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Boost for Turbines

A RE we likely to see, in the foreseeable future, a practical gas turbine for commercial vehicles? The answer, strangely...

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Men Who Make

Transport Don . esham Stokes D O NOT, I beseech all young men with their eye on summits, take your cue from those...

Twelve Inches Too Many?

y OU can expect at least one British manufacturer to show a . 36-ft.:Iong public service vehicle on a stand at the Scottish...

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Need for Publicity

THE need for more money to provide "much-needed publicity" was stressed by Mr. J. B. Mitchell, national chairman of the Road...

Does Mr. Marples Like Jack Report?

F IRST reactions to the Jack Committee report on rural bus services among M.P.s of all parties would seem to indicate that...

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Tribunal's Reasons for Arnold Decision

T HE Transport Tribunal on Wednesday issued their long-awaited written . decision on the Arnold Transport (Rochester), Ltd.,...

Bus Strike Threat Grows

From Our Industrial Correspondent I - 1 A SERIOUS stoppage of provincial buses and long-distance coach services any day now...

Mr. Hanlon Attacks Local Newspapers

THE chairman of the Northern Traffic Commissioners, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, sitting at Newcastle upon Tyne on Tuesday criticized...

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Men in the News

MR. PETER 5. WRIGHT has joined the marketing division of Massey-Ferguson (United Kingdom), Ltd., Coventry, as general sales...

New Discs for Old THE Ministry of Transport should

refuse to issue a new licence disc when the form of licence had been changed. pending the surrender of the old disc. This was...

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Ilaintenance L.A.s'

HE standard of maintenance of goods vehicles—a subject which the :nsing Authorities have consistently cized over the...

Backhander Reports

An upward trend in . the number of summonses and convictions is apparent, mainly iri respect of drivers' hours and maintenance:...

in Tippers Operated

Illegally B ECAUSE it was thought that the grant of short-term B licences was purely administrative and automatic, tipping...

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Australian Refrigerated Van

THE first Freighter 'refrigerated van with Perkins-engined Transieold equipmen J. has just been put into service in Australia....

Passengers to Become Coach Dwners

i k NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS coach 1 -1 proprietor said last week he intended to beat the ban of the Traffic Commissioners and...

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Closer Check on Drivers' Hours

From Our Parliamentary Conespondent THE Minister of Transport is to conI stilt the transport unions about ways of ensuring...

"Off-the-peg" 4 x 4 Tipper

CLAIMED to cost about £500 less than N . , ' its nearest competitor, a 4 x 4 tipper with ail-steel 5-cu.-yd. body is announced...

' Figures Must

Be Reliable" A DISCREPANCY between account I — I ant's certified figures of earnings for 1960-61, and the total shown on...

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TIGERS IN CAPE TOWN: Twelve Leyland Tiger vertical-enghted 32-ft. 6-in.-long

bus chassis have been ordered by Cape Town City Tramways Co., Ltd. TEN MORE FOR BRADFORD: Bradford City Transport, who will be...

Running-in Practice Discussed

A T an informal meeting held in PA London on Monday and organized by the lubrication group of the Institution of Mechanical...

MORE C VEHICLES

HE total of C-licensed vehicles in I operation in December, 1960, was 1,204,399, an increase of 66,502 on the total at...

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Hurt Driver Claims £10,000

A DRIVER who was hurt when two 1 - 11orries crashed is claimin g £l0.000 from Cusick Transport, Ltd., Baltic Street, Glas g ow....

Fuel Cells Favoured by U.S. Army

rUEL cells and electric motors offer far 1 greater potential than any conventional power unit in meetin g future requirements...

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More Politics orLess ?

S PEAKING at the annual luncheon of the Mansion House Association on Transport last Friday, the president, Mr. R. A. McNeille,...

Servicing Company Formed

A NEW after-sales service organization. to be known as Equipment Maintenance, Ltd.,will commence operation on April 4. The...

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U.S. Production Increasing

)EPORTS from America indicate that vehicle production has started to screase again, following a recent fall-off orders. The...

New Automatic Gearbox System

O FF to Cyprus shortly is a Commer 15-cwt. van fitted with a new type of Hobbs 4-speed fully automatic epicyclic gearbox...

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WHOOSH!

Vivid Performance of Velox-engined Bedford JOP Pick-u1 A GAINST the current tendency of some manufacturers to fit their...

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Jack Report Comment by Charles S. Dunbar, M.Inst.T.

Many Good Points, But Some Fundamentals Have Been Missed A LL 12 members of the Jack Committee on Rural Bus Services agree...

"Manifestly Unworkable , "

5 Says B.O.C.P.R.0 T HE Jack report is described by the British Omnibus Companies Public Relations Committee as " manifestly...

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"Now I can see the difference in terms of power, reliability and economy,"

says Mr. M. Marco of Marco Transport Operators who switch to A.E.C. frOm other vehicles suddenly find a whole new world of...

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Comprehensive Brake-testing

DMPREHENSIVE testing of vehicle brakes is possible when the Don ke Meter is combined with a new rument—the Pressometer. he...

Long-length Hose

ENGTHS of up to 500-ft. are available with a new hose recently announced, by Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. (Great Britain),...

bber Fenders

EXPENSIVE and effective protection for loading banks, fork-lift trucks similar vehicles is possible with " D " ion M.10 rubber...

New Ferodo Catalogue A NEW motor-trade catalogue has been ! prepared by

Ferodo, Ltd. The data section contains full details of models and recommended Ferodo materials for brake linings, clutch...

Maintenance Manuals T HE first two books of a new series

of maintenance manuals were published recently by The Sunday Times. They deal with the Renault Dauphine and VOlkswagen car and...

Leaflet on Sludging 2--1 A PAPER prepared by the engine-test

laboratory staff of Alexander Duckham and Co., Ltd., Hammersmith, London, W.6, discusses the formation and control of...

Conzpass Price Reduced T HE retail price of the compensated "

Polco " dashboard Compass which was featured in The Commercial Motor dated October 14, 1960, has been reduced from '2 9s. 6d....

flooring Composition I - 1 A NEW material, which is claimed to

have been proVed under stringent testing to be ideal for the resurfacing of area's subjected to heavy wear .and spilled...

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TRANSLATED

E LEVATION to the House of Lords is supposed to enrich that body with specialized knowledge at the highest level and with the...

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Gas Turbine for Heavies in Five Years?

Austin Development of 250 b.h.p. Industrial Gas Turbine Represents Lower Limit Efficiency as Applicable to An Automotive-type...

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Moving 150 tons of Poultry a Week

" OAD transport is playing a major part in one of Britain's fastest. growing industries—the broiler chicken )usiness. Typical...

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INTERSTAT1

;YSTEM: A Fast-growing, Fast moving American Haulier The Story of An Enterprise Which in 25 Years Has Built Up a Fleet of...

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Expansion Trends in Haulage

Large Country-wide Licence Application A LFRED BELL, LTD., the Newcastle /al upon Tyne hauliers and warehousemen, seek a new A...

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Registrations: 1960 Record

N EARLY 300,000 new commercial vehicles went on the roads of this country in 1960. This is a record, and is mainly attributable...

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Planning for Profit

Swings and Roundabouts The Commercial Potentialities of a Goods Vehicle Must Always Be Its Ultimate Criterion, Particularly...

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Universal Spring Fixings

DATENT No. 859,360 refers to heavy 1 vehicles of the type having a short axle on each side, each of which carries a pair of...