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20th September 1963
20th September 1963
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:vidence Needed on Take—over Bids: Metropolitan L.A.'s Statement

/ HAT evidence is necessary to substantiate applications to take over the (HAT of an existing licence-holder? The Metropolitan...

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.L.A. HANDBOOK

Port of London Authority has published its first official guide, is 21s. (or 23s. 3d. postage paid) e sole agents are Barker...

Reduced Eyesight Standard for Walking Drivers E YESIGHT standards for driving

a pedestrian-controlled vehicle or a motor-mowing machine are reduced in new regulations which come into force on September...

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re Changes Needed in M.P.T.A. Structure ?

;nicipal enterprise was to remain to its purpose in transport it must resented by the strongest possible ii body, and the true...

T. G. B. Matheson has been ited to the board

of Bromilow and ds Ltd., hydraulics engineers, of 1, replacing Mr. 3. Adamson, who tired. Mr. Adamson, 77, had been :tor of...

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;ion Deferred D-vehicle Switch

ER a three-day hearing, Mr. • P. S. Ormond, the Eastern rig Authority, on Wednesday, d his decision on an application lerior...

Transporter Summonses Dismissed

QUMMONSES brought by Lancashire police .alleging that Progressive Deliveries Ltd. of Coventry had operated a car transporter...

Danger in Elaborate Conditions—L.A.

A N amended application by Vehicle Clearances Ltd., of London, for renewal of a B licence, permitting the use of seven...

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A blow on the head for road-rail co-operation?

AN NOT help feeling that anyone outside the haulage industry who has lowed the recently refused application by Rail Road...

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Grant for Carrying Pilgrims to Continent

RS were expressed by several intinental tour operators and also Railways that an express licence, d for by a Birmingham...

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Manchester to Have Livelier Buses and Reserved Roads ?

R ESERVED lanes for buses both in city-centre streets and main radial roads; the consideration of roads exclusively for public...

London Busman Challenges L.T.B.

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT Pl. A NEW twist in the London• busmen's campaign to get higher pay in order to overcome...

Embassy III by Plaxtons

A NEW version of the 41-seat Embassy coach body has been introduced by Plaxtons (Scarborough) Ltd. This new model. the Mk. III,...

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anding Rule Modified F of Glasgow Corporation Transhave been instructed

that they ive "due consideration" to the ons regarding standing passengers, ig a Ministry of Transport ruling gulations should...

ifty for Ed inburgh

OVAL has been given by EdinTh Corporation transport corn'or the placing of an order worth 0 with Leyland Motors Ltd. for...

Lfe Driving Awards

DRIVING awards for 1962 will presented to 251 bus and coach from the five garages in the West district of London Trans:Pantry...

V. Bromwich History OST every conceivable form of id passenger

transport has been ed in the West Bromwich area at le or another. Indeed, the trolley:ins to be the only vehicle not ed,...

Diesel Engine Possibilities

A DEVICE to supercharge a diesel 1-1 engine to a degree determined by the torque requirement of the vehicle, thus giving...

Manchester Cleansin g Men's Tight Finish S .EVEN drivers, all With

maximum marks, tied for the championship of the Manchester Corporation Cleansing Department fleet, awards for which were...

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TECHNICAL AND INDUSTRIAL

Brussels Meeting on Inspection and Safety A JOINT conference of JIDITVA (Journees Internationales de l'Inspection Technique...

Henschel Order for Commers

IT has been revealed that on the openI day of the Frankfurt Motor Show last week, Henschel-Werke AG, Kassel, placed an order...

More York Axles D URING the opening days of the Frankfurt

Show, York Trailer Co. Ltd. received an order for 360 trailing axles worth 1120,000 from Daimler-Benz AG. M.A.N. ordered a...

Dempster Container Transfer Unit

A ROAD/RAIL, side-loading container "L transfer unit for mounting on a standard lorry chassis has recently been added to the...

AVAILABLE WITH AUTOMATIC

A UTOMATIC transmission is now available on Merryweather Marquis Series Six fire appliances and dieselpowered hydraulic...

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ORDERS AND DELIVERIES

DEMAND FROM FAR EAST FOR LEYLANDS: Orders for a variety of vehicles from several countries in the Far East are reported by...

OAD and WORKSHOP by

Handyman Cylinder-head gasket failure F THE faster-moving vehicle the cylinder-head gasket, and not an expensive item in...

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NEW EQUIPMENT

and Publications Towing Attachment T WO new towing fittings have been introduced by Neate Brake Controls Ltd. One is the...

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Bird's Eye View

looked more like a Star Chamber than a public tquiry." This was the observation made by Hugh ty in the Sunday Citizen last week...

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Limited Future for City Buses P

T HE acknowledgment that the private car cannot cope with urban passenger transport on its own, and therefore public transport...

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xpress Buses on Motorway Median Strips?

IROUGHOUT North America the need to help public transport to sin its present efficiency is now lized. It is accepted that buses...

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Bigger and Beti nkfurt Show

W HEN German Vice-Chancellor Dr. Ludwig Erhard opened the 41st International Motor Show in Frankfurt last week, he made a...

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No Silver Lining in this Cloud

By W. C. WILSC M.Inst.T., T HE title chosen for this series, and the photographs accompanying it, will no doubt indicate the...

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he trader might be best advised to ge his defence...on the conclusions

the Salter Conference' WRITES '0 different and even contradictory attitudes have :en taken by those people who are in favour of...

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IN YOUR OPINION

Braking on Artics W E have read with interest the article in your issue of September 6 in relation to articulated vehicles....

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Cutting Your Losses

IS and flows in traffic are virtually inevitable features transport with which all operators have to contend. very endeavour is...