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21st February 1958
21st February 1958
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Wanted—A Fair Deal from Radar

• A LL transport associations should support the Royal Automobile Club in their plea to the Home Office for definite legal...

Passing Comments

Resettlement at Perkins on Television M ANY thousands of people must have seen the B.B.C. Panorama programme on January 27,...

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One Hears

Of many lorries with valuable loads being stolen. That some drivers treat loads worth many thousands of pounds as if they were...

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Authorities Out to Stop "F"-licence Abuses

BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT TIDESPREAD complaints from hauliers about irregular activities by W farmers have prompted...

Hauliers May Join Clearing House Group

NAEMBERSHIP of the clearing house 01 group of the Road Haulage Association has been opened to hauliers whose business includes...

Haulier Shouts at Transport Tribunal

A HAULIER who started shouting at rA. the Transport Tribunal in London, on Monday, was warned by the president, Mr. Hubert...

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New Concessions for Export Vehicles

F URTHER concessions to manufacturers of vehicles for export are proposed by the Ministry of Transport. Makers are already...

Balancing Charges: Three Test Cases •

THREE test cases on balancing charges I have now been selected by the Road Haulage Association to be presented to the Special...

White-line Rule to . be Mandatory

rORRECT observance of the rules concerning the use of double white lines would be made mandatory when sufficient roads had...

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Men in the News

MR, J. L. DICKIN FON, secretary, has been elected special director of the Skefko Ball Bearing Co., Ltd. Mg. L. J. ROSE has...

New Heavy-duty Gearbox for 650 lb.-ft. Torque

I NTRODUCED to meet the needs of power units handling loads in the 40tons-plus class, a new gearbox to take 650 lb.-ft. torque...

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Austins help to build London's longest water tunnel

A USTIN trucks are playing a great part in this enterprise. Kinnear Moodie & Co. Ltd. arc the Civil Engineering Contractors...

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Licence can be Revoked, Han Hers Warned

BEFORE granting a new A licence for two vehicles to the Inters City Transport . and Trading Co., Ltd., Cumbernauld, on Tuesday,...

Railways Demand Road Transport

G IVING supporting evidence at Leeds on Tuesday, Mr. Lindsay, commercial manager of Calder Vale Glassworks, said that they...

Llandudno Operators Seek More Coaches

A PPLYING for extra vehicles on theit Skipton-Llandudno express service, three operators claimed at Blackpool, on Tuesday,...

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Six Cement Tankers for Febry

QIX new tankers for the carriage of 1 , -) bulk cement and ground limestone were on Monday added to the A licence of Messrs. R....

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Steel Hopper Trailers for 13-ton Loads

P OSSIBLY the largest outfits of their type ever made in Britain, three hopper-type four-wheeled trailers for the transport of...

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Nine Vehicles Sought on A Licence

A MANUFACTURER of mosquito f. and nylon nets told the Western Licensing Authority last week. that be was unable to get the...

Crosville Terminus Change Allowed

S °ME journeys operated by Crosville Motor Services, Ltd., from Queen's Park Estate, Wrexham, into the town centre. are to be...

"Alice in Wonderland." Grant, Say B.T.C.

B Y granting variations to the conditions of three B-licence vehicles operated by the Plymouth Transport Co., Ltd., the Western...

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Ease Leash on Operator, Commissioners Asked

THE time had come to ease the leash I on an operator who had been tightly restricted because of former irregular operations...

Irregular Services to Pits Made Legal

A COACH operator who admitted that he had been operating an irregular hire service for miners, was last week granted a licence...

J.P. Summoned on Hours and Records

W HEN summoned last week at Down ham Market, Norfolk, for permit ting offences concerning hours of rest and drivers' records,...

Prototype Sought for Indian Service

T HE prototype M.C.W. bodied Arcadian coach, which was exhibited at the 1956 Commercial Motor Show, is being sought by an...

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Record and Licence Offences: £626 Fines

R ECORDS kept by a Gloucestershire transport company indicated that on a particular day, the same vehicle was being driven by...

London Airport Express• Service Refused

A N application by E. H. Sims, Ltd., Sheffield, for a new holiday express service to London Airport (The Commercial Motor,...

Council Will Go To Commissioners

U NABLE to reach agreement with Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., over alleged anomalies in fares and stages in Carlisle. the city...

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Short-term B-licence . Application Improper

A N application for a short-term B tt licence for two vehicles to carry opencast coal and building materials within 25 miles of...

Lords Urge Quicker Spending on Roads

rk A RESOLUTION that a much larger road programme was necessary than that proposed for 1961-2 was moved in the House of Lords...

Passenger Opposes Council Application

T HE North Western Traffic Commissioners could not lightly disitiss detailed and commonsense representations made by a private...

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The CINDERELLA

G. Duncan Jewell Comes Into of B.R.S. Its Own T HE opening of a new British Road Services depot at Albert Edward Dock,...

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Twin-range Gearbox in Production

S INCE the prototype of a new eightspeed gearbox with a built-in epicyclic train was displayed by the Moss Gear Co., Ltd.,...

"Satisfy the Majority "—Sir J. Elliot

A ' public transport can never satisfy everyone, the operator's golden rule should be to satisfy the majority, according to Sir...

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DIRECT EXPORT By P. , tM C I:It e E k . ingrtm'

Offers Cumulative Benefits An Operator Who has been Running Regularly to the Continent for a Year, Carrying 50 Tons a Week,...

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Land-Rover Ambulances for the Tropics

Two new ambulances specially designed to operate over rough or swampy ground in the tropics have been shipped to British...

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Nearly 10 Tons on New Seddon

E XTERNALLY similar to the Mark 15 74-tanner, the new Seddon Mark 15/10 chassis announced in last week's issue of The...

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Doing it Themselves

Ancillary Fleet Built up by Polycell Products, Ltd., Reduces Distribution Costs and Speeds Delivery Service A LTHOUGH the...

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New Equipment and Processes ,

Tamper-proof Fuel Control A N excess-fuel device for use when . starting oil engines, which cannot be " fiddled " during...

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BULK TR EA PA SPORT OFF

By a Special Correspondent \ T HE expansion of the Yorkshire group of hauliers headed by Peter Slater Ltd., Gildersome, is...

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"Father Refused to Apply for Coast Excursions," Commissioners Told

THE three brothers who now direct Sansom Bros. (Sheffield), Ltd., told the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, last week, that...

Costs—Guide or Distortion?

S TATIST ICS must be positive, relative and indicative of what really happened, said Mr. A. T. Hills when addressing the London...

Only Oil-engined Taxis Profitable?

A COMPLETE swing from petrol to oil engines in taxis was foreshadowed by Mr. D. S. D. Williams, editor of The Oil Engine and...

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Employment Exchange Goes to the Workers

rl-flEFLY to enable small and little used branch offices to be closed down, the Ministry of Labour have taken delivery of a...

Compulsory Tests for Drivers' Contest

D ETAILS of the two compulsory tests to be used in all the eliminating rounds of the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition this...

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Small Bus Operators in Danger

I READ with great interest your leading article in the issue of The Commercial Motor dated January 10, referring to the...

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Trying It On

I NSURANCE companies are apparently still trying to deduct income tax from amounts paid to operators on claims for the loss of...

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Down to Cases

LE AFLET raids over the field of State ownership are now being carried out by both the major political parties, and with each...

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Frequent Replacement or Maximum Mileage?

T HE problem of deciding the most opportune time at which to replace vehicles is difficult. Consideration of the factors...

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A Self-energizing Disc Brake

ri A BRAKE in which the applied force is amplified by the movement of the disc is shown in patent No. 788,841. It is so...