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Rates of progress

FT HE rate equalization proposals revealed by Mr. A. J. Butterwick, OCL's marketing manager, at the BAOFR conference (see page...

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'TELL THE COUNTRY ABOUT TRANSPORT FOLLIES'

, T ASK the support of this con ference in seeing that everyone in the country realizes the consequences of this Bill. I urge...

RH(85) published

ISSUED on Tuesday was RH(85), the notice of the Road Haulage Wages Council's intention to recommend a reduction in working week...

Smoke checks in MoT tests

THE introduction of smoke-emission checks into the Ministry of Transport's commercial vehicle tests starting next year was...

Big future for Willesden?

BRITISH RAILWAYS this week moved its 200,000th Freightliner container, after two years of operation. The traffic was Guinness...

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Freedom-of-choice campaign by hauliers

T HE Road Haulage Association this week opened a campaign to secure traders' continued freedom to choose how best to send or...

Opposing Mrs.0 those with most to lose

By lain Sherriff YET ANOTHER force has joined the ranks of those who are opposing the Minister of Transport's proposals for a...

I STRIKE THREAT I

FRUSTRATED by the Wages Council's refusal of the £1 a week increase, and the delayed implementation of the subsistence and...

Who can put a price on safety?

A STRONG ELEMENT of cost consciousness was apparent in the discussion which followed a paper presented by Mr. Alan Dawson, Ford...

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POINTER TANKER RECRUITS GET FIVE-DAY TRAINING COURSE

N EW DRIVERS recruited to the oil tanker fleet of the Pointer Group for the busy winter season are undergoing, for the first...

WORK-STUDY ON THE ROAD BEFORE PRODUCTIVITY PACT

THE ABOLITION of lengthy overtime and the "somewhat haphazard nature which was the basis of the transport operation to date"....

A Strong Pull

TO provide for the haulage of long trailers (such as the 40ft container-carrying types being used by some Continental operators...

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RHA protests too much, says ICI transport chief

R OAD HAULIERS often pressed ICI loading points to provide night staff to increase transport productivity but the extra cost...

I Road-sea co-operation in pioneer disposal scheme A NEW land/sea disposal service

has been started by Effluent Services Ltd. of Stockport, in co-operation with its associated company, Sea Disposals Ltd. of...

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Settle rates or face inquiry warns LA in 'tipper charter'

U NLESS Mendip hauliers and quarry owners can agree on acceptably economical transport rates, the Western Licensing Authority...

PERSUASION' BY BR?

DOCUMENT SUSPECT SIMILARITY of terminology in supporting letters by potential customers has cast doubt on the value of a...

THC SUCCEEDS IN LOW-LOAD APPEAL

AN APPEAL by the Transport Holding Company has been upheld by the Transport Tribunal (COMMERCIAL MOTOR, October 6). The appeal...

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INTENT NOT CLEAR SO TRY AGAIN

L Surrender _1 by sale T HE Transport Tribunal in London on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by Mr. J. A. Spellman, of Letchworth,...

Don't limit us, says NACAM

ROAD transport activities of the corn trade should be excluded altogether from the quantity licensing proposals. This plea to...

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'FERRY SHUTTLE SERVICES CAUSE DELAYS'

TS through-transport cheaper and more reliable than a shuttle service? This was the principal point at issue when the...

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NJIC BREAK-UP HERALDS TROUBLE IN THE TOWNS

By Eric Willoughby W IDESPREAD disruption of municipal bus services can be expected following last week's withdrawal of the...

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Bus unions: low wages have depressed fares

A LENGTHY memorandum detailing the main arguments submitted by the joint bus trade unions to the Prices and Incomes Board...

N ow—a new voice in the valleys

REPRESENTATIVES of over 100 large and small operators of buses and coaches meeting in Cardiff have set up a committee to...

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Resignation accepted permission to speak refused

By ERIC WILLOUGHBY THE resignation of Mr. Norman Morton, transport manager of Sunderland Corporation, was accepted at a...

NEW MASTER: MR. QUICK SMITH

At the installation court of the Worshipful Company of Carmen in London this evening, G. W. Quick Smith, chief executive of the...

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

R. N. Carr: Mintex Ltd. assistant chief engineer responsible for commercial vehicle brake applications in the technical...

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Across-the-board changes in Taskers trailers

NEW 'FORMULA' MODELS UP TO 45 TONS GROSS By R. D. Cater O NE of the trailer industry's best-kept secrets was let out of the...

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THE SOUTH'S BIGGEST DEPOT WILL TAKE 15,000 HEAVIES A YEAR

repair. The 10-acre site is adjacent to the London Transport bus repair centre at Aldenham which lies alongside M1 between A5...

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12,000 GAL 70-TON TANKER NOT ONE FOR THE ROAD

By H. D. Cater A MAXIMUM gross train weight of 70 tons and a capacity of 12,000 gal—those are mouthwatering figures for any...

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Know-how 47: Preventive Maintenance (32) A Stitch in Time

D ESPITE their low milea g e compared with the trunk and tramp vehicles, the "locals" build up quite a collection of assorted...

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NEW EQUIPMENT

and publications Easy turn electric truck A 24-VOLT, driveror pedestrian-controlled electric truck capable of carrying...

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All-in container rates will subsidize the road haul

D ETAILS of the "equalization rates" to be applied in inland haulage operations were given by Mr A. J. Butterwick, marketing...

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THE CONTAINER AGE demands great changes

IMH conference discusses technical and operational realities !THE two-day lecture course "Develop-1ments in containers and...

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FAULTY TIR DOCUMENTATION CAN COST YOU MONEY

R. H. I nsoll, E R D, BA, F C I S, AM I nstTA, explains the correct procedure IN the past two or three years there has been...

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How do you conduct yourself?

WHEN a passenger boards your bus together with a hippopotamus-type dog, do you: (a) Give the dog one of your sandwiches; (b)...

Hold very tight, please

THE AVERAGE bus driver, according to Professor John Cohen of Manchester University, can drink nine whiskies or nine pints of...

Ted's teasers

MRS. CASTLE is not the only one in the family who has transport questions on her mind. Husband Ted asked at the GLC council...

What happens to the third man?

IS IT a friendly determination not to be outdone or is it a sign of the times that successful drivers in the LDOY contest are...

A fair cop

HOW unfortunate can you be? This could well be the question that Don Janes, managing director of Whitefriars Coaches is asking...

Bird's Eye

View BY THE HAWK Grouping the oldies BEING devoted by nature and persuasion to anything that saves me effort, I'm happy to...

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Managers won't lose their licences for trivial offences

"IN THE longer term, we believe there is a need for a higher degree of professional ism in the industry. . . an industry in...

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That 100-mile limit is road distance not radius

"WHAT A basis for a transport policy!" That was the revealing comment with which Mr. H. R. Featherstone, national secretary,...

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Saving money and legal troubles with flow-line servicing

"NOW THAT standards have been laid down it is quite certain that lip service only to the [Road Safety] Act will no longer be...

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How the TRTA maintenance scheme can pay off

ADOPTION OF the TRTA's inspection scheme had made reduced workshop visits by vehicles to an extent which, by the end of 1967,...

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I agree about private objectors I HAVE READ about the

Minister's latest proposals and I agree with her that there should not be any private objectors. When I applied for my first...

Variable body shells THE FIRST QUERY in your Q and

A page (CM, October 6) highlights one of the special features of the UBD van bodybuilding system, described in COMMERCIAL MOTOR...

'Experts? Not on o.m.o.'

SURELY ANYONE who has practical experience of one-manoperated buses—either as a driver or a customer—will have doubts about the...

More b.h.p., more m.p.g.

I WOULD LIKE to draw your attention to the article on Dorman engines for trucks (CM, Sept. 29). It refers several times to the...

A. J. P. Wilding writes: Details published in the report

referring to the standard D750 were based on information given by Dorman. There was no reason to doubt this as the 360 cu.in....

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When not to change

N OT ONLY is a lubricating oil conmated with use, it also "wears out" through suffering from additive depletion, which is...

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GERMAN LESSONS

work of a dilettante. The purposes of the German plans are said to be comprehensive and to make up a coherent policy. Among...

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Q What regulations apply to the working of a spray paint shop?

A The information is obtainable from the Safety. Health and Welfare Division, Ministry of Labour, Baynards House, 1 Chepstow...

Q What is the address of the organizer of the courses

being held at South Dorset Technical College in connection with transport? A The address is: A. J. Briscoe, Lecturer in...

Q During a visit to Italy I noticed that on

many eight-wheeled vehicles with eight-wheeled trailers the driver had no mate. Could you explain the UK position with regard...

Q The current C and U Regulations re' Id " quire an axle

spread of at least 38ft in an overall length of 42ft 7.75in. to permit running 32 tons g.t.w. an four axles. Could you comment...

Q When did the new regulations affecting p.s.v. overall length and turning circle come into force?

A The Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1967 No. 1270 increased the maximum permitted overall...

Q I have had experience of long-distance work as a driver

and would now like to undertake Continental operation. Could you recommend a suitable employer? A You could obtain the names...

Q I am the son of a coach proprietor and would

like to know where I can apply to take a correspondence course in transport management. A Correspondence courses preparing...

Q In addition to the individual proceed' ings following recent

serious accidents involving commercial vehicles—notably pressure tankers—on the Continent, has there been any action on a...

Q Have you published a road test of an AEC Reliance chassis 4 MU/RA, with 7.7 engine and six-speed gearbox?

A Although this actual model has not been road-tested the 2MM U Reliance with 470 cu.in. engine and five-speed gearbox has...

Q Am 1 right in thinking that 1 have

recently seen in CM the announcement of the formation of a tipper group somewhere in South East England? 1 am not referring to...

Q Could you provide details of the latest Midland Red

motorways coach operated by the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co. Ltd, including its maximum speed, type and output of...

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GETTING RID OF PAPER WORK

Do you begrudge the time spent on keeping those important cost records? Then one solution may be a part-time secretarial...

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Essential facts of road passenger services

TRYING TO PICK a way through the mass of statistics on the size of the road passenger industry in Great Britain is a difficult...

NEW COMPANIES

Associated Cargo Agents Ltd. Cap.: £100. Objects: To provide terminal services in connection with rail and road cargo, to...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

NORGREN C. A. Norgren Ltd. has appointed four more sales and service centres in Britain. They are: Scotland: Automation...

SHOTTON BROS.

Shot - ton Bros. Ltd. malleable ironfounders of Halesowen (Worcs.). which has almost completed its firs expansion programme....

RAY POWELL

Ray Powell Ltd. opened its new service and diagnostic centre at Harlow, Essex, yesterday. The diagnostic centre is the first of...

MILLBURN During the period of the Scottish Motor Show (November

10-18), Millburn Motors Ltd., will be staging a motor show of its own. In its new premises at Hawthorn Street. Glasgow. It will...

BET OMNIBUS The following interim dividends have been announced by

BET Omnibus Services Ltd. —On 51 per cent Redeemable Cumulative Second Preference Stock: at the rate of 54• per cent per annum,...