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25th December 1959
25th December 1959
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No Empty Wish

E CONOMIC or political conditions in recent years have made it difficult for road transport operators to enter fully into the...

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John Hylton

Watts I HAVE always regarded with some awe the champions of chess who en play eight or a dozen games simultaneously. I have an...

No Letting Go

A LTHOUGH he is retiring next Thursday after more than 21 years as Eastern Area secretary of the Road Haulage Association, Mr....

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tevocation is Threatened

Cabinet Works, Ltd.), pleaded guilty to record and hours offences concerning the Leeds vehicles during May and July. The...

No Licences for Agents: Case Not Made Out

T RAVEL agents should not he granted 1 road service licences. They were in a privileged position between operators and the...

Linking "A Fash ionable Pastime"

L INKING had become a "fashionable pastime," and that was the only reason why Southport operators wanted to operate jointly,...

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Record Turnover for Duple Group

TOTAL turnover for the group last year was a record, Mr. H. W. Sydenttam, chairman of Duple Motor Bodies, Ltd., told...

Liquidator's Vehicles Taken Over

DECAUSE Messrs. D. W. Free and Son, - 1 - 0 Salisbury Road, Marlborough, were acquiring part of the business of Mr. F. Naughton...

Decision Reserved in "Unusual Case"

B ECAUSE be considered it "a most . 1 -- 1 unusual case," Mr. A. Robertson, Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority. lars. week...

Men in t he News

MR. KENNETH BAIRD has been appointed personnel manager of F. Perkins, Ltd. MR. H. P. MUTT and MR. I. B. PEAT have been...

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Mr. Marples Seeing for Himself •

nURING the Christrnas recess, Mr. Ernest Marples, Minister of Transport, is making a lightning tour of Germany and the United...

More Goodwill Would Enhance Services

M ORE goodwill throughout the transport industry would enhance the efficiency of hauliers' services, and provide extended scope...

Edinburgh Saved Big Sum Last Year

T HE reduction of operational mileage by 400,000 saved Edinburgh Transport Department £50,965 in the year ended October 31. The...

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A LTHOUGH 19 operators had

objected against the establishment of a bus station at Spennymoor (The Commercial Motor, November 13), the Northern Traffic...

Northern Motorway Route Published

P ROPOSED lines for the remaining two sections of the BirminghamLancaster motorway were published last week. These sections...

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E.Y.M.S. Reduce Fleet by 24

n ECLINING traffic had brought about a fleet reduction of 24 vehicles, the elimination of 400.000 timetabled miles and a total...

Portsmouth for I.P.C. Conference

T HE Institute of Public Cleansing will hold their annual conference. at Portsmouth from June 14-17. Among subjects to be dealt...

Bristol's 2d. Fares May Disappear.

TWOPENNY bus fares may disappear in Bristol if a new wage claim, at present being negotiated, is granted. A spokesman of the...

Exports Back to High Level in October

E XPORTS of 13,158 commercial LA vehicles in October represented the highest monthly total since May, when 13,785 were shipped,...

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Railways' Horsebox Facilities Criticized

R ACEHORSE owners from Mahon I% criticized British Railways' horsebox facilities when they supported an application by Mr. F....

TICKET SYSTEM FOR PARKING OFFENDERS? .

"T AM considering the desirability o f introducin g. a . .system, sirriilar to one form of the ticket syst e m .in. use in...

Railway Management Attacked in Lords

WHEN the railways' financial diffivv culties were discussed in the House of Lords last week. Lord Lucas of Chilworth attacked...

Unlikely To A gree To Terms

W HEN Mr. G. P. Crowe, for British Railways, suggested that ark applicant, at Leeds last week, should restrict the use of a...

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"Worst Type of Competition"

" THE worst type of competition 1 against the railways and all A-licensed operators," was how Mr. P. Kershaw, for the...

Action on Brok en Agreements

S OMETHING ought to be done about concerns which "gaily entered into binding agreement" with hauliers and then did not honour...

"Can Fleets Be Afforded ? "

" r AN you afford your transport fleet?" delegates at a conference to be held by Harrow and Wembley Productivity Association...

Friendly Relations to Continue

r'OMMENTING on the decision by , B.R.S. (Meat Haulage), Ltd., to terminate their contract with United Carriers, Ltd., Mr. P....

New 10-span Viaduct at Edmonton

W ORK starts next month on a new 10-span viaduct to carry the North Circular Road over the railway at Edmonton. The viaduct,...

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No Smoke in the Moscow Streets

Services in Russian Capital Being Rapidly Converted to Trolleybuses to Reduce Fumes and Incur Fewer Winter Breakdowns : Low...

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CAMELS NEXT TIME!

"Field" Tests Prove the Endurance of Trailers, Land-Rover Tractors and Two English Effendis By a Special Correspondent T WO...

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Political Commentary

Roman Roads BY JANUS S " OMEWHERE the other day," said Maggie, "I read that the celebration of Christmas was even older than...

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Benjamin Franklin Godden

W HEN he won the proud title' of Conductor of the Year at Broughton -under-• Wychwood on Saturday, Benjamin Franklin Godden...

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Northern Nigeria Needs Vehicles

By a Special Correspondent T HE Northern Region of Nigeria, a territory bigger than France and having a population of 18m.,...

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Are Specialist Vehicles Worth Their Cost ?

S HOULD a vehicle suit its load, or the load suit the vehicle? This question, Mr. E. B. H. Elsbury, vehicle repair manager of...

Hydraulic Drive for Cement Mixer

T HE independent petrol engine driving the cement mixer of one of a fleet of 20 lorry-mounted mixers operated by Keir and...

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What Will the "Pink Zone" Prove?

Asks R. E. G. Brown, F.C.I.S., NI.Inst.T. I AGREE with the overall point made by Janus in his article "No Proof" (December 11)...

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A LIVELY BEAST

IS THE LEOPARD High powered Light A BRITISH lightweight passenger chassis with a large engine is unusual; although such a...

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Letter to

the Editor Repeal Haulage Concessions to Farmers M ANY hauliers in rural districts will endorse what Mr. G. Duncan Jewell said...

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THOSE VITAL STATISTICS

I NTERPRETATION of the regulations governing the permitted width of articulated vehicles is requested by a reader. He .names, a...

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Two-stroke-engine Braking

ATENT No. 822,078 describes a device for inceasing the braking effect of a two-stroke engine. Normally, compression on the...