for LDoY entrants

• The Road Transport Industry Training Board has now revealed the training grants which it is prepared to make in respect of...

FTA meets FIC

• Last week representatives of the FTA met the Freight Integration Council when the subject for discussion was "parcels and...

Harold Wood's drivers put to test

• Drivers from six depots of the Yorkshirebased bulk liquid haulage firm of Harold Wood and Sons Ltd. launched the company's...

New FTA phone number

• The telephone number of the head office and the London and Home Counties divisional office of the Freight Transport...

W. Midlands road schemes

• Mr. Marsh has given the go ahead for designing principal road construction and improvement schemes for the West Midland...

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Exempting the 3.5-ton g.v.w. class

• As recorded briefly in CM last week, the Minister has circulated for comment draft regulations which will exempt goods...

Rolatruc demo unit

• A specially designed and livened articulated vehicle has been introduced for the demonstration division of Rolatruc Ltd.,...

First FTA national conference

• Leading figures in the transport world will be taking part in the first national conference of the Freight Transport...

No licence without a test

• From October 1 this year, older goods vehicles subject to plating and testing regulations will not be licensed unless valid...

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Maintenance guidance from the Ministry

• In advance of a guide to operators" licensing, which the Ministry of Transport is now preparing, the Ministry this week...

Inquiring into MP's allegations

from our political correspondent • The Director of Public Prosecutions has now become involved in the case involving Mr. Alan...

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Way cleared for LTB o-m-o double-deckers

• A week-long ban on overtime and restday working by 32,000 London Transport bus drivers and conductors was called off on...

Tyneside PTA development

• Two more appointments to the Executive of the Tyneside Passenger Transport Authority were made last week. Mr. J. B. Hurst,...

Record surplus for Leicester

• At a time when many municipal bus undertakings are in the red, Leicester City Transport made a surplus of £236,273 during the...

Cheaper fares when id goes

• United Automobile Services Ltd., Darlington, has applied to the Northern LA to cut fares which will be affected when...

O-m-o buses for Belfast

• Belfast Corporation Transport is to introduce 80 one-man buses later this year and early next year, all based on Daimler...

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Commons lifts LTE restrictions

• One of the last acts of the Commons before rising for the summer recess was to remove the restrictions on bus services and...

LTB orders 300 Swifts

• The 75 single-deck buses ordered by London Transport from Marshall of Cambridge (Engineering) Ltd. (CM July 18) form part of...

More Atlanteans for Britain

Following closely on the announcement of orders for Leyland single-deck buses and coaches (CM last week) the company has...

Crosville g.m. on NBC board

C. R. Buckley, director and general manager of Crosville Motor Services Ltd.. has been appointed a member of the executive...

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'Ghost' drivers signed Walsh 's records

• Jos. Walsh (Darwen) Ltd., its managing director, Mr. J. C. Walsh, of Darwen, and its transport manager, Mr. H. S. Hunt, of...

Objectors' vehicles not in constant use

• An application by Mr. G. C. W. Smith, of Bolton, for an 8 1 ,-ton attic on B licence to carry containers and flats within 250...

Wallace Arnold's application adjourned

• The application by Wallace Arnold Tours Ltd. of Leeds, for three tour licences to the Isle of Wight, Falmouth and St. Ives,...

Council's maintenanci 'really deplorable' says LA

• Suspending two vehicles belonging ti Clackmannan county council for six months the Scottish LA, Mr. A. B. Birnie, in Glasgov...

96 offences, £356 fines

• Fines totalling £230 with 30 ons. cost were imposed by Birmingham magistrate last week on Joseph Ash and Son Ltd. for 5...

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Chas. Poulter directors on receiving charge

• Mr. Solly Davis and his son, Mr. Ronald Davis, of Amos Grove, London, N.4. both .ompany directors of Charles Poulter Ltd., )f...

Northern haulier satisfies BR

I An application by Mr. J. L. Veitch, of larlington, to add a 10-ton artic. to his Aicence was granted after British Railways,...

3cots Co-op gets new B-licence

I The Scottish Co-operative Wholesale lociety Ltd., of Glasgow, was granted an ;nopposed application for a B-licence, with very...

£50 overloading fine

• Larrow Transport (Northern) Ltd. was fined £50 with £10 costs, at Grays Thurrock magistrates court last Friday, for exceeding...

More plating and testing fines

• Mr. R. Bentley, of Ossett, was fined £14 for breaking plating and testing regulations when he appeared at Batley magistrates'...

NCB prefer owner drivers, LA told

• The Scottish LA, Mr. A. B. Birnie, hearing an application for a B-licence by Mr. R. Lumsden in Edinburgh on Monday. heard a...

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Eye safety

• Protection of workers' eyes is the subject of new Regulations under the Factories Act 1961, which Mrs. Barbara Castle,...

Damages against ERF distributor

• Mr. N. Richards, QC, the Official Referee, awarded damages and costs to J. Sorrell Ltd., wholesale meat importer and...

Licence discs in Welsh

• Preparations are being made for all motor licence discs issued in Wales and Monmouthshire to be printed in Welsh and English....

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ncreased roll stiffness for Atkinsons

A 24 per cent increase in roll stiffness nd a weight saving of about lfewt are rovided by overslung rear springs and an laton...

primrose add to Advance Trailer range

i Two models of lightweight multi-axle arni-trailers with single tyres on offset 'heels, interchangeable with those on tracve...

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Road and workshop

Loads and forces (11) • A new range of hazards faces us today and many of the older methods of stowing, packing, and lashing...

Tipper Transits from Ford

• Tipper versions of two models in the Transit range have been introduced by the Ford Motor Co. These have been designed for...

B iggest-ever order for Shelvoke and Drewry • Announcing a pre-tax

group profit of £481,200 as at March 31, 1969, as compared with £663,145 earned last year, W. P. Butterfield Ltd. chairman Mr....

Alarmatic distribution

• Ingersoll Locks Ltd., Regent House, 89 Kingsway, London, WC2, has appointed the AFA Group, 25 Wellington Street, London, WC2,...

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container commentary

Liverpool red herring NHATEVER the merits, no matter which side s right or wrong, whenever an industrial dis)ute turns into a...

Dockers leader to speak

A FIERY discussion on this very problem is expected to develop between speakers and delegates to the conference being held in...

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Bird's eye view by the Hawk

* Brave action Well-deserved tributes to the courage of a Solihull haulier were voiced last week by a coroner's jury in...

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The men who know heavy duty transport know how to keep you ahead of MoT tests

You know it makes sense, as they say. And so it does. A vehicle working in its peak condition is a vehicle working profitably....

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Janus comments

Legacy of the past DSTALGIA is certainly not an ingredient the sixth and last annual report of the ansport Holding Company....

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Passport for Professionals

THE little black book, 31in. by 44in., of which a replica appears above, is about to become the certificate of professional...

Table C: h.g.v. driving test centres

Northam Traffic Ares: McMullen Road. Dadington. Co. Durham; Sandy Lane. Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne. NE3 5HEI: Tweedside...

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HOW TOUGH A TEST?

A. J. P. Wilding, MIMechE MIRTE (D) BRAKING "HOW DIFFICULT is the test going to be?" This is a question which many in the...

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See how Bedford's service investment can cut YOU! maintenance costs

How many Fs to your vehicle ton? How much is maintenance costing you per vehicle-mile? Your transport manager and accountant...

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costing • for maximum

profit THIS IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF ARTICLES EXPLAINING THI STEP-BY-STEP ACTION TO TAKE IN SETTING UP COMPREHENSIVE...

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Square-deal EA "The general design and conception are as practical as a shoe bee

Motor Transport, 30 August 1968 i was very pleased to read the article "Uisterbus plans for £2.5 million expansion" (CM June...

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Progress in the Ports?

ROAD HAULIERS cannot be indifferent to labour relations in the ports of this country. On all sides manufacturing industry is...

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Q I am employed as a driver for a firm

which operates mini-buses, these being 11and 13-seaters built to standard regulations and not p.s.v. specifications; most of...

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THE COMMON ROOM

Essential statistics of road passenger services TRYING to pick out a few relevint statistics relating to the scale of the road...

Hours of work (2)

ANOTHER new term, "the working day", appears in the Transport Act 1968. This relates to the total period during which the...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

L. LIPTON L. Lipton Ltd.. the fork truck firm, has opened a 5.000 sq, ft. depot at Marvel Street, Hull, Yorkshire lphone Hull...