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21st October 1966
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Competition v. regulation

W EN a country spends more than £2,000m. o l f its national income each year on transport of freight and people it is not,...

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aintenance in the arches

N open meeting on goods vehicle maintenance will be held at the Council Cham', The Castle. Shrewsbury, on October 24 7.30 p.m.,...

IC to spend £3m.

V ITHIN the next five years Northern Ireland Carriers Ltd. is to spend £3m. on redevelop:nt. The managing director, Mr. Trevor...

RHA calls in costs survey consultants

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT THI E RHA has now decided that it cannot run its operating costs survey on its own. The decision...

Dyson link with Italian firm

R A. DYSON AND CO. LTD., has reached an "agreement of friendly co-operation" with the Italian trailer manufacturer, Officine...

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'Consult us properly before maja transport changes' say Chambers of Commerce

Report to Minister is sceptical of the benefits of integration, cautious about the NFA and "social necessity" and wants...

1967 LDOY Final Set for September 10

AT its meeting in Coventry last week, the AT executive of the Lorry Driver of the Year competition (which is sponsored by...

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:o-operative maintenance is the key

I T seems to me that if the smaller businesses are to survive they have to face up to a big trrangement, indeed a...

FERRY FREIGHT MAN

MR. H. STANLEY RA1NE has been appointed London freight representative of Normandy Ferries which will inaugurate a...

Conference for tipper men

T HE programme has now been announced for the first national convention for tipper operators, sponsored by the tipping vehicle...

Watford extends High Street scheme

THE High Street at Watford, Herts, has for some years been closed to through traffic, and traffic from the South has been...

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A self-critical approach

By JOHN DARKER AMBIM T HE autumn conference of the National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers last week was...

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affluent society," Mr. Berger challenged, a you find men to

report daily at 7 a.m. who are prepared to work until 8 p.m. on Irday"? t was a "cheap jibe" to imply that mem; attending...

Collapsible milk tanks to beat freeze

Placed in a simple farm trailer, the collapsible milk container is held steady by ropes or netting which also eliminate surge....

Exeter milk producers go bulk

DEVON'S first bulk milk collection scheme starts in March next year when Hammett's Dairies, Exeter, will be supplied with...

Fast new export service to Europe

E VAN COOK LTD. has introduced a new rapid freight service to and from the Continent, putting any part of Europe within seven...

rench Piggyback and Kangaroo iet Together

was announced this week that the principal French road-rail freight systems are be merged into one new company with corned...

BODEN OPEN NEW DEPOT

A SERVICE depot has been opened by Boden Trailers Ltd. at 394 High Street, Smethwick. Birmingham 40. Depot hours are 9 a.m. to...

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Praise for Cumberland hauliers

C UMBERLAND road hauliers were ‘4.-• commended last week for their initiative and competence by Mr. B. A. Johnson,...

NEW GROUPAGE SERVICE

rAvE WOOD (TRANSPORT) LTD. is starting a road groupage service to and from Paris on October 31 with regular scheduled...

More co-operative research on lorry design?

T HE Ministry of Technology is considering with the motor manufacturing industry ways in which further improvements in...

Charges at Manchester ICD

A S revealed in COMMERCIAL MOTOR recently, the Manchester Ship Canal Co. is now providing full facilities for TIR vehicles and...

Foiling the thieves

THE need for legislation making thief-pr locks compulsory on all vehicles is be considered in consultation with the Hc...

CLUTCH CONTROL?

F was announced in the Commons by Douglas Jay, President of the Board Trade, that he proposes to ask the Monopo: Commission to...

Fleet numbers will suffice on food vehicles

AMENDED food hygiene regulations now be laid before Parliament will mean less cc plicated marking of food vehicles, follow...

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ustoms seized ight buses

VHEN Customs officers found traces of duty-free oil in the fuel tanks o(two buses )3r seized eight buses belonging to a Fife to...

;hop-by-coach lutings

r SDAY is shopping day for the women f E Bristol—by coach . . in Cardiff. For .e Bristol Omnibus Co. Ltd. has introduced...

'That way lies anarchy', says EYMS as crews strike

B US drivers and conductors of East Yorkshire Motor Services Ltd. came out on Sunday on what the company terms "a deplorable...

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London Transport's driver training—pattern for the training board?

by John Darker, AMBIM S EVERAL delegates to the world meeting 1 4. , of the International Road Federation recently paid an...

On order-233 Bedfords

R ECENT orders for Bedford p.s.v. chasE include 233 from British operators for d livery early in 1967. coach or bus bodywork...

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Stop hiding hat light' --I RTE chief

r HE necessity to encourage the preparaL tion and dissemination of knowledge in information was particularly mentioned st night...

We could have done it alone' ays Sir Patrick

T NAIDED the motor industry could have cleared up Britain's balance of payments roblem if it had not been for the "stop, stop,...

People

The Tilling Group of omnibus companies announces that J. W. Lawrence, at present director and general manager of United Welsh...

OBITUARY

We regret to record the deaths of H. Anstee, A. B. Chadwick, Reginald Albert Hellmuth and W. H. (Bill) White. Mr. Anstee was...

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12 tipper men fight B application

P LANT hire firm Charles Eden Ltd., 1 of Worcester, applying for a new B licence before Mr. R. Hall, deputy West Midland...

Plea for funds to fight BR

From a Special Correspondent rr E high-handed policy of British ways in applying for licences for he tractive units and...

Tribunal define 'step-frame'

A STEP-DOWN—or step-frame—trailer is synonymous with a semi-low-loader, according to a written judgment this week by the...

LARROW TRANSPORT APPEAL ADJOURNED

A l appeal against the decision of the Licensing Authority for the East Midland traffic area to grant licences to Larrow...

Haulier wins appeal against suspension

T HE Transport Tribunal on Tuesda London allowed the appeal of Brown Wright (Haulage) Ltd. against the decisk the Eastern,...

No case for licence increase—Tribunal

E XTRA work that Simonstone Transport Ltd., of Burnley, Lancs., might gain through the expansion of one of its customers was...

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recedent ea fails

DECISION by the Northern area LA . to refuse an application by Charles lain (Contractors) Ltd. of Stockton, to sfer a C licence...

SUSPENSION FOR SEVEN—AND A WARNING

AF TER reports had been given of inefficient vehicle brakes on two separate occasions, Bulk Cement Plant Hire Co. Ltd. had...

'Illness led to offences'

MR. W. E. SHARP, of Barldngside, Ilford, appeared before Mr. D. I. R. Muir, the Metropolitan LA, last week, in connection with...

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ASEBOOK

IRE YOU SURE YOU'RE LEGAL? you are a haulier who hires vehicles or a :ustomer who engages vehicles you may itting back in your...

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Lancashire calls for four new motorways

UR new motorways in Lancashire are proposed by the County Council as extensions to the present road programme. This call for...

Highway to make Eidal trailers

HIGHWAY TRAILERS (GREAT BRITAIN) LTD. has signed an agreement with the Eidal international division of South West Factories...

AI LSA HO

THE company formed as concessionaires for Volvo commercial vehicles in the UK, Ailsa Trucks Ltd. (COMMERCIAL MOTOR, September...

FrigiKing to enter UK market

THE range of mechanical refrigera units for vehicles made by the Fi King Co. of America, a division of Cummins Engine Co., will...

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:heck lights, warns police hief

:JMMER TIME ends on Sunday and the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis reminds vers to check their lighting equipment in...

IN BRIEF

Leyland Exhibits in Mexico: Two Leyland diesel engines complete with gearboxes are being shown on a Leyland Motor Corporation...

F HE expression, "Nothing can surprise me now", can often be

heard .om older supervisors in transport, tether operating or engineering. Yet hanges in design, power, speed and raking bring...

A surprise risk

regular feature, drivers and shunters find their own means of shifting the heavy weights unaided, other than by a crowbar and a...

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Pedestrian-controlled scarifier

A RECENT addition to the AmericanLincoln range of floor-maintenance machines marketed by Fred Myers Ltd., the Model 130...

Battery-electric tractors EiOUR new battery-electric tractors have

been added by Wessex Industries (Poole) to their Wrigley Union range. With towing capacities of 2 tons, 4 tons, 7 tons and 10...

Easier counting

DENCIL-SHAPED and having a dial at its upper end, the VanDeMark mark counter enables items to be counted at high speed and...

Suspended air heaters

S UITABLE for use in garages, workshops and factories, a new range of Econheat oil-fired air heaters is being offered by...

Miniature pump

C APABLE of handling acid or alkal liquids of almost any viscosity, fri batter to varnish, the new Handipui Mk. II Easy Clean...

Portable wheel weigher

D EVELOPED by Hands (Letchwori Ltd., the new Checkweight portal wheel weigher offers the vehicle operatoi simple and low-cost...

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A novel challenge to the white paper

ROAD-RAIL COMMERCIAL LINK ENVISAGED iE annual conference of the Road -Iaulage Association was officially Led on Tuesday by...

Urgent need for adequate costing information

'HE challenge of Mrs. Castle and Mr. Aubrey Jones' Board to the RHA's lciple of advising their members on inases in rates and...

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lew trends in management

M ANAGEMENT by decree may be necessary in emergency but busis life is not a constant succession of emercies; management by...

toad-rail co-operation

7 is clear that in the present state of the country we cannot afford to underlize any single part of our existing assets ich we...

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Sir Reginald commends 'iron bridge

I N a highly stimulating address by Sir Reginald Wilson on road haulage and the White Paper, road hauliers were urged to...

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Bird's Eye

v iew BY THE HAWK mother Conference? HATEVER effect Messrs. Callaghan and Stewart may be V having on haulage was not apparent...

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)IVERSIFICATION Premier sets an example

wider range of activities than straightforward bus operation is omething which all independent bus operators should aim for. y...

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In Your Opinion

Control point CONTACT WITH executives concerned with many C-licensed fleets provides a strange cross-section of the way things...

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The challenge of the 'bangers'

crap cars and press-baled scrap .ovide new opportunities for lad haulage enterprise f JOHN DARKER, minim 'HE disposal of old...

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THE MIDDLE COURSE

ALTHOUGH there are still a few people like Mr. Alex Kitson, of the Scottish Commercial Motormen's Union, calling loudly or...

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Efficiency I side and Out

Evaluating the work of a transport service requires judgment on intangible as well as tangible factors D ISCUSSING the...

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Q Recently I saw a Verney coach in

Cherbourg operated by a company under the name of STN. This particular chassis had the engine in the normal position at the...

n Can you confirm that the maximum

gross weight stamped on the trailer would be, for example, 30 tons g.v.w. which would include the tractive unit weight, trailer...

n What is the division of interest in the

Transport Holding Company as between road haulage, road passenger operation and other activities, particularly in view of...

Q What is the Journal of Transport Economics and Policy?

This is a new transport journal to be published th ee times a year—in January. May and Septe ber—commencing in January 1967....

a Is it necessary to have the name address of the

operator displayed commercial vehicle? There seem to be flicting views on this. A Using the term commercial vehicli its widest...

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Wiles Group on the 'up'

M ENTION the Wiles Group and fertilizers immediately spring to mind. Certainly they have been an important part of this...

RANSPORT MANAGEMENT COURSES: , LOCAL AND A NATIONAL FUNCTION-1

`HE appointment of the members of the Road Transport Training Board has naturally refocused attention on the )blem of...

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Professional driNIng tuition

BY JAIN SHERRIFFATA R ECENTLY while travelling across London by car I had an experience which although almost commonplace was...

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k fleet glimpse at the Motor Show

BY ALFRED WOOLF LANSPORT managers, worried that the dereciation costs of newly delivered staff are about to increase...